Lakeside in Progress: Volume I

We've been dreaming of our Lakeside amphitheater for years now (especially whenever folks in the back rows would have to stand up to see what's going on down front OR when the older campers would accidentally knock over the benches moving up for teen time every single Monday night...you know who you were), and we are thrilled to finally have construction underway!


See the previous post on this here blog for more details on both the project and how to donate to be one of the forty founders of our new Lakeside Fire Ring.

The ancient Lakeside of the good ol' day in 2014. Back when we just had benches on the ground. The stone age. How in the world did we manage back then?

Step one. Get rid of all those benches. Mission accomplished.

Step #2: Now there's a pile of dirt. And a string on the scene! We are underway.

Positioning the very first pieces of lumber on the very first row. (This was an exciting day.)

Who are those gentlemen? Those are Joe, and those are Jeff. You didn't think those benches cleared themselves? You didn't think that lumber moved itself,  that dirt piled itself, or Lakeside measured itself with it's own string, did ya? And our new awesome project sure isn't going to build itself either. Nope, we need Joe and Jeff for that.

When Lakeside is done, you're gonna hear a lot of people saying things like "Wow. Joe and Jeff did a really nice job on this." You can start practicing saying that now.

Building a rustic camp fire amphitheater is work!

Work involving dump trucks!

Work involving tractors!

Work that we think will be well worth it when the project is completed.

As you can tell from the "Volume I" in the title of this post, we'll be keeping you up to date on all the impressive work Joe and Jeff are doing.

Oh, and if I haven't mentioned it yet, we need further funding to help complete this project! If you're interested in being one of the forty founders of Lakeside and want to sponsor a  bench all of you own (complete with a plaque!), please get in touch with the Camp Office.

AND, if you are planning to attend the Winter Gathering, you can get a sneak peek at the project live and in person. (RSVP here.)