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While unpacking I found this brochure (photo on the left) that was given to us when we signed into the campground this summer. It got put in my stash in the car and I never looked at it until I got home. Notice the photo? Years ago my youngest son started building inuksuks in the river that we camp on. He was studying Native Canadians in school that past year. You just pick up rocks and balance them one on top of another. that is if you are playing...the real inuksuks are massively huge and used for directions back in the day when the natives were the only living beings in the Americas. Soon all of us at CampInsanity were doing it. The first time we made them on a campsite that could be seen from all over the campground, a young boy came to our site and started throwing rocks at them. We told him they were our sculptures and asked him to leave. He came back with his “drunk dad” who started throwing rocks at them and refused to stop so Elaine and I got into the water in front of the sculptures. The drunk dad knew if he hit one of us he would be in big trouble so he and child left.... That memory reminds us what an idiot that dad was, we felt sorry for the child. From then on people would ask us about them, and would start building them on our site and on theirs. We had a bunch of teens one year who joined us and filled the river with much taller ones than we would ever make...laughing and enjoying the experience. All it takes is a good rain, the river rises and they fall down so we don't worry about anyone getting hurt. One year when we had car trouble, a ranger escorted the guy from AAA to get our car unlocked at our campsite. He noticed our inuksuks in the river and said his boss from Albany was there that day and could he bring him over to see this... The boss was awed and ask for permission to photograph them and permission to use the photos in DEC (Department Of Environmental Conservation) programs and brochures. We gave him permission and was told later by another ranger that she had seen the photos in a camp employees meeting. This year when we got to camp a friend said she had seen inuksuks in the river and thought we were here. But no, not yet so someone else was making them. We were so proud to hear that. Now seeing the brochure, we know why...