Camp Rising Sun

It's been a packed few days. We got into Albany on Thursday and went out to PF Changs with Jen and Justin - high quality Chinese food, I was quite pleased with it - then saw Jen's apartment and cats. Friday we hung out with Adam during the day, doing some last minute wedding gift shopping, and then went out to Hibachi for dinner with quite a crowd, and finished the night off with a few games of Bang.

Saturday was the big day, the center piece of our trip. Jared's party was a great time - good food, lots of people we'd not seen in forever, a good time all around. Pics will be posted when we can get them off the camera. After the party Erin/Chris/Linda/Steve and I all went to see Wall-E in Kingston before making the run back up. The movie was great, as to be expected from Pixar, and I'm glad we finally got the chance to see it, even if at the expense of seeing Hellboy II.

Perhaps the most memorable moment of the trip so far was on the drive to the Theater. The party was hidden away on the back roads of Red Hook, and we quickly got lost on our way out. Chris and Linda had a GPS, so we let them lead the way, despite that taking a different route than we had taken coming in. About half way through our dark and winding path, we rounded a turn, and the light from our headlamps through brief illumination across a gathering of people just off the side of the road. There were perhaps 25 of 30 of them, ranging from children to adults, standing shoulder to shoulder with arms locked behind each others backs and their heads bowed. One man stood outside of the circle, dressed all in black, the rest were wearing street clothes. Other than the light we introduced in our drive by, they were in complete darkness - no campfire, no flashlights, nothing. They didn't seem to notice our brief presence. A sign glimpsed as we drove by named the place Camp Rising Sun.