The View from Up Top

We're still plugging away in the old cook's house.  There are a couple of rafters we've been able to place, demolishing the old rafters as we go.  It's coming along, and pictures will come along next week maybe.  I get a little excited when we start building.  There is a little less insulation in the air too!

Well while the weather is nice out, there is some work to do outside too.  Me and Mike Baker spent some time on the roof of the Carpenter Shop, putting in a new chimney.  Kind of neat to see the view from up top. Here it is:

After adding the metal roof, we needed to put in a chimney for the propane heater.  This is what we started with.

This is what we finished with.  Not too shabby.  Just needed a quick run to the Amish country  for the red boot.

This is the new equipment shed they built this summer.  A big blessing to have a nice neat place to put everything away.

Here's the new wood shed, filled to the brim.  Maybe someday I'll show you the chainsaw room.

This is the new fire trailer.  Mike Alchin has been thoroughly organizing our fire fighting readiness.

There is brad down below.  Working on some woodworking project of some sort... his specialty.... haha.

Most of our time was still spent in the house though.  This weekend we saw a Mother/Son retreat and a Couples retreat go by.  Tom Harmon was here and I made sure to catch all his sermons.  A nice and cozy weekend, but still not full.  The next weekend is going to be closer to full, then we'll be rolling through some full camps.

After the campers left, we jumped into our Sunday Afternoon Kickball League.  It's a very competitive tournament that we all get involved with after the campers leave.

Sunday afternoon kickball league.

Just kidding.  But it was a fantastic afternoon.  We had several staff families represented and it's neat to see all the little ones learning how to play the sport, and the older ones getting better and better at it.  After that I swam across the lake and Brad dragged me back.  We also enjoyed a fantastic dinner at the Baker's and we watched Sgt Bilko.