Since childhood, Dale Lane’s treasure was a simple aluminum canoe. For more than four decades, the cherished relic from Lane’s early years at Camp Greystone, North Carolina, had been a fixture at her family’s Lake Martin cabin. The Mohawk canoe holds a lifetime of memories – from paddling through the rapids of the French Broad River as a young camper to more recent quiet afternoons on the lake with her children and grandchildren. But when it drifted away from the Lake Martin dock one afternoon, she thought it was lost forever.

Camp Greystone, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, was more than just a summer camp for Lane; it was a defining chapter of her youth. She discovered the camp at age 12, spending four summers as a camper before returning as a counselor. She taught swimming and sailing and forged friendships that lasted decades. Camp traditions, from morning devotionals to late-night cabin talks, shaped her summers.