Stomping Ground: Fall 2020
Pam and I got back to camp for a week in late September. Stephen, Julia, Jesse and Kelsey joined us for a weekend so we had all the boys together for a quick weekend of work and catching up. We were all impressed with all the changes since our last visits, some of which are captured here.
Laura had just painted the first of the new cabins
Jack, George and Dylan had three new cabins framed and roofed
Inside the first new cabin with wiring by Ernie Dankert who came and spent a week a few weeks earlier
Infirmary all painted
Reception area in infirmary
With no campers the infirmary has become sleeping space for staff and volunteers
The "lodge" dressed up for volunteers and staff
The lodge makes for a cozy space (hopefully we can get the chimney checked out and functioning again)
Laura and crew have the activity center starting to look ready for campers
Laura's South side sign
Laura's North side sign
Trees below dinning hall cleared enough to see the new bulbs in ceiling fixtures
The boys concentrated an siding the new cabins
Jesse and Jack finishing the second of the new cabins
Pam in dinning hall after a long day painting and cooking for the crew
We even took a break for a short walk on one of the trails
Steve unloading siding
A little siding help from dad
Jack, Steve and Jesse in Dinning Hall
Sunday afternoon at the Bills game on the stage in the activity center
Dad's first chance at the big griddle on Sunday morning
Jack moved his office outside to tend the burning of scraps
Julia painting windows in dinning hall
Setting sun lighting up newly painted window wall in dinning hall
Dinning hall window wall painted and rails ready to reinstall
Dining hall windows with new paint by Pam, Julia and Kelsey
John spent most of the week installing breaker boxes and wiring new cabins
John chilling in dinning hall at end of work day
Dylan and Jack start siding the third of the new cabins
The lost table board remade sealed and ready to complete the 20th new table
John M. and the Stomping Ground crew installing a new support wall for main electric boxes
George raking the new cabin quadrangle in preparation for fall seeding
John and Dylan installing door on Cabin 2
Jack surveying progress