Work Weekend 2011

This weekend was our annual work weekend. Usually it is at the end of April, but this year we pushed it back to give my dad some extra time to heal (and because registration was really low in April, so we were hoping more people would sign up).

Work weekend is always a WHIRLWIND. We had about 65 volunteers this year, which is slightly lower than in the past, and it rained all day on Saturday, and yet, we still got an amazing amount of work done. Everywhere I looked, people we cleaning, clearing paths, fixing screen doors, plumbing, doing electrical work and many other random things.

For 3 years, I've been annoyed that the light switch for the kitchen is at the back of the kitchen, meaning you have to navigate through a dark room before you can turn on the lights. A team of electricians did a variety of jobs this weekend, including putting a light switch outside the kitchen, adding outlets in places we've been wishing for outlets, motion sensors and timers on some of the lights as well as installing new, more energy efficient lights in the main lodge.

Possibly the best part of the weekend was a compliment I received from a man who was on the board of directors for almost 20 years and has been involved with camp since the 1980s. He told me he had never seen camp looking so well cared for. I appreciated his compliment because he has been around for a long time and has seen it at its best and worst.

By the time the last volunteer left today, I started feeling more ready, and excited for camp than I have for weeks. Summer is near...