55 Plus: The CCC Remembered

Some of us who were Girl Scouts back in the early 1950’s may recall the two or three summer trips we took as pre-teens to Longbow, a rustic campsite on the South Santiam River above Cascadia.  There we roughed it, taking advantage of the large kitchen and dining area with its cast iron stove and cold water, eating stews mixed from canned soups and vegetables plus necessary camp fare like pork and beans and…