Welcome back to Camp Jo-Ota.  We finished our second week here at Camp Jo-Ota with the 60th anniversary of the camp.  We worked hard all week preparing the camp for the many visitors that were expected for the celebration on Saturday. 

The celebration began on Saturday with a bar-b-que lunch, then speeches by many of those that had attended the camp and some that had worked/lived here over those 60 years.  The highlight of the day was supposed to be tours of the camp to show people the many improvements that had been made over the past years.  But, it rained.  It rained.  And, it rained.  It started raining as soon as the first guest arrived, until the last one left.  The rain did not stop the indoor activities though.  A good time was had by all as the shared past experiences and a good lunch.

As I said before, we spent a lot of time getting the camp ready for the anniversary, let me show you some of what we did.

George and Scott removed and rebuilt the main gate to the pool.  They worked hard to make sure the gate was hung to withstand the continuous opening and closing that the gate will get.

Sharon and Marilyn spent two days painting the fence around the pool.

Dave and I even washed some windows.  Yes, I said we washed some windows.  I washed, Dave rinsed, even getting water on the windows sometimes, and not always on me.

Scott built a box to put a large trash can in.  The box will cover the trash can and will have a door on the back to allow the can to be removed to empty.

Terry is putting on a finish coat of seaming compound on a door frame that we installed where we removed a double door.

Marilyn and Sharon spreading mulch at the Living Cross devotions area, and Scott bringing another load of mulch.

George and me repairing a foot bridge across part of the lake.  We installed some supports to the rails to strengthen them from moving as you cross the bridge.

George and Scott installing a wall between the showers and dressing area in the pool bath house.

Marilyn and Sharon are painting trim in one of the cabins.  Marilyn is painting new trim around the lights that George and Scott put up last week.

Dave and I are building a new door to go on the entrance to an old cabin that is being used to store building materials in.

As you can see we stayed pretty busy this last week, and there was even more done than these pictures show. 

We start our last week here tomorrow with lots of work to finish, so come back next week for another week what we have done here at Camp Jo-Ota, and remember

God Loves You

Gary