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.

The “Bubble Inn” bunkhouse hosted the youngest kids at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp caught in the deadly July 4 flooding in the state’s Hill Country.

At least 120 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country.

Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two hours

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase