Trail Life Troop AL 1613

We thoroughly enjoyed hosting Trail Life Troop 1613 out of Whitesburg Baptist this weekend! They were troopers, coming in and setting up camp in the main campground, late in the afternoon on Friday.  

The temps were cool, but not bad ... definitely great campfire weather! They got their "camp kitchen" set up just how they like it.

And were quite prepared to sit and enjoy their surroundings!!

A special shoutout goes to Christian Phillips, who contacted Todd to make the reservation and to organize a service project for the group to complete.  For us it was a no-brainer! Todd needed the limbs and small trees/brush overhanging into the main road to be clipped, trimmed and cleared.

The guys did a great job and worked through most of Saturday afternoon and had it looking real good when they finished up!

We hope to see them back again soon . . . maybe when it's just a tad warmer?!  :)

Work Day!

We could not have asked for a more beautiful day for a scheduled work day!  It's always rather iffy in February -- snow, sleet, rain, and painfully cold temps have all plagued scheduled days in the past -- but this year we had clear skies and temperatures that were just about perfect.

We opened the day at 8:00 a.m. with prayer and instructions under the pavilion.

We had right at 50 volunteers on hand that morning!  That's really exciting to see.

The work day was scheduled primarily to take care of the downed trees from Disaster Relief's Chainsaw Training in the fall.

That wood was hauled by tractors . . .

. . . to one of two locations and teams split and stacked (and restocked our firewood supply). 

We had one team at the pavilion and one in the main campground.

Other teams cleared brush and hauled it up to the field for burning.

Pavers were laid at the bottom of the deck steps. Don't they look great?!

Limbs were trimmed from the roadways, to make it easier for trucks and RVs to travel through easily.

The flag pole was cleaned up and repainted.

Cornhole boards were painted and sealed.

And a new sign was painted and readied for installing.

Lunch was provided at noon, and workers gathered and fellowshipped over hotdogs and chili.

Soon it was three o'clock and time to wrap things up.

We managed to stock about seven or eight cords of firewood!  We know that the groups who camp up here in the next ten months will *really* appreciate that effort.

We really appreciate all the hard work and time that each volunteer gifted to the camp that day!