As always - no caretaker on site!

Any one want a volunteer position for a bit? I'll offer double or triple my pay.... for the next 6 weeks, I've traded a view of THE Lake for the Atlantic Ocean. >Halifax Citadel>

Some of the jobs that I usually do (or ensure that they are done)

-Bring a shovel and stop at culverts along the last 5 miles to ensure that they are not blocked. (Roll rocks off the road)

-Remove all the empty toilet paper rolls from, and sweep out the outhouses. ...Seems no one's Mom ever comes Camping so it rarely gets done!

-Wipe down the counters and clean the windows in the Lodge.

-Check the batteries for the phone system.

-Take away the rest of the garbage that the last group missed.

-Empty, cleanout and put 3" of fresh water in the mouse traps.

-General Camp condition check.

In the mean time, as there never is any caretaker there, User Groups, please ensure that the checkout sheet items are completed, sheet is filled out and (preferably) e-mailed to me right after your Camp time. Pictures of any good times with your group or potential problem areas would help also!

We had a debris torrent last Saturday afternoon that plugged a culvert and washed over the road. The group at Camp had to clear a path to get their vehicles out! Please remember that you are travelling to a wilderness location Camp and be prepared for wilderness situations that may come up. This includes wild animals, rough or impassable roads, vehicle troubles and Camp visitors that we always welcome warmly and show them that the exit is pretty well where they came in.

There have been pests in Camp that we do not want to encourage. City racoons that have been trapped elsewhere and dropped off in the "Wilderness." Do not leave your garbage out and be careful with them in the evenings. They are brazen and not afraid of people. DO NOT FEED THEM! - This also includes the Canada Geese! If you enjoy walking on green lawns, green beaches and green docks, visit Deer lake and go for a swim there. You don't even have to know how to swim as the water there is thick enough to walk on without faith!

Any problems, please e-mail me asap

Thanks,

Kris

Thanks to Telus and the other volunteer workers

Saturday we had 27 Telus workers volunteer their time to run 3 Km of cable to bring dial tone into the Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park. Total cost estimate of $27,500 was reduced by donation of time from the workers and some materials from Telus.

Thanks to all who pray for continued road access and for safety of all who attend and work on Camp projects! Thanks to the Crew from Northside that gave their time to bring cooking equipment, (sharp knives), culinary skills, and music to serve the community. They prepared and served lunch and dinner to the volunteers that came to work to provide emergency communications capability to both the Provincial Park and Chilliwack Lake Camp. Thanks to the people who came up to drop off tables and chairs at the temporary kitchen at the Provincial Parks service yard. Thanks to the crew that went down to Camp and vaccumed the cobwebs out of the lodge, swept up, raked, emptied the ashes from the fire pit. Thanks to the guys who gave time expertise , materials and equipment to mount and wire up the solar panels, antennas and radio equipment to facilitate any emergency communications needed for Camp.

The Provincial Park people are so VERY happy to be able to have access to emergency communications that they gave space for us to erect an antenna for a radio shot to extend dial tone down to Camp! Still a little bit of "Tweaking" to give better service, but it works way better than the old system.
Please remember to keep campfires as small as possible to lower the chances of forest fire! Wind can come up and blow sparks into the tinder dry bush. Please clean up and burn small brush from around the woods all over Camp. The more of that we burn in a controlled fire, the less chance of wildfire!

Thanks for your help with this!

This system is to be used for emergency communications only..... not to call Mum to say "Hi" or talk too long as it is battery operated. You may need the battery to be strong enough to complete your call in the case of an emergency!

Road's Open

If you have one of these!









And one of these!
You can do this......





..............If first you wade through a mountain of paperwork.

Please Thank God that we live in a country where they do listen, then return a call / write a note, and send your Thanks to James Murphy & Joe Lavia at Chilliwack Forestry as well as your MLA that you wrote asking for help to get this done.

Call (604) 660-2421 or 1 800 663-7867 to ask "Enquiry BC"for their contact information. If they do not have a toll free number, Enquiry BC can transfer you to their number free of charge, give you their e-mail addresses or their snail mail addresses!

Thanks all

May 23 lunch time.Good news still rolling in!

Thanks to those who continue to offer help! We have volunteers for:
-Praying for safety for volunteers working up there as well as the Camp users while attending Camp and the safety of the facility when there is no one there. (Any / All please continue to pray)
-Cooking team complete with barbeques to prepare lunch and dinner for the crew working on the telephone line extention up the road and the radio installation that will extend dial tone down the 8Km to the Camp.
-Portable kitchen trailer.
-Boat to bring volunteers down to Camp. Many of these volunteers have never seen the Camp and the reason for the communication needs
-Some tables and chairs so we will have enough. I am going to ask all volunteers to bring one chair for themselves. We might need a couple more fold up tables.
-Enough volunteers to complete the project.
- Some offers of donations towards the cost of having Camp closed for 3 months, feeding volunteers and installing the communications system. (Total estimate of $7,500)

I have to work today, so if anyone wants to drive up this weekend to check the road and Camp, please send me pictures of the blasting location as well as any other thing on the road and the condition of the Camp.

Thank you all for your support of efforts to continue to make the Camp safe and available to user groups!

3rd blog today! More good news

I got a call from a Scout Leader who persisted and got through to the Forestry engineer this afternoon (Friday, May 22) and he was told that the road is OPEN! Praise the Lord!! Now we need to fill the weekends that were cancelled. Anyone want to go up there tonight?
Please call or e-mail me to ask about open bookings!
Thanks
Kris

When was that last post? - 2 hours ago!

Thanks for the support and encouragement.
I have had calls and e-mails offering :
-2 boats.... we may not need those - talked to Parks this Am they said lots of booming and trucks full of rocks coming out of the road!
- a mobile kitchen
- a trailer with chairs, tables, BBQ, propane heater......won't need the heater! The long range forecast is for above average temperatures expected!
-Radio installer / technician
-someone to take my job when he retires in 2 years!
-offer of "Anything else that you need (that I have)"

-Still looking for carpenter / handy guy that doesn't mind heights.
& given the weather forecast - Juice Jug(s) with ICE

Thanks again!!
Kris

What day was that last post? ....only 2 days ago

Prayers, calls / e-mails went to all the right places! I got a return call (after no answer for 3 months) from Barry Penner's MLA office. The rock will be moved within 2 weeks!

I also got a call with a reminder to myself to remember the reason for the Camp and who is in charge. This is a reminder for you, in case any of you stopped praying for the youth that attend Camp, for the safety of the facility and the volunteers that give their time there.

Thanks for all those that responded! I hope to post a real great picture of the road on the other side of the rock.

All those who Prayed, called or wrote... Please pray, call and write to say thank you when the rock is gone!!
Kris