Dorie Camp:  

I was quiet during high school and was probably considered a "book worm." I stayed active with my church and loved skiing and skating during the winter. After high school, I attended 2 colleges but then met the man, John Camp from Whitesboro, that I was married to for 44 years. He was in the Air Force and was sent to Hof, Germany in July 1967. I joined him and we spent a fun 3 years touring Germany and surrounding countries. Our son was born in Hof soon before we returned to the U.S. We had many assignments in the U.S. including Texas and Monterey, CA, but we returned to Germany in 1972. My daughter was born during this time. We were then sent to Monterey again, and even though we loved CA, we decided to move back to New York to be with family. We were both hired in 1979 by the Department of Defense at Fort Meade, MD and spent the next 25 years working for the DoD. We enjoyed Maryland because of its central location and variety of activities - from the beaches to the mountains and we decided to retire here. We did not want to return to Utica because of the tough winters, so had a house built in Ocean Pines, MD, 6 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. I love the community and have many friends here. We both retired from the DoD as Senior Intelligence Analysts. After retirement, I was not ready to quit working, but wanted something totally different from sitting at a computer all day. I...Expand for more