Great Pics!

Wonderful shots of Blue Lake that bring back lots of memories for me! For whatever reason, I always enjoyed the meals at Dogwood more than at Pinewood--grits & scrambled eggs, a deep-dish baked spaghetti thing, waldorf salad, homemade rolls, etc. When I was a counselor at Dogwood, somebody nicknamed me "GD" for garbage disposal, because I usually ate everything on the table, including any leftovers that the campers didn't want. There was a downstairs rec room that the lifeguards used for lifting weights--Johnny West, Arthur Howington, et al. I also thought that Dogwood's natural beauty surpassed Pinewood's. In '66, I think, there was a small alligator that sunned himself on the dock in the swimming area but always disappeared when the kids showed up to swim. I remember we later found his mummified remains along the shore at the end of the summer. We adopted two stray dogs that summer--"Slash" and "Shag." They probably stayed at Blue Lake until they went to doggie heaven. I think that was Rev. Carmichael's first year at Blue Lake, but he and Mrs. Carmichael, Keitha, and Asher treated us all like members of their own family. I think I can speak for all of us that we in turn loved them like they were our family.

David Alsobrook
One of Syd's Kids,
Blue Lake '66 & '68