Quick note - I'm getting questions about Spring Work day. (April 25th)
Call me ahead of time with job ideas that your group would like to take on.
Any Capital projects need to be something that would make Camp cleaner, user friendly and low maintenance for all user groups. Call ahead with the size of your group and how many meals you will be looking for on the Saturday.
Thanks
Kris

A few thoughts about the ongoing job list.

Maintenance always needed:
Clean BBQ's. Dump the junk into the ash pit & rearrange the lava rocks.
Clean out air inlet to airtight stove.
Clean the glass and empty ashes
Clean the windows, inside & out.
Clean Kitchen stove.

Remove used tp rolls and burn them.
Road Crew to fill, grade, rake & compact potholes
Sweep outhouses. Wash walls floors & skylights
Sandpaper & remove initials from the building or the dock.
Wash beds, ceiling, walls & light fixtures inside the lodge.
Clean & organize a kitchen cupboard.
Repair & paint picnic tables.
Wash out the garbage cans and the mouse trap.
Clean Kitchen, tables, cutting boards & counters.
Empty kitchen sink sumps and outside pump sump
Yearly honey wagon for outhouses.
Seasonal Maintenance:Fill water fire extinguishers in Spring.M-t water fire extinguishers in Fall
Sweep chimneys
Tighten roof screws (for metal roof)
Put up picnic shelter tarp in spring. Take down picnic shelter tarp in Fall
Clean and bleach out well.

Reset nails and stain front deck.

Stain Lodge. Can do one side at a time or all at once!

Bring a gas powered blower. Clean off sidewalks and pathways.

Cut already down trees, split and stack in woodshed.(Please don't cut logs that can be used for lumber!)

Donations needed:
New kitchen stove.
New or used kitchen cutlery (Knives, Forks and spoons)
Gravel for the roads around Camp.
Cedar Colour Oil stain
Flyswatters and a propane mosquito catcher.
12 Galvanized, 1/2" turnbuckles. (Short & Stocky)

20' shipping container.
Small Kubota type Tractor / loader / backhoe or trackhoe.

Road's Cleared

Thanks to a generous volunteer for clearing the road making access possible for 3 groups booked in February. Anyone interested in a winter adventure, give me a call!

Welcome Back! These pics taken Saturday Jan 17th.

It has been a long time since I have updated this Blog. It has been real quiet at Camp, but all is in good shape. Where are the groups that want to cross country ski or sled in? Up above the fog that has been blanketing the lower mainland it has been beautiful up there!

This first pic was taken from about 1/2 way down the side of the lake, looking North. There is about 1 foot of snow on the road and it has been rained on and then frozen again so is easy for walking, cross country skiing, driving a quad or snowmobile. It might be a tough go for a 4x4 as there is 2 snow slides across the road. The big melt that came in the second week of January didn't affect the area around the Lake as it never got that warm up there. (It sure is evident on most of the drive for the first 25 Km after you turn at Vedder Crossing!)

This pic was taken looking north from the Camp dock.

Small tree across the road

Back Yard snow.

Snow line on the beach shows that the water never came high during the big melt of January 09!

Slide # 1 across the road. (Next group booked in has said "No problem.... a little shovelling and we'll wheel right over that!") Once they cross that and a small tree across the road, there is only one more little bit smaller slide and they're home free! The snow averages about 12-18 inches deep (that's 30-45 Cm) for the younger crowd and is pretty crusty where the snowmobile tracks have packed it down a bit. Have a look at a few more pics and think about a winter adventure for your group.

This pic is the 2nd slide.

Not very many times that I get away from there without taking a picture of the Chapel reflection. Every picture looks better than the last. Not a better photographer or camera, but siding, stairs - inside and out, new roof, the insulation that you can't see, the deck, windows, doors, paint, wiring, lighting and beds. Lets keep it up!

Get together with your group to plan your group's next Camp improvement job. Let me know b4 the last Saturday in April. Spring Work Day April 25, 2009. I'm still working on replacing our emergency communication system as our AutoTel is no longer supported and is not working.

Fall work day.

53 people came out to work on some projects to make the Camp better for all. Work days are aways held on the last Saturday of April and the last Saturday of September. We start taking bookings for the next year on the fall work day. Bookings are confirmed upon receipt of paperwork & deposit. You can call anytime to see what is available, but no bookings are confirmed without receipt of your paperwork and deposit.

On the work day, we levelled the picnic shelter and got 3/4 of the paver stones laid. (1100 sq ft)

We extended the sidewalk from the outhouses, also put in a walkway from the front porch to the dock logs, cleaned & washed out the outhouses and installed corner bead around the front and back walls of the Chapel. We emptied all the construction materials out of the Chapel, dug a trench and buried wire to install a light in the wash station (lights the path to the outhouses).

We washed the walls of the Lodge, filled corner cracks and cleaned light fixtures.

We fed, all the workers, raked the beach, filled the woodshed and cleaned up inside the lodge! We started building an extention to the roof of the men's outhouse and brushed out camping areas!

Thanks to all those that participated and if anyone feels left out, they're invited to next spring work day..... There - don't say I didn't let you know!!

Fall Work Day and Booking Time

September is here already. There have been groups booked in steady all summer keeping things very busy! Once more and hopefully for the last time, there was one week vacant in the summer. This happens all too often when a cancellation comes in at the last minute. 95% of those last minute cancellations are when I have been too soft in insisting on deposits, listening to one excuse after another why the deposit has not been sent in. From this point forward, I will not pencil / crayon / ink or dream about any group holding any time without deposits and paperwork. Last minute cancellations deny another group time that they would have gladly booked, deny income for the Camp and leaves the Camp empty without any security. Not very many individuals or groups can put together a Camp with 3 days notice. If you think you have time booked, please check well ahead of time to ensure that all necessary paperwork is complete and that keys have been arranged for access.

That being said, work day is scheduled for September 27th and I am waiting for groups to submit their plans for what they would like to do to improve Camp for all. (There is the usual cleaning, painting, woodshed, and brushing out to be done) Please contact me ahead of time to reserve your place at the Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner table. (( kris.sanders@telus.net ))

Another couple of small rocks dropped on the road.

Another couple of small rocks dropped on the road! Thankfully they landed before I got there!!

Please remember to pray for safety for all travelling to and from the Camp as well as safety while at the Camp.