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Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie

When campers woke up this morning, they had about a half of a second before they realized the situation: this was their last day.  For some, it didn't hit them right then and there.  Others, it hit them like a train.

Campers wearily dragged their luggage to the buses...

...which were there waiting.

Now, the scene in front of the buses was not one I felt I should photograph.  Campers were crying.  Counselors were crying.  Web Photo Journalists were crying.  The notion of leaving the people with whom they had gotten so close to in the last two months was overwhelming.  Graduating campers wept in each other's arms.  A lump was felt in the throat of all who were there.  The scene was not a happy one, but then again, saying goodbye to those you love is never a happy occasion.

And as campers got their last glimpses of Centenary College, they saw the entire staff on the road waving goodbye.  And soon, all that was left was a vague Vanderhoof logo on the back of a far away bus.