Deer Camp 2024:
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Work Weekend 2024:
Attendance 13 including SIX "next generation" members and family who will be key our ongoing success!
Hurricane Debbie changed our plans a little, leaving debris along the creek from the walking bridge behind camp, strewn against our firewood crib and under our bridges but the Augenstein crew brought an excavator and skid steer which made short work of the additional cleanup. Also on the agenda, the removal of a number of stumps and other overgrown and dying trees along the creek heading down to the range which was accomplished in spite of the cleanup from the previous weeks storm and an unusually rainy work weekend. As always we cut and split enough firewood to fill the shed, ready for winter, thanks to Greg Weiss, his log splitter and Ron Byers.
(credit where credit is due... Skip took the picture through the log... it might be a second calling!)
Attendance 13 including SIX "next generation" members and family who will be key our ongoing success!
Hurricane Debbie changed our plans a little, leaving debris along the creek from the walking bridge behind camp, strewn against our firewood crib and under our bridges but the Augenstein crew brought an excavator and skid steer which made short work of the additional cleanup. Also on the agenda, the removal of a number of stumps and other overgrown and dying trees along the creek heading down to the range which was accomplished in spite of the cleanup from the previous weeks storm and an unusually rainy work weekend. As always we cut and split enough firewood to fill the shed, ready for winter, thanks to Greg Weiss, his log splitter and Ron Byers.
(credit where credit is due... Skip took the picture through the log... it might be a second calling!)
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Bear Camp 2023:
It was a pretty good year with THREE bears taken...
- Chris Augenstein 107# from Arts Rock
- Chris Aires 203# from Pole Cat
- Greg Weiss 503# from the top of Bearwallow
It was a pretty good year with THREE bears taken...
- Chris Augenstein 107# from Arts Rock
- Chris Aires 203# from Pole Cat
- Greg Weiss 503# from the top of Bearwallow
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Work Weekend 2023:
The 2023 work weekend ran from August 25th to the 27th.
Attendance 14, including members, sons, friends and "the Fan Guy" looking into the kitchen vent
The 2023 work weekend ran from August 25th to the 27th.
Attendance 14, including members, sons, friends and "the Fan Guy" looking into the kitchen vent
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Projects tackled this year included:
- Road improvements including machine work in ditches and overhanging branch clearing
- Numerous trees trimmed/removed near camp and gun range
- Yard improvements, removing humps & filling low spots for easier mowing
- Cut & Split firewood
- Installed new Vulcan stove
- Replaced kitchen ceiling tile
- Replaced all heat/ac vents in all rooms
- Replaced numerous cracked floor tile
- Serviced all bathroom vent fans to reduce noise and improve airflow
- Rebuilt the gun range, now with in-ground tubes to ease future rebuilds
- Pressure washed camps exterior
- Painted, painted, painted ... maybe 3/5's of camp has new inside paint
- New floor cove molding to go with new paint
- Installed new range & sink light fixtures
- New runners and area rugs
- Ongoing patching of crumbling cinder block exterior
- All old screens removed and taken for renewal
- Cleaned and serviced both vacuums
Work Weekend 2022:
The 2022 work weekend ran from August 26th to the 28th.
Projects tackled this year included:
The 2022 work weekend ran from August 26th to the 28th.
Projects tackled this year included:
- Lowered the range hood to improve kitchen fan performance (still a bit of cleanup on that job)
- Replaced old 500w front spot with 150w LED panel and rears with LED spots
- Prune trees in the orchard and drop 4 more tall pines near the range
- General cleaning and maintenance
- Cement patch to shore up crumbling block under front-facing porch ledge
- Pressure washing of porch and building (by Bill Thunborg on his personal weekend)
Work Weekend 2021:
The 2021 work weekend ran from August 27th to the 29th.
Projects tackled this year included:
The 2021 work weekend ran from August 27th to the 29th.
Projects tackled this year included:
- Chimney cleaning and inspection
- Resolved the generally low (sometimes no) water pressure issue
- Updated some lighting fixtures
- Cleanup of low branches around camp
- General cleaning and maintenance
- and Skip no doubt painted something
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2019/2020 Meeting(s):
Our yearly work weekend for 2020 was limited by Covid-19 but the Virgins and Carlsons put in a great effort regarding cleanup of the old "dump" along camp road as well as trimming a lot of saplings next to the road. Camp thanks our dedicated members!
We have not selected a weekend for 2021 as yet but will advise everybody shortly.
Our yearly work weekend for 2020 was limited by Covid-19 but the Virgins and Carlsons put in a great effort regarding cleanup of the old "dump" along camp road as well as trimming a lot of saplings next to the road. Camp thanks our dedicated members!
We have not selected a weekend for 2021 as yet but will advise everybody shortly.
Work Weekend 2019:
The 2019 work weekend ran from August 23rd to the 25th.
In attendance were Mark Capenos, Chuck Augenstein, Matt & Mason Virgin, Skip Halt, Ron Byers, Greg Weiss, Tim Brady, Keith Bachman and guests Andrew Mezz and Bruce Unger.
Special thanks to Mason Virgin on his 2nd year, we will depend on the next generation sooner than we think!
Projects tackled this year included:
The 2019 work weekend ran from August 23rd to the 25th.
In attendance were Mark Capenos, Chuck Augenstein, Matt & Mason Virgin, Skip Halt, Ron Byers, Greg Weiss, Tim Brady, Keith Bachman and guests Andrew Mezz and Bruce Unger.
Special thanks to Mason Virgin on his 2nd year, we will depend on the next generation sooner than we think!
Projects tackled this year included:
- Pressure wash the exterior of the building and all concrete surfaces
- Cut down the dead Ash tree below the parking lot and with everybody's help we filled the entire wood shed with this ONE tree over the course of 3 days and had a BIG bonfire
- Re-painted the 3rd bathroom shower
- Trimmed overhanging trees and such along the high road
- Cleaned the kitchen from top-to-bottom including the utensil drawers and cupboards
- Worked to improve the kitchen vent fan, cleaned game room fan and took the motor back for replacement
- And the ice-maker may have kicked our butt for the THIRD time, let me know if anybody thinks it's better.
Work Weekend 2018:
The 2018 work weekend ran from August 24th to the 26th.
And the 2017 annual meeting was convened Saturday afternoon (minutes for which are just below).
In attendance were Rich, Matt and Mason Virgin, Keith Bachman, Ron Byers, Greg Weiss, Tim Brady & Mark Capenos.
With no major projects this year we stuck with the basics of cleaning and wood cutting. Matt and Mason Virgin built a couple of fires to clean up excess dead-wood around camp and down by the pond, and Mason made the best of his first work weekend, rescuing some garter snakes from a sticky trap meant for mice, building a dam just below camp bridge and catching more salamanders and fish than seemed possible, we look forward to having him back next year!
The 2018 work weekend ran from August 24th to the 26th.
And the 2017 annual meeting was convened Saturday afternoon (minutes for which are just below).
In attendance were Rich, Matt and Mason Virgin, Keith Bachman, Ron Byers, Greg Weiss, Tim Brady & Mark Capenos.
With no major projects this year we stuck with the basics of cleaning and wood cutting. Matt and Mason Virgin built a couple of fires to clean up excess dead-wood around camp and down by the pond, and Mason made the best of his first work weekend, rescuing some garter snakes from a sticky trap meant for mice, building a dam just below camp bridge and catching more salamanders and fish than seemed possible, we look forward to having him back next year!
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Work Weekend 2017:
The 2017 work weekend ran from August 18th to the 20th.
Besides routine cleaning, maintenance and lots of wood cutting, some specific projects included:
The 2017 work weekend ran from August 18th to the 20th.
Besides routine cleaning, maintenance and lots of wood cutting, some specific projects included:
- A new kitchen fan was installed outside the building which should improve air flow and run a little quieter.
- All electrical receptacles and cover plates were replaced in the living area and bedrooms.
- The exterior of the building was completely pre-treated and pressure washed.
- A new stainless steel lid replaced the old wood/tin cover on our water reservoir above camp.
- The ice-maker in the new refrigerator was replaced as it was operating pretty inconsistently.
Work Weekend 2016:
The 2016 work weekend ran from August 19th to the 21st.
Besides the usual cleaning, wood cutting and road/drainage projects, this year we:
The 2016 work weekend ran from August 19th to the 21st.
Besides the usual cleaning, wood cutting and road/drainage projects, this year we:
- Delivered a new refrigerator... It's a virtual stainless steel walk-in cooler with double fridge doors on top and a pull-out freezer on the bottom which includes an icemaker. The old-old fridge in the back and the old side-by-side from the kitchen were both removed from camp, the medium size over/under fridge in the back was left as is.
- Worked on camps gas well... In an effort to eliminte the (mostly) winter related loss of gas pressure we replaced the piece-meal stainless flex lines, just outside the tin shed next to the well, with a short section of line that connects directly into the shed, replaced the high-side gauge (currently showing 210 psi) and low-side gauge (feeds camp at 10 psi), and changed out the valve and blow-off piping on top of the water seperator tank so we can more conveniently manage the periodic purging of this important part of our system.
- Set up a nice pool table... Camp now has a high quality SLATE pool table in the game room and the ping-pong table has been redesigned to sit securely on top of the pool table. Please enjoy with care.
- Repaired bedroom door jam... We can now open and close the back bedroom door with ease after the threshhold was cut down to releive the pressure on the bottom of that door.
- Walking Bridge shored up... The walking bridge behind camp has been built up on both ends to steady it.
- Kitchen Scrubbing... Particularly the range hood and related surfaces where we see the most cooking related build-up.
- Back fridge room... With the old-old fridge being removed, this room in general was cleaned and reorganized.
Work Weekend 2015:
The main task this year was the re-decking of camp bridge.
The old wood deck was beginning to show significant signs of deterioration with holes and soft spots along the tire paths.
The bridge was stipped of all old decking material to expose the iron beams and concrete piers which were painted and shored up as needed prior to a new, slightly wider, wood deck being installed.
Many thanks to Matt Virgin and his crew who pretty much gave their entire weekend the week before to help us prepare for work weekend by removing all the old bridge decking and working on the gun range uprights!
Aside from the bridge we also tackled the usual clean & paint activies which this year included the removal and repainting of all the exterior security screens on all the windows, a general scrubbing of all camp doors and frames and some additional repointing of at-grade block around the building.
The main task this year was the re-decking of camp bridge.
The old wood deck was beginning to show significant signs of deterioration with holes and soft spots along the tire paths.
The bridge was stipped of all old decking material to expose the iron beams and concrete piers which were painted and shored up as needed prior to a new, slightly wider, wood deck being installed.
Many thanks to Matt Virgin and his crew who pretty much gave their entire weekend the week before to help us prepare for work weekend by removing all the old bridge decking and working on the gun range uprights!
Aside from the bridge we also tackled the usual clean & paint activies which this year included the removal and repainting of all the exterior security screens on all the windows, a general scrubbing of all camp doors and frames and some additional repointing of at-grade block around the building.
Work Weekend 2014:
The main task this year was installing a stainless steel liner in camps fresh-water holding tank up on the hill above the kitchen.
Aside from the bridge we also tackled the usual clean & paint activies and some additional repointing of at-grade block around camp.
The main task this year was installing a stainless steel liner in camps fresh-water holding tank up on the hill above the kitchen.
Aside from the bridge we also tackled the usual clean & paint activies and some additional repointing of at-grade block around camp.
