The Second Annual Camp Barakel Fun Run

I don't get into as many sports as I like around here, but this weekend was the big fun run.  The few crazy joggers at camp run 6 miles from Fairview to the office.  This year I joined Dave Douglas and Dan Haines on the frosty, rainy run.  I finished at 51 minutes, and I'm not sure what that means.  It was a lot of fun though and I love getting out and being active.  Back to the work week though.

This week the work had a little bit of variation.  The freezer and cooler started out the week pretty well gutted and ended the week with new tile and glassboard around all the walls that we can do so far.  Some of the walls will have to wait for the new insulation to be sprayed in before we can close them off.  Again, the whole goal is to get some air tight insulation that will help to keep moisture out of the walls.

Crisp and clean looking new glassboard.

We're approaching a time crunch because the retreats are coming up at the start of January.  That means we need to try and get everything back together as soon as we can so that the cooks can get their freezer and cooler stocked.  So Dan Haines is plugging away at the tile and I got in on some of that.  We used a pink membrane between the cement board and the tile to help prevent cracking and leaking.  In the midst of the tiling we also had to rip off some of the siding to give the insulation guy access inside the wall.  So now the back side of the dining hall looks a little funny with a large chunk of wall ripped off.

It looks like Dan's throwing up pepto bismol.

New access to the freezer and cooler.

Brad Smith came up on Thursday afternoon and he helped out with some tree cutting and brush cleanup on Friday.  We put some bricks in my truck to help with the slick roads. After that we took the Skytrak out onto the ski trails to push down and clean up a tree that has been hanging over the trail for quite a while.  Then we watched Mike Alchin and his friend work on a tree that was hanging over Arrowhead Lodge.  They had all the gadgets to help keep the tree off of the roof.  So Brad and I helped to clean up the brush as they took down pieces of the tree.

Mike Alchin and his fancy ropes.

Full extension on the Skytrak.

It was a productive week.  All the tile was finished and Dan's working on the grout now.  Now it's just a matter of the insulation guy filling up the walls and coming through to button everything up.  It was a fun weekend with Brad up here and the Fun Run.  We also joined in on the VIP party at the hardware store.  It's the big event of the town and everyone comes out to go from store to store.  Weeks are flying by and we're trying to push through these projects.