A step forward on the zipline

Friday afternoon we took delivery of a load of rock. We need to have some soft fall protection material under the travel way and will use the rock to contain that material.

Now we need to spread them out and line them up. We have 2 different tractors we can use to move them around . They generally are football size so they  should not be very heavy. Just some work turning 2 piles into 2 lines.

So the rocks will be placed in rows 12 ft a part and parallel with the zip line, then fibar will be added between the rows. Thanks for looking at our progress.

20 Something group came to work

Friday PM, this group of 12 rolled in. They were looking for some projects they could tackle. Saturday morning  they started with the green paint and painted all the picnic tables and serving shelves. The play structure caught the eye of a couple of them.

So while some of them painted, a few of them looked at the plans and started sorting the pieces. We have the components for 2 structures, all stacked together.

By laying out the parts they could tell if we had all the pieces. They discovered that we are missing a base to the circular slide and the 2 purple tubes do not appear in the plans. Great first step toward assembly. What is not clear just yet is which pole goes with which feature. Yet TBD as they say.

The paint crew did what they could with the green paint then did the back of our unit in light blue. The sun has really weathered the south wall. After lunch they worked on the rental picket fence. This has been on my to do list since last September when we came on board as camp host. We ran out of stain before it was truly finished. You would barely notice though. One of the men fixed our drinking faucet at the chapel. It has not worked for several years. Scott helped trim some overgrown oak trees off the ground near the fence line, helping with fire safety. It was great having them at the camp.

Iglesia De Jesus Christo

Memorial day week end Iglesia came to Whisper Canyon. They have been coming to the camp for more than 15 years. They use it as a family camp. They are a local church from King City. Sometimes they draw from some of the Hispanic churches from Salinas or Milpitas.

They always have games for the children. Here is an egg carry

I think this needs steady lips to do well. Or is this called eye mouth coordination?

Then there is the classic, musical chairs.

It is fun see how the different groups use the camp. Dan our neighbor with the bison has said he loves to hear the sound of children playing, sounds of laughter. Any camp builds sweet  memories doesn't it.