A Weekend on Blue Creek!
An impromptu and
informal get-together;
Barb
Hicks Neddo, Marty WyattAmy
Griswold, Randy Rice,
Franklin
Kerr and Lisa Austin were on hand.
Click here to
see the pictures! 1 2 3 4 5
...and before you
ask: Yes, the beans did explode!
Here's how we
advertised the weekend:
The weekend chosen is the 3rd and 4th of October, 2020!
It's
an impromptu get together. Some will stay 3 days,
some just a Saturday overnight, others a day trip.
It's a bring your own food and drink;
visit or camp at your own risk.
If we can't be found at the old Camelot spot, we'll be at
Carlisle.
Bringing of 4-wheelers is highly recommended!
Point of contact: Barb Hicks Neddo <Valleypets@aol.com>
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Important
Safety Tips for "happily ever-aftering"
on the Creek: Visits
are much encouraged,
but at this time we are still not certain of the status of land
ownership and accessibility. The Hunting and Fishing Club building
May, or may not be present or available to us, but in either
case, utilities are likely not available (water, electricity,
etc.). Be optimistic and plan to camp, hike, fish, wade, explore, 4-wheel . . . remember!
Y'all be careful out there!
Remember that roads are bad, cell phones likely will not work and
that emergency services are not close. Bring your own gear for life
on the Creek, watch for critters and high water, and watch out for
each other!
"...it
seems impossible that [Carlisle and Camelot are] gone. Impossible
that bulldozers flattened such a special place. That kudzu and
rhododendron have overtaken campfire circles, choked out footpaths,
and erased those few things the dozers passed by."
(Karen Vingle Fuller, Charleston
Newspapers, after 20 years since Blue Creek closure)
"Don't
let it be forgot..." In movies and
newspapers, from stars and plain-folks alike, we KNOW what we
believe and how Cliffside, Camelot and Carlisle indeed live on in
us.
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2020 marks
38 years since closure of the Blue Creek camps.
Keep our sister camp in mind when you plan your
next vacation in West Virginia. This link will take you to
the website Camp Brookside
Also visit carbidecamps.net and
facebook.com/carbide.camps
for pictures and other memories.
"The committee"
Camp
Brookside <camp@swiftwatercafe.com>
Dave
Gardner <gardner993s@gmail.com>
Barb
Hicks Neddo <Valleypets@aol.com>
Marty
Wyatt <maw4wvu@yahoo.com>
Bob
Lilley <bob@carbidecamps.net>
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