We went up to camp for a day trip to see if the work had been completed on our clearing. Here is what the excavation turned out like:
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| This is looking towards the entrance of camp. |
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| This is looking away from the entrance of camp. The tree behind and to the left of Tonia was supposed to be removed but wasn't. |
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| Here is the new flat area in relation to the existing tent deck. This is the deck closest to the brook. |
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| To the right of the van the contractor made a dirt hill with all of the stumps. We only asked for rock on the circle and where the car is. The contractor put rock all the way in. We were considering grass for this area but I am thinking that is out of the question now. |
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| This is the tree we had asked to be knocked over, it still stands. Where this tree is standing and the flat area behind is were we would like to put a picnic pavilion. |
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We are thinking about where to put the fire ring. my plan was to put it right in the middle of the clearing. Charles is questioning that now because the whole thing looks like a drive way.
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We ended up taking down that tall tree at the end of our new Clearing...(Driveway) We left a tall stump and texted the contractor so hopefully he will come out and remove that one. As I mentioned above that is were we would like at 16 by 20 picnic pavilion to go.
Here is the plans for the Pavilion
http://timberframehq.com/16x24-timber-frame-plan/
And a photo
I would like to add some decorative rock around the bottoms of the posts. I would also want a couple counter tops to make it more like an outdoor kitchen and some cabinets to store some more of our cooking supplies. The grill would also be located in here as well as 2 picnic tables. We are thinking of a metal roof. This is not a project we would undertake this summer, perhaps next summer.
Charles is talking about a 55 gallon drum for water in a sink and having it up in the rafters and gravity fed. We would have to invest in a pump and pump the water up from the stream. I was also thinking about a water collection system for the roof.
We also need to sort out our generator problem because it fell off the trailer and is not working at the moment. It is in the shop with three weeks out repair time. At this time we still have not finished the interior walls of the outhouse because the generator has not been working.
The contractor also made a gentile slope up to the outhouse/shed from the clearing area. I would like to line the path with rocks and possibly bring up a couple bags of rocks to make a rock path up to the outhouse. I am thinking we could line it with solar lights for those late night trips from tent to outhouse.
I truly do think that new hill with the extra dirt and stumps needs some perennial or annual flowers on it. That would be a fun project to do with the girls.
