Outstanding.

Your right that even what seems a small step to us can be important. Particularly when most kids today know so little about the unpaved world.

I took a friend who grew up in the city on a survey of a cave site, mostly just to confirm the location. It was only a few hundred yards off a substantial paved road and a short walk through the woods. My friend got out and looked like he was walking on egg shells. Come to find out this was one of the first times he had been deep enough in the woods where he couldn't a man made structure. He was expecting bears behind every tree and snakes under every bush. It was all alien to him.

Often the biggest obstacle to competency is simply getting familiar with the sights and sounds and atmosphere. Even a small exposure to the outdoors can go a long way to eliminating misconceptions and prevent people's imaginations from running wild.