Longacre Expeditions, Newport, PA 17074

The time since the summer of ‘81 is as vivid to us as if it were yesterday. That first season, Longacre Expeditions gave 34 teenagers the best summer of their lives. Our “Base Camp” was a horse barn in Markelsville, PA. Merry Schuler led a group of teenagers on our very first Blue Ridge expedition. Matt Schuler spent most of his summer as a van driver. Roger Smith was busy launching a participatory science center in Harrisburg.