One
of my favorite memories of Claudia is the trip we took after our
graduation from Susquehanna. Nancy, Mary Beth and Claudia embarked on
our Cape Cod Trip in June 1973. The biggest challenge was setting up a
complex (to us) tent. Here's Claudia inside the yellow and green abode
that proves we succeeded in putting together a lot of pipes, ropes and
stakes our first night!
Our
first meal was fire-charred spaghetti cooked over an open flame.
Here's a picture of the dinner... how did we think that long spaghetti
sticks cooked in a tiny Girl Scout mess kit would not go up in smoke?
I'm sure this is what inspired Claudia's culinary expertise in later
years.
My notes indicate we
stayed at Ralph and Rhoda's Redneck Rest Campground, ate raw English
muffins for lunch, saw Ted Babbitt driving an ice cream truck, ran into
Debbie VanEiderstein in a store (both from Susquehanna), and were
terrified to go back to camp after seeing the movie Deliverance. We
loved visiting the beaches on Cape Cod. Here are Claudia and Mary Beth
on a lovely sand path we walked on to Head of Meadows Beach.
Near
Provincetown we climbed enormous sand dunes - similar to Jockey Ridge
in the Outer Banks. Here's Claudia enjoying the sunset view. It was
well worth the hike up!
Good times! Good times! I'm grateful for this fun memory of Claudia!
Nancy Barton, class of '73, Susquehanna
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