Last post for this series! - Getting to Camp Half-Blood (8)

Unfortunately, this is where I will be parting with this series, called Getting to Camp Half-Blood, if you haven't noticed. Like I said previously, the farther you are from Long Island, the more you have to repeat the steps in 1-7 of the series. Read this only when you get to Manhattan. Yes, Manhattan. Remember how I said human smell so strong like in a crowd can cover up even a demigod smell? Well, NYC is a big city. The closer you get to Camp Half-Blood, the more and more monsters you will occur. But wherever you go, do NOT go to Brooklyn. There are things worse than you will ever imagine. You might even stumble upon non-Greek animals and monsters. That is because- never-mind, you don't need to know that much. Anyway, go to Manhattan. Stay for a while. Maybe 3-4 hours. Look around, peek in at Times Square, say hello to the Statue of Liberty (made after the goddess, Athena), etc. etc. There's lots to do! Well, after you go on a sightseeing tour thingy, you have to move. If you managed to find a shop and buy a Hecate charm, you are lucky. But you probably didn't, so the human smell can only mask demigod aura for so long. You have to hurry. The easiest way is to see if there are any trucks marked "DELPHI STRAWBERRY FARMS" delivering strawberries. That's the cover up name for Camp Half-Blood to earn some money. If there are people that make you slightly dizzy when you concentrate on them, it's because they aren't people, and the Mist is trying to obscure that fact from you. Once you discover more mythological things in the real world, the Mist barrier will start to weaken, and you will start being sucked into the world of Greek Mythology. You probably aren't at that stage yet, though. Anyway, if you find a truck, and say that you're a demigod, the "human" will immediately take you to Camp Half-Blood.

Otherwise, it might be a bit tough. You'll have to wander around Long Island Sound, until you stumble across a hill with a huge pine tree that just sticks out like a beacon to you. It's not extra-tall, or extra-green, it'll just attract you. This is the step where you forget every blog you read, every book you've read, everything you think you know about survival skills- now is the time to just purely follow your automatic demigod senses. It will lead you over the hill, past the Beacon Tree- which the actual name is Thalia's Tree, and it will lead you to a set of Greek columns. Beyond, you see nothing but a quiet farm where farmers are picking strawberries. But once you step in, the real world fades from your memory. You see a beautiful Camp, full of life, as Apollo archers fly around on chariots, laughing as they shoot arrows right next to the screaming Aphrodite kids, who put on makeup and try out clothes, who run to... Chiron. A centaur, a half-horse half-man. Welcome to Camp, demigod.