Another week has gone by and we find ourselves at the
halfway point of our mission. It was very interesting this weekend to see some
of our projects actually completed and ready to go. The first one of interest
was the Teepees. To see all my poles put to use and the process that had to be
gone thru to get them standing and then stay standing was amazing . There was a
lot of painting of fences, barn and bathrooms being done by members of our
stake. We had over 300 volunteers on site yesterday - getting things done. I
spent the week painting and spraying the
new little kitchen. My colored trail markers are up and ready to identify any
hike you might be interested in. I got a nice compliment from the boss about
how I was doing the temporary signs for
the weekends too. I have to admit here that it was your mother's idea to do
them on the computer. She made me a
template with the font size at 200 and then taught me how to do them.
A new task I've been assigned is to build a replica of the
box the gold plates were buried in for an activity where the young women will
actually bury the replica and/or go and dig it up. The actual box was made of
stone and I was fussing about how to do it and then I realized the flooring
vinyl that was put in the new little kitchen was of a stone or cobble design. I
felt dumb that I didn't think of that sooner.
Larry said that last summer they did this activity with the box and
plates for the first time and many of the young women said this was the
highlight of their experience at camp.
We are looking forward to the safe arrival of Ben's family
next week and many more of you the week after. Love, Dad
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| My trail markers |
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| Mom's three full shopping carts |
