Back in the Saddle

So the work is on.  There is always stuff to do in the maintenance department at Camp Barakel.  Cut wood, cleanup paths, fix all kinds of maintenance issues around camp.  But I think our best work is when we have a project.  And we definitely have a project on our hands here.  Here are some pics with some explanations.

Here's how it looked to begin with.  The ceiling was very uneven and apparently no one likes the wood paneling when they're living in the house instead of camping for a weekend.  Either way, it's all coming down except the windows.

Insulation.  It's a lot of fun to smash the wood paneling, but not so much fun because of the insulation.  Masks help a little, but they don't help my eyes.  Then with a mask glasses fog up.  Anyways, we make it work and keep tearing.

This appears to be an addition to the house because of the foil backed insulation.  Also found a paper from 1959 in the attic of this area.  Apparently Congress gave Ike a bunch of money and wanted him to slow down inflationary system.  And something about the highway system... who's ever going to use that?

Here's a comparison of old and new.  See the cobbled together framing under the window, the different types of insulation, and most interestingly... the spruce logs in the ceiling.

 So that's it so far.  Lots more demo, but soon we'll be raising the ceiling about 4 feet on the side that opens up to the rest of the building.  Looking for some more head room in a building with 6'3" doors and 7' roofs.  I'll be sure to add more photos as they come up.

This weekend I hit most the activity areas.  Thunder express, waterfront and zipline.  Here are a couple nice views of the lake from the blob towers:

Oh yeah.  Team Seasonal (me and the seasonal here at camp) met at the Harris' to have dinner and we ended up watching Gran Torino.  Brad learned a lot of new racial epitaphs and it was fun to watch.  While watching a deer hobbled its way into the yard and we noticed it only had 3 legs.  Here's my best picture of it with my phone:

He seemed to get around pretty good.  Who knows how his Winter will go, he is already pretty skinny.

Camp is good.  Peace out til next week.