Stomping Ground: Spring 2020
This month long trip started with snow and ended with days in the 90s. The first two weeks we distanced due to the pandemic with Pam mostly painting in the interior of the rebuilt bath house and John plumbing in the infirmary and later teaching Jack how to run water lines to all the major buildings. Then we had the fun of framing the first cabin.
Satellite image with GPS points plotted from building survey and rough boundaries. You can see that the camp while already large will be surrounded by accessible State Forest lands. The west lake is full in this image while the East lake has been drained, The camp property includes both lakes
Still no running water
The early part of this trip saw the infirmary get a lot of work, redo plumbing (PEX), new shower stall and adding a propane tank-less hot water heater. A lot of new experiences for John
Contractors have the new bathrooms for the dining hall installed
Laura in the newly named and freshly finished lodge
Garden going in outside lodge
Tearing out and cleaning up at Banker 1
Trash at Banker 1
Banker 1 after second clean up
Fox kits got a lot of attention on the occasional break
Stephen and Julia painting infirmary
John M. and John discuss next steps
The morning planning session as first cabin construction begins
The first wall
Third wall
Walls up starting the ridge board
Rafters half up
14 foot 2x10s get heavy on 90 degree days
Jack, John and George putting up rafters. By this point we were in a Covid bubble
Faster with George and Chris on lift and John and Jack below
George inspecting his handiwork
George and Chris finish the roof decking on first new cabin