Jun 13, 2013 - how can we be so tired already

Well we continue to get busier and busier. While we were at the horse show Sat. night one of the directors called and ask us if we could move a trailer to Lexington for them. So that meant we drove to Brandenburg (100 miles) on Sat night then bought the truck back with us. We had to drive the truck anf the car back with us because the truck won't fit in the parking garage downtown and I had to go back to the doctor Tues. Then early Sunday morning we came back to camp and picked up the trailer Of course it couldn't be easy. The brakes lights...

Jun 8, 2013 - one week down

We made it thru the first week of camp. We got to go to morning cel and to evening services because we don't start delivering food until next Monday, The skit this year is great. The kids are doing great with the cleaning and the maintenance guys have been really busy. We only had 318 campers this week. They start out with a small group because the kids are still learning. Next week we will have 608 at the big camp and we will be delivery food up to Cedar Crest for 65. I think they will have 12 staff to help.The staff at the big camp did...

May 29, 2013 - Back at Camp

Yesterday was a good day. Donald got the oil changed in the car, got propane, I got my haircut, my pricription and went to the orthopedic doctor. It was a great visit. At least now I know what is going on with my knees. Hind site is great but I wish I had gone along time ago. I am looking at full knee replacement in both knees but the doctor and I decided to try everything else we could do for awhile. I told him I was to busy to have it done. He said I was the kind he wanted because when I did have to have it done I will want to get up and...

May 27, 2013 - busy week-end

We are back in Brandenburg for the long week-end. We left camp on sat around noon and we went to our daughters house in Shepherdsville. She is having a birthday party for our granddaughter. Her 12th birthday is the 31st but her cousins have so much going on this is the only day they could get together. She is such a delightful child. Hope she doesn't read this and see I called her a child. At 12 they think they are teenagers. We got back to Brandenburg Sat night. Of course we have to carry everything in ( I guess I should say Donald...

May 20, 2013 - 31 years

Yesterday was our 31st wedding anniversary. We went to church and then out to eat with our friends Connie and Larry. Our neighbors who are here volunteers from Florida, Danny and Elease went with us. They will be pulling out Thurs morning to continue there adventure. When we got back to camp Donald mowed Cedarcrest and I started the laundry. I told one of the D 6ers that they had kept the laundry caught up so I didn't feel useful. Well he fixed that yesterday. We had 130 guest over the week-end so when I went into the laundry I had a room...

May 6, 2013 - taking my glasses back

Everybody went to Red River Gorge camping. It has been raining for 3 days but they have a cabin so probably just stay in and play cards. The Brown's went to Lexington so I decided to take my glasses back..I can't believe we paid over 600dollars for them and I can't read with them on. I have been wearing my 4 dollar readers. Of course they had all kinds of excuses why I couldn't see out of them. I finally convinced them I couldn't read with them on and so they examined my eyes again and have decided they needed changing. I am anxious to get...

May 5, 2013 - We have help.

Last wed. I was sitting outside reading and a trailer came over the hill. I knew they were good people because they were pulling a big horn trailer. It was a couple that are Campers on Mission. They are from Florida and are on there way to Ohio so they will be here helping us for 3 weeks. We love having help. They are Danny and Elias Brown. We had about 80 guest here last Fri.and Sat. Donald has been mowing and I have been in the laundry. We did feed and wash dishes Fri and Sat. We went to Simpsonville to church today and out to eat with...

May 1, 2013 - Cedarmore

We made it to Cedarmore on Monday. They had moved a doublewide trailer in our camping spot so we are closer to the staff trailers. The most important thing is that my swing is still here. Also our porch is still here. Today another couple came in They are in a 39 foot Big Horn trailer so we know they have good taste. They are members of Campers On Mission and will be here 3 weeks. Always is nice to have company. I haven't felt good since we got here so I didn't go to work until this afternoon. They have contracted out the washing of the...

Jul 12, 2012 - pictures I promised

These are the pictures I promised to post of camp. This is a wonderful Godly camp with many great young people on the staff. They work so hard and I want to Thank them so much for being so sweet to us while we are here. We feel like they are part of our family and it is really hard to leave them. They will be leaving here around the 2st of Aug. and I am sure they are ready for some much needed rest. There will be retreats all winter so they keep 4 of the staff as D6ers. Then they have 5 regular paid staff to run the retreats. We will be...

Jun 30, 2012 - winding down

Can not believe we have been here almost 2 months. We have been very busy and had some big camps. Last week altogether we had 729 campers. We delivered food to 140 of them. I took one of the staffers into town to the doctor Friday which is the day I usually wash the staffers shirts so Donald got stuck with the job. He ended up washing and folding about 145 shirts. We don't have any campers up on the hill this week so we think we are on vacation. We did get in the pool today of course Donald was suppose to be cleaning it. With the...

Jun 24, 2012 - very busy

Haven't had much to write or time to write it. They are having so many camps this year. They have a camp leave out on Monday Morn. then another come in on Monday afternoon. then they leave on Friday morn and another come in on Fri afternoon for what they call camp 40 They leave on Sunday morn and another comes in on Sunday afternoon and they leave on Thurs morn and another one comes in on Thurs afternoon and leaves on Mon Morn and they start all over again. This week will be one of the biggest camp we have ever had. 585 in the big camp and...

Jun 3, 2012 - campers

Well camp started Thursday. We only have 110 in the big camp and 75 at cedar crest. Cedar Crest is a camp for the sibling of kids that have cancer. It is only 3 days long. We delivered food for breakfast and they did the rest of the meals there self. We really enjoying serving the kids. The camps will grow each week.