FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — During the summer of my second year of college, I coached at a summer camp along the Guadalupe River called Camp Rio Vista.
The reason almost none of you have heard of it is the same reason my friend Shannon Boykin probably watched in shock at what happened in the area surrounding Kerrville, Texas with memories flooding back, and a man from Siberia probably spends his days telling his children and possibly grandchildren about the overabundance of plums that can grow on a single tree in Arkansas. The week break between sessions.
You see, Rio Vista, a beautiful camp planted in a valley between the Guadalupe Mountains and the Guadalupe River with stone cabins planted firmly into the sides of mountain for shading purposes. At the time there was a short session for younger kids who were coming to camp for the first time followed by two long sessions with a week break in the middle…