August 20 2011

Kamp Kipa 2006

Kamp Kipa 2011

We had a very good turnout this Saturday, about 60 people including cooks and kitchen help. Thank you to all who continue to give your time and effort to build a camp.

Worked on and completed this week:

Completed backfill of girl's side drain field

Completed rough grade for the camp storage units

Removed three large trees that needed to be dropped for safety purposes

Cut area from hillside south of the girl's side drainfield to prepare a pad for a basketball court

Girl's sauna and bathhouse roof was worked on

Several crews hauled brush from the cabin areas to burn

Up to 20 guys gathered and placed rock on the hillside west of the lodge

Two chain saw crews cut down logs and brush throughout the camp to movable lengths for burning and removal

Completed interior sheeting and paint in the water treatment room, it is ready for equipment to be installed

The drain lines were finished and tied into the collection box and were backfilled

Installed two septic tanks by the girl's bathroom, they need to be adjusted for height, leveled and backfilled

Five electricians worked throughout the camp. We were able to get a majority of the electrical completed:
Exterior lights on lodge and bathhouse
Kitchen is almost complete
Finished wiring for refrigerator and freezer, both are working as expected

Continued work on the west side retaining wall and extended patio. 8-12 guys worked on this throughout the day making it 80% complete

Electricians

Electricians in kitchen



Rory S installing exterior light on lodge



Man and machine working together



Work on the west side



More work on west side, along path leading to future amphitheater



West side of lodge



Very big holding tanks



Stihls at a stand-still



Felling trees



Clearing



Burning



Girl's side drain field



More on girl's side



Working on bathhouse roof



On bathhouse roof



Spraying polyurea coating in bathhouse



Doesn't this look nice?

First Two Weeks of August

The last two weeks have seen a better turnout. Thank you to all the kitchen help who have continued to prepare lunches each Saturday this summer and also for all the homemade baked goods.

Worked on and completed:
~ The steps from the Main Lodge to the Outdoor Amphitheater are complete.
~ All drilling and rebar is complete throughout the camp.
~ Continued to burn brush.
~ Drain field backfill is complete on the girls side.
~ Saunas have been sided and are ready for paint. The metal roof was installed on the boys sauna, the girls sauna roof is yet to be completed.
~ Sprayed on a polyurea coating, which is a rubber based coating, in place of tile to waterproof the walls, showers and floors in the boys and girls bathrooms.
~ Most of the kitchen equipment has been delivered.
~ Installed the walk-in refrigerator and freezer.
~ ADA bathroom prepped for tiling.
~ Final electrical in the lodge is complete.
~ Built diversion dams and placed rip rap to minimize erosion.
~ Moved several hundred tons of dirt and AB to backfill from the septic to the drain field and to the expanded patio off of the lodge.
~ Worked on water treatment room. Wiring, framing and siding is complete. The interior sheeting is being worked on this week (8/15/11).
~ Dug out for the last septic tank, waiting to install new tanks. The plan is to install them this week (8/15/11).
~ Collection box for the girls side drain field was installed. Need to finish tying in all of the connector boxes this week (8/15/11).

There are 2 summer working weekends left. We have a need for many workers for each weekend for the rest of the summer.

In summary there are hundreds and hundreds of estimated man hours remaining to complete our summer goals. We would like to remind everyone to help by coming up to Kamp Kipa so we can be ready to hold our first camp this fall.