Coming back to life: Camp Sertoma is being revived

(By Leslie Bray Evans, The Stokes News) - There is a rumbling of activity at Camp Sertoma in Westfield these days. Vehicles roll in and out of the long dirt driveway from Moore’s Springs Road. Screen doors open and shut. Rockers on the front porch are often occupied. Trails are being forged in the woods.

No, this is not a flashback to the late 1800s and early 1900s when the hotel at the mineral springs was in full operation and tourists from all over the world were coming and going. Instead, this is an August day in 2009.

Camp Sertoma is breathing its first breaths in its resurrection as a tourist attraction in Stokes County. And the air is sweet.