It finally dried up enough that the pea gravel was able to be delivered for the Obstacle Course. After another week or so of waiting out the subsequent rain, I spent another week trying to line up someone to move it from being "Gravel Mountain" to its intended purpose of lining the course.
Phone calls had not produced a taker so I was prepared to go and rent a bobcat and do this myself when Wells Johnson gave me a call. "You still need someone to help with the gravel?" he asked. I told him, yes sir, I do. He responded that he and Gordan Rainey were willing to come up on Wednesday morning and help.
They arrived around 9:00 on Wednesday morning--both with tractors with buckets--and were ready to go. I spent several hours the day before, raking out the leaves and clearing sticks and rocks from the course. Needless to say I was a little sore but when you are working with volunteers I have learned you have to be able to move when they can come!
This part of the project would prove to be a little bigger than I thought. They brought the gravel in with the heavy equipment and I spread it with a rake. I managed to keep up for about, oh ... 30 minutes.
Before it was all said and done they spent most of the day up here and finished at about 3:00. They did an excellent job and have been so helpful to me up here at the camp.
I must say that with the gravel down, the Obstacle Course is really looking good. The only think left now is to tighten up a couple of braces and hang the ropes. I believe this thing can be finished and ready to go before May gets here!
3 comments:
Todd, What does MACOBA charge for a church group of 25 staying overnight? (This group is not part of the Madison County Baptist. Assn.)
The cost is $1 per person, per day. So 25 people for two days would be $50 (or $2 per person). Let me know if I can be of further assistance. You can contact me directly at campmacoba3@gmail.com. Thanks!
Thanks for the info!
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