Camp Mystic, the summer haven torn apart by a deadly flood, has been a getaway for girls to make lifelong friends and find “ways to grow spiritually.”

Coco Grieshaber, an 8-year-old Camp Mystic alumna, threaded beads into a homemade bracelet at her dining room table, sharing memories of the Texas summer camp that she left four days before flooding devastated the area on Fourth of July weekend.

Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.

Searches continue for those still missing, but memorials to the more than 100 people tragically lost in the Central Texas floods have already begun to appear. Around Dallas and across Texas, green ribbons commemorate the lives of the victims,

New details are emerging about the crucial moments catastrophic flood waters quickly enveloped the beloved Camp Mystic in Texas, including when owner Dick Eastland was assessing the property and working to evacuate the youngest campers from a cabin.