Yesterday, we had the Camp Daniel Appreciation Picnic. The day started early finishing the dirt around the new concrete paths. Katie Dace, Betty Miller, Morgan MacIntyre and Steven Cohen all drove from Black River Falls on Friday evening. They were up bright and early on Saturday to help with the finishing details. We really appreciated all of their help.
There were about 130 people in attendance, many of whom went on a detailed tour of the Camp Daniel grounds, which included many stories of miracles that have progressed Camp Daniel to where it is today. In the evening we had a campfire for those who remained.
Today we all went to church, then had our missionary family meeting.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday, September 11
This morning, the guys took off the concrete forms. Then, lots of fill and top soil were trucked over from the back of the property to fill all of the new areas around the craft cabin. 
Karol painted the green on the bocce court. It really finishes it off will the dirt filled in.
Jen, Molly and Sarah Braun (whom will be visiting with Jen thru the weekend) got lots done today. They swept off the walks, cleaned the nature center, cleaned the bathroom and windows in the office, plus other stuff I can't think of now. Chrissy helped with the landscaping this morning, then after lunch she browned all of the #30 of beef needed for the chili tomorrow.
Karol painted the green on the bocce court. It really finishes it off will the dirt filled in. 
Jen, Molly and Sarah Braun (whom will be visiting with Jen thru the weekend) got lots done today. They swept off the walks, cleaned the nature center, cleaned the bathroom and windows in the office, plus other stuff I can't think of now. Chrissy helped with the landscaping this morning, then after lunch she browned all of the #30 of beef needed for the chili tomorrow. Jen, Sue, John and DJ went to Able Fellowship tonight.
Karol's sister, Janice, drove up from Milwaukee today. She helped Karol clean her messy messy house and did some cleaning in the snack stand.
Katie Dace, Betty Miller and Steven Cohen are coming this evening. They'll be spending the night and enjoying the appreciation picnic tomorrow. (Of course, they'll probably get put to work in the morning on some finishing touches.)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Thursday, September 10
Today, Jen and Molly, with the help of Sarah Braun painted the first coat on the bocce court. Why is it red? and why they miss a bunch? The court will match the posts of the bait shop (snack stand) where the finished look is a distressed green with the read peaking thru in small areas. The reason why it's not solid red is because there wasn't enough paint to cover the entire thing, so the distressing will be limited to areas of red, the rest being a solid green.
More concrete. Yea! This pic was taken pre-exhaustion. The crew started building the forms (including laying concrete block) in the morning and were doing finishing touches until the truck pulled in at 3:30 (we were thankful that he was a half hour late)
The concrete crew drafted a new member. Molly. She was in charge of washing all of the tools off as we went along.
More concrete. Yea! This pic was taken pre-exhaustion. The crew started building the forms (including laying concrete block) in the morning and were doing finishing touches until the truck pulled in at 3:30 (we were thankful that he was a half hour late)
The concrete crew drafted a new member. Molly. She was in charge of washing all of the tools off as we went along. 9 yards later. There's now a wide sidewalk from the craft cabin porch slab to the greatly extended main walking path.
Wednesday, September 9
Wednesday morning involved getting the finishing touches ready to receive a truck of concrete. When the truck rolled in at 10:00 am, Little Tony, Tim, the guys and Karol were ready. In the pic below, you can just see the short sidewalk that connects the bocce court to the path. There were also two small footings poured on either end of the bocce court. In the foreground, you can see the extension to the main walking path.
This picture was taken later on in th day. As you can see, the concrete was extended in front of the craft cabin (don't forget, the porch is coming off and being rebuilt to the size of the concrete). Also in this pic you can see Little Tony and the guys working extending the retaining block in a graceful curve. They have also back filled behind the block wall. All of the water will shed off of this area beautifully, which is always one of the main concerns when we re sculpt the land.
This view shows the worked on areas in relation to the lake. This was taken from behind that new retaining wall. Where the camera is shooting from in this pic, is now as far as one can drive a vehicle. No more backing up to the snack stand for loading/unloading! The main walking path is 8 feet wide, so a vehicle can technically drive on it, but that's only for special circumstances. All I know is that we really need a 4' wide snow blower to tackle all of the impending snow.
Today, Chrissy, Jen and Molly did a bunch of weeding in the gardens to get ready for the appreciation picnic this Saturday. In the late afternoon, Karol went to Green Bay to do all of the grocery shopping for the picnic, and for the Hartley House. Tim and Chrissy had youth group at Living Hope Church. Jen and Molly had a meeting in the evening for Special Olympics.
This picture was taken later on in th day. As you can see, the concrete was extended in front of the craft cabin (don't forget, the porch is coming off and being rebuilt to the size of the concrete). Also in this pic you can see Little Tony and the guys working extending the retaining block in a graceful curve. They have also back filled behind the block wall. All of the water will shed off of this area beautifully, which is always one of the main concerns when we re sculpt the land.
This view shows the worked on areas in relation to the lake. This was taken from behind that new retaining wall. Where the camera is shooting from in this pic, is now as far as one can drive a vehicle. No more backing up to the snack stand for loading/unloading! The main walking path is 8 feet wide, so a vehicle can technically drive on it, but that's only for special circumstances. All I know is that we really need a 4' wide snow blower to tackle all of the impending snow.
Today, Chrissy, Jen and Molly did a bunch of weeding in the gardens to get ready for the appreciation picnic this Saturday. In the late afternoon, Karol went to Green Bay to do all of the grocery shopping for the picnic, and for the Hartley House. Tim and Chrissy had youth group at Living Hope Church. Jen and Molly had a meeting in the evening for Special Olympics.Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Today, Little Tony and the guys worked on getting the concrete forms ready for tomorrow. In front of the craft cabin, the patio area will be extended an additional 8 feet. Later the roof of the porch will be redone to extend to the edge. You can also see in the pic below, that the retaining wall was continued further. The road will now curve away from the building, instead of going straight in front of it. (Of course, it's not a road, but an eight foot wide luxury sidewalk)
This pic shows where the sidewalk will extend to for this round of concrete. Also, last week Tim and the guys dug holes for the posts that will be needed, and put sonotubes in them. The concrete will be poured into those as well. The posts will be for the decking that will connect the patio in the above pic to the patio that's outside the bathroom doors on the north side of the building.
Jen, Marceaux and Karol spend the entire morning unpacking all of the stuff from family camp. It seemed to have multiplied over the weekend. There was the entire carnival, leftover food, kitchen hardwares, tents, sound equipment, etc, etc.
This pic shows where the sidewalk will extend to for this round of concrete. Also, last week Tim and the guys dug holes for the posts that will be needed, and put sonotubes in them. The concrete will be poured into those as well. The posts will be for the decking that will connect the patio in the above pic to the patio that's outside the bathroom doors on the north side of the building.
Jen, Marceaux and Karol spend the entire morning unpacking all of the stuff from family camp. It seemed to have multiplied over the weekend. There was the entire carnival, leftover food, kitchen hardwares, tents, sound equipment, etc, etc.Tim worked in the craft cabin putting up shelving and closet poles, and getting ready to build the wall cabinets in the kitchen areas. Jen and Molly need all of the storage they can get!
Jen, Molly, Marceaux, John and Sue all went to Able bible study tonight. It was the first one of the season.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Wednesday September 2
Here's a picture of the concrete form that Richard worked on yesterday. On the left is the bocce court with the sidewalk form coming straight out from it to the walkway. The remaining area will be grass.
This is what it looked like early today in front of the craft cabin. The line of stakes represent where the future patio/deck area will be. As you can see, it will run more than the full length of the building. This area will add lots of usable square footage for outside lounging and crafting.
Same area, but the stakes and pea gravel are gone. Little Tony is on the bulldozer making the way for the future 8' concrete walking path. (it will join up with the end which is currently in front of the bocce court, poured earlier this summer) The new path curves much further away from the building, then angles back to the old road (to the right of the pine tree)
Molly moved in with Jen today! And Marceaux had a good first day on the job at Northern Automotive.
This is what it looked like early today in front of the craft cabin. The line of stakes represent where the future patio/deck area will be. As you can see, it will run more than the full length of the building. This area will add lots of usable square footage for outside lounging and crafting.
Same area, but the stakes and pea gravel are gone. Little Tony is on the bulldozer making the way for the future 8' concrete walking path. (it will join up with the end which is currently in front of the bocce court, poured earlier this summer) The new path curves much further away from the building, then angles back to the old road (to the right of the pine tree)
Molly moved in with Jen today! And Marceaux had a good first day on the job at Northern Automotive. Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 1
Today Little Tony, Richard and the guys prepared concrete forms. The new bocce court needs a sidewalk leading to it. They also got the forms started for the next section of the wide concrete path that currently ends between the bocce court and the craft cabin. Brian moved the pea gravel that was leftover from the youth group this summer to a needed area by the craft cabin.
Chrissy, Tim, Jen, Marceaux, Karol and the guys organized the camp stuff that was in the garage and moved most of it to the storage unit down the road. Chrissy went thru the bins of kitchen items. They also prepared the black trailer for family camp this weekend. The guys switched the upright freezer in it for a refrigerator. Chrissy pulled out of the kitchen stuff much of the paper goods that will be needed for our group of 45 that will be attending Family Camp this weekend in Waupaca with Living Hope Church.
Marceaux, with the help of Tim and Nick brought his mechanics toolbox to his new job in Crivitz. He'll be starting part-time at Northern Automotive tomorrow.
Little Tony and Karol laid out the post locations for the porch that will be running the length of the craft cabin. They settled on 8' apart.
Sue helped prepare for Family Camp by cleaning the camp coolers and freezer/fridge that were used in the black trailer for camps.
Chrissy, Tim, Jen, Marceaux, Karol and the guys organized the camp stuff that was in the garage and moved most of it to the storage unit down the road. Chrissy went thru the bins of kitchen items. They also prepared the black trailer for family camp this weekend. The guys switched the upright freezer in it for a refrigerator. Chrissy pulled out of the kitchen stuff much of the paper goods that will be needed for our group of 45 that will be attending Family Camp this weekend in Waupaca with Living Hope Church.
Marceaux, with the help of Tim and Nick brought his mechanics toolbox to his new job in Crivitz. He'll be starting part-time at Northern Automotive tomorrow.
Little Tony and Karol laid out the post locations for the porch that will be running the length of the craft cabin. They settled on 8' apart.
Sue helped prepare for Family Camp by cleaning the camp coolers and freezer/fridge that were used in the black trailer for camps.
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