AKA Picking things up and putting them down
The opening of camp is a lot of moving things around. Having a seasonal business means that items must be stored so as not to freeze or be buried in the snow during the long Maine winter. We have a short window of time to open up camp and get everything ready to start the season.
We often joke that our days are literally spent picking things up and putting them down in a new location.
Here is what the past week has included:
- Pick up hay bales stack them in the barn
- Pick up horses from their winter homes put them in the pasture
- Pick up sticks and winter debris off the beach and put it into the woods
- Pick up boats and move them out of the boathouse and onto the beach
- Pick up the boats again and move them to their moorings
- Pick up branches, leaves and acorns off the paths and fields and put them into the woods
- Pick up shutters, take them off the screen windows put them under the buildings
- Pick up items stored in the farmhouse and move them to activity areas
- Pick up beds and mattresses and move them to the right cabin
- Pick up the DOT from the Den, blow it up move it to the waterfront
- Pick up the DOT again and float it out to it’s mooring
- Pick up tables, benches and chairs and set up the dining hall
- Pick up the archery targets out of the Den put them on the range
- Pick up packages at the Post Office and put all of the supplies in the right place
- Pick up counselors and staff from the bus station and airport bring them to camp
- Pick up tables, benches and chairs and set up the dining hall
- Pick up flowers from the garden center, put them in the window boxes
- Pick up random essential items in Augusta
Pick up ice cream at Days Store!!
The next week will be packed with our staff arriving and staff training beginning. We will be immersing ourselves in education, team building and more preparations so that we are 100% ready for our campers when they get here. Already there is noise and laughter coming from the shacks and in the dining hall. The slam of a screen door is such a great wound to hear after all the months of quiet emptiness. We are enjoying these moments of being at camp while also counting down the days until we are all together again on Great Pond.
