Figure 1.--Just as in Scouting, hiking is a popular activity in the VNJ. These boys appear to be hiking in the relatively flat Flemish country side rather than a wilderness area.

Camping and hiking are Scouting mainstays and perhaps the best known outdoor activities for uniformed youth groups like the VNJ. We seem to note more images of the boys parading than hiking, but this may reflect the availsability of images than the actual extent of the activities. Flanders is a very developed part of Europe. We are unsure just where the boy hike. To the south are the Ardennees Forest, famous for World War II battle sites and rough mountenous terraine. We are not sure if the VNJ boys, however, go that far afield for their hinking outings. These boys appear to be hiking in the relatively flat Flemidsh countryside rather than a wilderness area.