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Cabins are almost done

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You’ve read about the progress on the Bear Trap and the transformed Chey/Choc/Cher hut. (If you haven’t read those posts, read this one first and then go read those!) Well, now it’s time to see the progress on the cabins. Let’s see, where to begin?

1. Inside walls are up

2. Light fixtures are in

3. Showers are installed, as is the tile floor right outside it

4. Granite sinks (minus the fixtures) are in

5. Outside has been painted on most of the cabins

The pics below show the inside of the Chipp/Chick hut and the cabins on the other hills.

The video below gives you a 360 audio tour of the Chipp/Chick hut. What you see in the clip is pretty much what all the new cabins look like on the inside.

I can’t believe how fast the cabins have been done. It seems like I arrived only yesterday and all that was done so far was the ground had been cleared. Now the cabins are up and almost ready for all you campers and staff. It’s only three months from now when some of you will be moving in and experiencing it all for yourself…can you believe it?!?!

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Camp Crestridge Funny Video Clips

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Over the years Camp Crestridge has built many traditions, including Council of Progress, sockwar, and singspiration. Another activity that has grown into tradition here at Crestridge is hiking it over to the Nibble Nook for ice cream each Sunday evening. And with that many girls crammed into one space getting hyped up on sugar anything can happen. As videographer, it’s part of my job to help make things happen and to capture it on video…which is what the first video clip is about. As for the second video, it’s a little glimpse into a Cherokee village activity. I love it when the girls get messy and especially when it’s in the face! Hope you enjoy watching these as much as I do.

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Cheyenne Bath house has become a home!

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I know what some of you must be thinking (especially if you haven’t kept up with all the construction going on at Crestridge!). Why would anyone want to live in a bath house? Well, this post signifies the end of calling it the old Cheyenne bath house. It is now the new Cheyenne, Choctaw and Cherokee hut. Those of you who remember it as a bath house will be amazed at the transformation. I walked in there this past weekend and was blown away at how much Marty had gotten done in so little time. Who needs a whole construction crew when Marty is around?

Incidentally, the walls you see in the pictures are the same kind that’s in the new cabins.

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Bear Trap Construction

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Well, like always, a lot has been done since the last update. The inside walls have been installed and are now coated with a sealing agent (both floors I might add). The windows and doors all have framing around them. The tile has been laid, again, in both bathrooms. Ron, Sharon and Phil have chosen fixtures for electrical stuff which should be installed soon. And the nice hardwood floor should be going in anytime now. As for the outside, the crew finished painting it the deep brown that we chose. With the green tin roof, it should look great come summertime surrounded by all the foliage!

The first few pics are of the outside, obviously, and then the bottom floor with the lovely window and door framing.

Now take a look at the staff lounge on the second floor…notice the tile on the bathroom floor.

And yes, even with all the new additions we still advertise camp as a rustic camp!

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Rustic Cabin Feeling

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The walls are up in the bear trap and I can almost picture sitting in there on a cold winter’s day with a fire going in the background. Okay, so there’s no fireplace in there and during the summer it doesn’t get all that cold, comparatively speaking. However, the walls that are in there just give you that cozy cabin feeling. Mark my words, this building is going to be a major hang out spot for this summer and many summers to come! The bottom floor walls are finished (what you see below in the pictures) and the top floor should be done very soon.

As for the cabins themselves, much, much more has been done since the last post. It’s hard for us in the office to keep up with the construction crews! The water pipes and electrical wiring have been added in most of the cabins. There’s even an emergency sprinkler system now…which we hope to never need to use! The showers are installed and the tile flooring is in. The framework around the shower and toilet is almost done….see for yourself.

In the last picture, you can see the granite sinks that will soon be installed. Also waiting to be installed is the wood you see on the floor which will soon be on the walls. There’s nothing like the smell of fresh wood to give you that rustic cabin feeling!

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Crestridge’s Funniest Videos: Installment #3

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The new year has arrived and I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas season! I headed up north for a couple weeks where I was met with snow and ice while Sharon headed south to warmer weather and swam with manatees. But now it’s the new year and that means some of you will be heading back to school while others will be getting back into the routine of things at work. And the new year also brings…new video clips!!

The first clip below shows how important the weeks leading up to camp are. Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning is needed, and done, before camp is ready for all you staff and campers. The staff are never quite sure what they’ll find in the cabins when first arriving!

The second video is a short clip from one of the Choctaw activities…slippery twister is just like it sounds…slippery.

Keep checking back for more fun video footage!

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Bear Trap Update

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It’s been just over a week since we last posted pictures of the Bear Trap…well, brace yourself for what’s coming next! Everyday something new has been added. As it stands now, there are not only walls, but also doors and windows; the rooms have been defined (giving us lots of space I might add!!!); the steps for both levels are done and the railings have been added. Take a look below to see the progress that’s been made so far.

As you can tell from the pictures, there will be several access points to the bottom floor. There is a ramp and set of stairs on the chipp/chick side and stair access all around in the front. The second floor is only accessed from the stairs on the right. The left side door offers entrance to the staff lounge and the right side gives entrance to the village director’s office.

None of us here at camp can believe how fast it was constructed and how good it looks! Personally, I’m looking forward to May when it is completely finished and I can sit on the wrap around porch in a new rocking chair. Hopefully many of you reading this will be able to fulfill that dream right alongside me.

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Crestridge’s Funniest Videos: Part Deux

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All right, as promised here is the second installment of video clips. Some of the sockwar skit did make it onto the session video, but this is a short raw and uncut director’s version, as I like to call it. The staff never know what we’ll have them do during the skit so it’s always funny to see how it all plays out. And needless to say, they didn’t disappoint during this session! As for the other clip, there was a long line waiting to begin play at Shadowbrook so I asked various cabins to sing a little something something for me and this was one result. Tune is next week for more clips…enjoy!!

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Hello New Bear Trap and Dining Hall

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Well, as stated in a previous blog, the framing of the new bear trap did start this past Monday. With that said though, the framing won’t be done by Christmas. Instead, it’ll actually be done much, much sooner…as in by THIS FRIDAY!!! So I guess technically, it will be done by Christmas. The shell of the building has pretty much gone up overnight. The crew is working so hard it’s unreal! They work when it’s sunny, when it’s raining and would probably work even if it were snowing. Check out the pictures below to see the progress.

No lie, all of the above was built in two days!! As you can see it’s a two-story building which when finished will have a nice wrap around porch where we’ll have rocking chairs during the summer. As for the dining hall, of course it’s not new, but with additional campers and staff it does need to be renovated. Before any walls could be knocked down, the offices needed to be cleared out. Below are pics of the empty offices and a short video clip showing the dining hall as it looks right now.