Lair of the Bear Camp Photos, EFF Tape

The
Lair of the Golden Bear is the
U.C. Berkeley family camp in the Sierras near the little town of
Pinecrest. Below are some photos of the week we spent there last month.
Our family has two tents at the Lair’s 10th week: one for John and the
kids and my mother (Eleanor) and me, and the other for my brother Peter and
his wife Liz and their kids.
The Lair has been thriving and growing since 1945 and many camp
traditions have developed: the Blue Review (camp talent show), creek walking,
Lair birthday cakes, making fun of Stanford,
Disco Bingo, pictures with Oski the Camp Blue (and Cal) mascot…

My son Paul has been going with us to the Lair since he was about one
year old. Since Paul’s birthday is almost the same week as when we
go camping, he always gets a chocolate Lair cake to celebrate. For
all celebrations, the camp staffers sing the following song while
smacking metal pans and bowls with big spoons:

We bring you a cake!


That our cooks have baked!


We hope you enjoy it, ’cause…


Lair cakes are great!

The day before going to the Lair, we had to ship off my daughter
Jessica’s 3 boxes to
Carnegie Mellon since she was
flying to college the day after we got back. Here Jessica is showing
off the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Fourth Amendment Shipping Tape in which she strapped her boxes.
(She was an EFF summer intern two years ago.) The
tape is printed with the following text from the

U.S. Constition over and over:

Amendment IV The right of the people to be
secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

http://www.eff.org: protecting
rights in the digital age

Here are the Lair photos:

Jessica and Paul at Grandma’s:

Lair campers starting in San Francisco:

Why we have an SUV – 6 packed for camping:

Funny Bull and Pig BBQ Cookers beside road:

Camp Blue entry sign:

Lair Welcome Home sign:

Eleanor arriving in Camp Blue:

Camp Blue tent porch sign and our little Oski bear:

Board game in Camp Blue Lodge:

John reading in Lodge:

Camp Blue telephone booths:

Outdoor movie in Pinecrest:

Paul driving Eleanor’s cart with hitchhikers:

Eleanor in her bunk bed:

Jessica and Matt watching movie on laptop in tent:

Matt auditioning for Blue Review:

Matt, Jessica, Lynda, Daniel, and Paul waiting to audition:

Jessica singing in Blue Review:

Blue Review: Stanford student bandana-banana skit:

Peter, Lynda, Daniel, and Liz at dining hall:

Eleanor at dining hall:

Paul’s Lair birthday cake:

Jessica and her fish:

Peter escorting Eleanor:

Camp Blue creek:

Packing the truck to go home:

John and Katy – last pictures with Oski, in our Lair wear:

Back to San Francisco

(cable car):

Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson, John Plocher, Jessica Dickinson Goodman