Thursday, August 18, 2011

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.