Saturday...Rise and shine for 8am breakfast! We ate breakfast - breakfast burritos and/or biscuits and 
gravy with fruit, juice, and milk. Then, well-nourished, we headed out to Eiger (building) where the demolition was going to occur. We donned hard hats, gloves, dust masks, and goggles and scouted out the work area. In the lower portion of a two-story building (Eiger), we found the remains of boys' and girls' shower stalls. The walls were not dry-walled, but plaster with wire meshing stuff (some of you carpenters may know the technical terms). So, we took sledge hammers and began 
swinging away. As the plaster crumbled, Emmy and I worked at loading it into a wheelbarrow (which I learned that I pronounced wrong as, "wheel-bar-o" instead of "wheel-bare-0"), and then dumping it into either the skid-loader or the dumpster. We also picked up large pieces of wood and sheetrock to put into "Lefty" - the coolest foreign truck in the world!! (It is four wheel drive with the steering wheel on the right and stick shift on the left. It was a blast to manuever up hills and over tree roots! - see picture of Emmy loading Lefty to the right.) I 
took some whacks with the sledgehammer, as did Emmy. I also worked to disassemble the upstairs bathroom. What started as a room with a shower, sink, and toliet, ended as a room with no pipes or any other bathroom evidence. It was great fun! Jeremy worked at taking down sheetrock, slamming walls with large hammers, and drove "Lefty" in a humorous fashion. (His knees were up to his chin and hitting the windshield wipers, spraying washer fluid, and 
turning on blinkers.) By the end of the workday, we had successfully demolished all we were allowed to before the structural engineer gave the okay for any other part to be torn down. Our last job of the day was to move a couch from one building to another, but it had to go up over a balconey - Ridiculous! we all thought. But, here is evidence to prove that it can be done (Picture: Aldin - board member at the camp, Jeff, Jeremy, and me heaving it up to Gary - coordinator of this project - lifting it and David appearing to just be hanging out on the balconey.)
gravy with fruit, juice, and milk. Then, well-nourished, we headed out to Eiger (building) where the demolition was going to occur. We donned hard hats, gloves, dust masks, and goggles and scouted out the work area. In the lower portion of a two-story building (Eiger), we found the remains of boys' and girls' shower stalls. The walls were not dry-walled, but plaster with wire meshing stuff (some of you carpenters may know the technical terms). So, we took sledge hammers and began 
swinging away. As the plaster crumbled, Emmy and I worked at loading it into a wheelbarrow (which I learned that I pronounced wrong as, "wheel-bar-o" instead of "wheel-bare-0"), and then dumping it into either the skid-loader or the dumpster. We also picked up large pieces of wood and sheetrock to put into "Lefty" - the coolest foreign truck in the world!! (It is four wheel drive with the steering wheel on the right and stick shift on the left. It was a blast to manuever up hills and over tree roots! - see picture of Emmy loading Lefty to the right.) I 
took some whacks with the sledgehammer, as did Emmy. I also worked to disassemble the upstairs bathroom. What started as a room with a shower, sink, and toliet, ended as a room with no pipes or any other bathroom evidence. It was great fun! Jeremy worked at taking down sheetrock, slamming walls with large hammers, and drove "Lefty" in a humorous fashion. (His knees were up to his chin and hitting the windshield wipers, spraying washer fluid, and 
turning on blinkers.) By the end of the workday, we had successfully demolished all we were allowed to before the structural engineer gave the okay for any other part to be torn down. Our last job of the day was to move a couch from one building to another, but it had to go up over a balconey - Ridiculous! we all thought. But, here is evidence to prove that it can be done (Picture: Aldin - board member at the camp, Jeff, Jeremy, and me heaving it up to Gary - coordinator of this project - lifting it and David appearing to just be hanging out on the balconey.)We had supper - thanksgiving dinner with amazing crescent rolls. During supper, all these other people staying at the camp kept coming up to us and asking if we were the La Jara group... we had no idea who they were or how they knew that we would be there. 
They were nice though.
They were nice though. After supper, we went on a short hike to Monkey Rock to watch the sunset. The guys braved the sprinkles and continued up to Eagle's Nest - the luxurious cabin located highest on the mountain. At Eagle's Nest they talked with Phil (an older gentleman traveling around with a fifth wheel and his wife doing volunteer work wherever it's needed); Phil told them about the science of potato guns and bottle rockets. Jeremy enjoyed the educational time, while Jeff and David were a little unsure if all that talk was necessary. They came down and joined Emmy and me in the staff lounge at the camp where Emmy read random bits of info from 
some camping guide from the 1970's; I burst out in spontaneous singing from the "Songs" songbook; Jeff read from the Mennonite Directory; David learned about wildnerness first aid and survival; and Jeremy sometimes joined me in song. Finally, around 10:30pm, we headed to bed - tired, sore, and content.
some camping guide from the 1970's; I burst out in spontaneous singing from the "Songs" songbook; Jeff read from the Mennonite Directory; David learned about wildnerness first aid and survival; and Jeremy sometimes joined me in song. Finally, around 10:30pm, we headed to bed - tired, sore, and content.
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