| It was almost exactly a year ago that Bobbie Levin died. Bobbie, my wife of 41 years, was co-founder & co-director of TrailRidge. She was the driving force to get everything ready before the first campers arrived. I was still in New Orleans finishing up my year of teaching when Bobbie moved up to Buladean in March of 1982. The property was not developed, not even a clearing. Bobbie took on the challenge of finding carpenters, getting plans designed, arranging for everything. She was great at it and because of Bobbie...camp opened. And when camp opened just three months later, we were "pretty much" ready. I'll save that for another post. Once camp opened, Bobbie handled all the kitchen duties, the payroll, the purchasing, and helped me with the program. Bobbie died in April 2023. She had had several health issues including dementia. As our camp song used to end every campfire said, "There's a better home a waiting, in the sky Lord, in the Sky." | 
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Bobbie and Mark on their wedding day, Thanksgiving 1981. This was on the camp property which had nothing but trees and a couple of creeks. Seven months later the first campers arrived.
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