Photo Galleries
Here you'll find the complete set of TMC photos that we have.
Unfortunately, most got tossed years ago by someone who had leased the camp. (That's another story.)
So if you still have old camp photos sitting around our house, please consider adding them to our collection. You can either email them to me, use the upload link below, or send me a CD or even hard copies. I'll return your originals.
In the meantime, we're happy that nearly 250 photos are here to remind us of those days at TrailRidge Mountain Camp.
Unfortunately, most got tossed years ago by someone who had leased the camp. (That's another story.)
So if you still have old camp photos sitting around our house, please consider adding them to our collection. You can either email them to me, use the upload link below, or send me a CD or even hard copies. I'll return your originals.
In the meantime, we're happy that nearly 250 photos are here to remind us of those days at TrailRidge Mountain Camp.
Visit each gallery by clicking on the title or the highlighted link below.
On each gallery page you can click an image to enlarge and read the caption.
Camp Facilities Photos
Click to see the first set of photos uploaded...our facilities. Keep in mind that some of these were there the first day and others added in later years. So if you only came in 1982, you can see what you missed out on.
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TrailRidge Faces - the early yearsClick to check out photos of some of the faces from the first years of TrailRidge. Pictured here is Roger with Tally, one of many camp dogs over the years.
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TrailRidge ActivitiesClick to check out some of our camp activities enjoyed on our camp property and in the surrounding forests and mountains.
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Camp Activities from 1989Click to check out this group of photos from 1989. This set was sent to me by Ari Klein, an AT backpacker who ended up staying with us for a while.
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Photos from Slides - 1Click to check out this first set of photos we converted from a tray of slides we still. Many of these three slide sets date from the late 80s - through the end of the Buladean years in 1995.
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Photos from Slides - 2Click for set number 2. Many of these photos date from the late 80s through the end of the TMC Buladean years.
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Photos from Slides - 3Click for set number 3. Many of these photos date from the late 80s through the end of the TMC Buladean years.
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TrailRidge Facilities in 2009The last summer of TrailRidge in Buladean was in 1995. The property was sold to become a rustic retreat center and I did return a couple of years later to take a look. It wasn't nearly as rustic as when we left.
I did get back in 2009 for one last visit and this is when this set was taken. Click to take a look at more recent of photos of TrailRidge. |
Open Road ExperiencesBefore there was a TrailRidge Mountain Camp, there was Open Road Experiences. We were based out of Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans (okay, Metairie), Louisiana.
Several ORE campers followed us to North Carolina and remained at TMC for many years as either a camper, counselor, or both. These are the only known photos remaining from the Open Road days. These were relatively rustic trips - we slept out and cooked our own meals for weeks at a time. Click to check out these photos. If you were only a TMC camper, you're still likely to see several TMC guys in these shots. |
MindStretch Travel Adventures
And amazingly, after over forty years I'm still at it. Trips today are shorter and very similar to the old Open Road days, except not nearly so rustic. In 2012 we had the first set of second generation "campers" on our trip to Wyoming & Montana. Ray Thompson, an Open Road leader and TrailRidge leader, continues to join me on a trip each summer. The MTA logo was actually created for Open Road Experiences by ORE staffer Doug Campbell. It was updated just recently to become the logo for MTA.
Click to see info about MindStretch Travel Adventures.
Click to see info about MindStretch Travel Adventures.