Interior work

There has been some progress in the interior in the past few weeks. They have finished most of the dry wall and have started painting the main and mezzanine floors.

There has not been much done in the past week so we are constantly looking for new things. Now the "visible progress" is reduced. When they are framing and siding you can tell at the end of the day that something major has occurred. With all of the details going in, it is harder to see that. We know they are still chipping away at it and will hopefully be able to order furniture...soon!

Interior Progress!

We are starting to see progress on the inside now too! They have got the insulation in and have started on the drywall/sheet rock. They have finished most of the exterior painting and it is starting to look like the drawings. We are having an Open House of sorts this Sunday starting at 5pm and we are trying to get it "gussied up" for that.

Exterior progress

We we have some obvious exterior progress happening to the staff house. They have finished a beautiful railing on the wrap around porch. They have put doors in and they are trying out colors on the side. They only did one side so it still looks alittle weird, but even slow progress is still progress!

Camp is going great! The kids are having a fun time and all are safe and happy!

First week of camp!

Sorry for the delay folks, but after 3 years the cabins are again filled with laughter and excitement! With all the preparation for our first campers I let the staff house settle on the back burner. During that time progress seemed to go very slowly so you haven't missed much. The siding finally started this last week and is already 99% complete! The windows are in too! Now that there is some visible progress I can resume the photo talking. Enjoy! Hopefully there will be even more visible progress next week! Until then, look at all the campers we had last week!

WOW!!!

We had yet another clean-up day this weekend and this time we had 13 people show up!!! Big thanks to Linda Semon, Daniel, Calib and Joshua from Yancey County. Roger from the community and a few others stopped by. We got alot done and the place is looking great! We still have more to go and another clean-up day this Sunday. If you get a chance, stop by to help!

The staff house is amazing! They have part of the roof done and part of the front deck also! I can't believe they have gotten so far in such a little time. I can't wait to see what gets done this week!

I think they may do it!

They said 10 days and I thought they were kidding! Look at it! They should have the roof on in the next few days! I can't believe how fast that went up, it was a regular "barn raising" huh? They worked all day both Saturday AND Sunday and it sounds like a bee hive down there.

The clean up this weekend had another depressing turn out. My Mom and her husband drove up from Tennessee to help and they were the only ones who showed up. We removed dirty screens and stained buildings. They were a HUGE help but it was a bummer that no one else showed up. Maybe NEXT Saturday some people will come and help out.

10 Days and counting!

They started framing this weekend and they tell me they will have it dine in 10 days! I was alittle skeptical until I looked at it last night...they were walking around on the second floor! As you can see they have already made HUGE progress in just 3 days!

Our first clean-up weekend was sort of disappointing, our neighbor Jeff was the only one who showed up. We got ALOT done though. My husband, Jeff and myself managed to fill an entire roll-off dumpster with old furniture & the stuff from the program shelters. We now have 2 great spots...one for the Nature Nook (eco-stuff and stream stompin') and one for the art area (cool name has yet to be thought of). The place is already looking so different. WE HAVE ANOTHER CLEAN-UP DAY ON SATURDAY FROM 10AM-5PM. If you can come, even for a few hours please stop by!