Pool Covers and Ropes Courses

After our awesome trip to trail west I was back on the maintenance team! A bunch of interns joined us on the maintenance team to build a cover for the pool. The cover will save an average of $5,000 a month. It took us a whole day to build the cover and number it for future interns to use and install.

It was a fun afternoon of gluing Styrofoam together and fitting it together like a puzzle. All and all we had 73 pieces most of them 8 by 8 foot pieces. On the right is what it looks like when installed. Myself and two other Maintanence people put it together having to cut it to fit perfectly. Then we covered it with a cut to fit pool tarp to keep kids from walking on it.

Besides making Styrofoam covers I helped build some steel frames  for the ropes course. They will be where the cable and create the safe place called a belay cable. They will be clipped into the cables and in harnesses of course!  I didnt do any of the welding but I cut up all the steal and helped do measurements. Not as cool as welding but I can't do everything. 

I used a Grizzly steel saw to cut it all. 

It took a little to move all the steel frames so we had to hook it to our giant fork lift. 

I also did alittle grinding and drilling for some steel light posts. It was pretty awesome to think of all the things I have worked on to help keep making camp excellent and keep costs down. Its been a hard but good rotation. 

At the end of the day of grinding and building steel frames Alyssa wanted to take a picture of the "working man"