Summer 2013 at Camp Ladue, Charlotte, VT
Photo by Luke Boelitz
Caleb and Arlin gassing up the boat. I remember climbing on Lake Champlain this same trip. After getting about 20 feet up myself we sat in the ski boat and watched as Caleb flipped backwards off a 60-foot-tall cliff.
It’s hard to imagine spending time at the lake in his absence but I doubt that’s possible—he is so alive in my memories of the place and in all the traditions the Ladue family has been generous enough to share with me.
This is true, I’m sure, for so many people whose lives Caleb touched and I think I speak for all those so blessed when I say that I am deeply grateful for the time I had with him.
Words by Luke Boelitz
