Exactly a year ago, I was packing for Family Camp and devising a list of questions to ask my friend Maria, who would be accompanying me there for the first time in our thirty-five year friendship. The result was this article that ran in the July/August edition of Adirondack Life, a print-only publication guaranteed to make you drool over lakeside Adirondack real estate and moose-themed decor.
It’s time for me to throw the hiking boots and bathing suits and Bananagrams into the duffel once more – this year Maria’s not coming, but that’s because my husband and youngest daughter can FINALLY join us again, thanks to a college start date that is still weeks away. (Oakland public schools started mid-August for the past six years so I would see my daughter off to her first day, thank my husband for staying home with her, and then head out to the Adirondacks. Me missing Family Camp is never a good plan, or as my husband liked to say, “You go. You’re not right all year without it.”)
So while we’re off the grid next week, I hope you’ll enjoy this story of Maria’s first visit to camp. Catch you in September! Oh and P.S. – Mom’s getting packed for another year, too 
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