P7120073.jpg Joey's Civic Center, on Quarrier Street in Charleston, was the scene of the Friday night reception, and they catered the entire three-day event. Great job!	P7130001.jpg At Queen Shoals near Clendenin, the reunion signs began to appear. A fairly long country-road ride to Glen, WV followed.
P7130002.jpg And another clue was the sign near Dutch Ridge Road, and at the beginning of the steep gravel/rock/dirt road down to Blue Creek.	P7130003.jpg It rained and rained, and Blue Creek began to rise!
P7130004.jpg Going toward the Hunting and Fishing Club was relatively easy in the morning, but for those of us with rather small rental cars, the trip out in the evening was a little nerve-wracking.	P7130005.jpg The name "Carbide" still appears on the Creek...
P7130006.jpg ...and the lake still looks good.	P7130007.jpg Oh, well, spelling aside; the message is clear, and we felt welcome!
P7130008.jpg The new songbook came in handy later on...	P7130009.jpg We set up the laptop with web-site and file pictures; immediate interest resulted.
P7130010.jpg Kitty Roberts and Betsy Murray Keene tackle the collection of scrapbooks, mementos and pictures brought to the reunion.	P7130012.jpg Nancy Nygren and Gordon France pose, while Randy Rice lurks in the background.
P7130013.jpg Some interest in the wildlife posters in addition to the camps memories.	P7130014.jpg
P7130016.jpg	P7130017.jpg The Camelot anvil (plus coffee cup, etc).
P7130018.jpg The weather did not improve all day, really.	P7130019.jpg The front porch of the Hunting and Fishing Club sheltered us from the rain, and offered a nice view.
P7130020.jpg A large group piled into 4-wheel and pickup-vehicles for the trip downstream to the camp sites. First stop was at the steps to the cemetery, between the walk-in and Camelot. Photo is complete with rain-spots, and the steps are hard to see.	P7130021.jpg We stop at Camelot -- looking East from the pool location. Campers on the Creek again!
P7130022.jpg And the group explores the old pathway toward campfire and vespers circles, and the rifle range. Very overgrown and also very removed after the camps closed.	P7130023.jpg When I visited in 2000, I thought this concrete slab probably was part of the rifle-range foundation. Now I think it's more likely at the craft shop site.
P7130024.jpg These people are near the Camelot site.	P7130026.jpg Looking upstream from the creek crossing at the Camelot entrance.
P7130028.jpg And downstream. Note the misty air -- rain continued all day. One Camelot pillar lies to the left.	P7130029.jpg That same pillar from above, on the present-day road.
P7130030.jpg The original entry to Camelot was to the east of the present road, about in the area shown here. A Camelot entryway stone pillar lies in the brush to photo left.	P7130031.jpg Downstream, we stop at the Carlisle campfire circle. Still used by campers and hunters, the circle is immediately next to the Creek.
P7130032.jpg ...and campers return after decades away, with the next generation in tow.	P7130033.jpg The alumni caravan awaits, ready to move again, toward Carlisle.
P7130034.jpg A group picture gets much attention. Everyone should see a familiar face or two here.	P7130036.jpg A major gas-well installation, about where the Carlisle lake was.
P7130037.jpg A walk down the road between Camelot and Carlisle.	P7130038.jpg Rounding the bend at the east end of the Carlisle site, a lone former camper offers a sense of scale to the now-overgrown area.. The original road was to the right, likely just to the right of the double-trunked tree.
P7130039.jpg A little further west, and the remains of the clearing that was Carlisle are more visible.	P7130040.jpg Looking downstream, rather near the north corner of the Castle. There are evergreen trees still here which might mark the spot.
P7130041.jpg This may have been part of the "front-yard" forCarlisle's castle. Compare it with Scott Mease's "last pictures" and with your memories...	P7130042.jpg Only a few flagstones remain.
P7130043.jpg From the flagstone walk location looking toward the creek.	P7130044.jpg Just a few stones, near the assumed castle location.
P7130045.jpg Campers return, with their children.	P7130046.jpg The original road, looking upstream between the creek on the left and the castle on the right.
P7130047.jpg Another section of the stone walkway, and some of the amateur archaeologists.	P7130048.jpg Just across the creek, downstream of Carlisle. Old road runs to the left just ahead, and the new road likely goes through the old stables and riding area.
P7130049.jpg A look down the original road, now readjusted by the creek during high water.	P7130050.jpg "Stevie's swimmin' hole."
P7130051.jpg On return to the Hunting and Fishing Lodge from the camps, it was truly moving to see a standing-room-only crowd getting started on the meal. Gosh, we Really Started Something!	P7130052.jpg
P7130053.jpg Camps crafts go on and on. We saw very young children learning the lanyard art from others who learned it decades ago. "Don't let it be forgot..." Since the creek continued to rise, we had to leave early; others will provide other pictures, though.