Greenstone & Thimbleberry's Blog: NOMADS Project @ Blue Lake Camp

Our camping sites at Blue Lake Camp

We left our project at Moss Point by 0800 hrs Friday March 6th and headed to Blue Lake Camp in Alabama. Along the way we spotted a Wal-Mart and stopped to resupply. We arrived at Blue Lake around 1130 hrs and set up camp. We had lunch and at 1330 hrs we met with Mark (Facility Maintenance Director) and Terry (Camp board member) to check out what projects they had lined up for our NOMADS team. Saturday morning we welcomed Keith and Kris (full-time RVer's) the first of our team to show up. We had been invited to eat lunch at the camp dining hall, so shortly after they were set up we all headed for lunch.

Brian and Marnie (brand new NOMADS from Minnesota) showed up next and settled in early afternoon. Roger and Beverly (also from Minnesota) showed up next and found a campsite that fit their motorhome.
Sunday morning we all headed into Andalusia to attend church at First UMC followed by a great lunch together at Larry's Bar-B-Q. After we arrived back at camp Bill and Ogie (full-timer RVer's from Hawaii), were waiting for us. Now our team was complete.

We held our opening meeting around 6 that evening which gave everyone a chance to get acquainted and learn about the projects the camp had scheduled for us.

Roger and Brian installing a window at Pinewood

Brian cutting trim for the windows

Roger checking out Bill's caulk job

Ogie sanding the new queen bed frames we built

We built and stained 23 new queen frames

Keith and Bill taking bed frames up to the 2nd floor at Oakwood

Roger and Mark look on as Bill ties down the load of bed frames for delivery

Bev and Marnie pre-drill slats

Joyce, Ogie and Kris install new slats on the upper bunks

Roger and Bill digging it

We had to raise lamps up where we installed new bunks

The water lines needed protecting at Pinewood

We had several projects to work on during our 3 weeks at Blue Lake Camp:

Removed 8 single hung windows and replace with new casement windows at Pinewood. Also installed metal siding on a storage building at Pinewood.

We built, sanded and stained 23 queen bed frames for Oakwood. These were placed in the 2nd floor over at Oakwood. We also moved six bunk beds up there and relocated several twin beds and frames thru-out Oakwood. We also repaired 4 doors and replaced a window at the nurse station. 18 new light fixtures in the solarium area in Oakwood. Several hundred 1x4 pine boards were stained and installed on bunk beds at Pinewood and Dogwood. Wood work in the solarium was washed down as well. Three protective covers were installed at Pinewood over water mains.