Did you think all the construction for the summer was finished? Well, not quite yet. We still have a few minor things left to build before the summer gets underway. One of those projects is a NEW ZIPLINE TOWER! The blob tower is new (2007 anyway) and we thought it only fair to rebuild the zipline tower. Check out the progress so far:
Keep checking back because you never know what will get built next!
Hopefully you’ve been keeping up with the posts on the new cabins, Bear Trap and dining hall. You’ve seen the latest pictures and are up to date on the news. Well, now we wanted to give you a 360 video tour of the buildings. The first clip is one of the new camper cabins. Everything is done, now it’s just waiting to be used by campers and staff.
The next couple clips are of the Bear Trap. The first one shows the downstairs offices. There’s a lot more organizing that’ll be done (both downstairs and upstairs) before everyone arrives, but you’ll get a feel for the place from the videos. During the summer, campers and staff can go in and out as needed on the this floor.
This shows the upstairs on the Bear Trap. It’ll house the staff lounge and VD office and because of that, only staff will be allowed upstairs during the summer.
And finally, a short clip of the dining hall with its new floor. It’ll look much different in a few short weeks. All of the tables and chairs will be moved back inside ready for mealtimes.
For those of you new to Crestridge, hopefully this will help you feel more familiar with the place on opening day. For you returning campers, I hope this makes you even more excited to be at Crestridge this summer!
So much is happening during this off season. The big things of course are the new cabins, the new Bear Trap building, and the dining hall renovation. There’s still lots of little things to do before the staff and campers arrive, but now we can cross one more off of our to-do list…paving the road leading up to Chipp/Chick hill! Check out the pics below.
Before any of the questions start, we didn’t pave the entire loop, only that first little bit on Chipp/Chick hill that you see in the above pics.
Now maybe during sock war all you campers who just have to charge down the hill won’t fall and trip as much since the loose gravel won’t be there!
We realized that it’s been a little while since we’ve done a post about the new cabins, so here you are! At this point, not much else needs to be done to them in preparation for the summer. The plumbing in some of the cabins needs to be completed. Then final inspections and lastly, moving in the beds and other small furniture pieces. Below are pictures of how they look right now.
So there you have it…this is what will be home, sweet home for some of you this summer!
It’s the little things in life that need to be celebrated, in my opinion. And another little step towards finishing construction has been taken…we now have electricity in the Bear Trap!
Each thing that’s done only brings us closer to summer being here! It’ll be here before any of us know it!
The fixtures are in! Last week, the crew put in the lights and fans, both inside and out. They also put in the toilets and sinks in the bathrooms. Having the lights and fans up add a lot of character!
Hayne and Phil are being crazy as usual! Hayne and his family live in Black Mountain and help us out with the videos during the summer. He also does odd jobs around camp during the year.
The construction crew has a few more little things to finish and then they will be able to put in the hardwood floors! Hopefully within the next week or two! We’ll keep you posted!
You’ve read about the progress on the Bear Trap and the transformed Chey/Choc/Cher hut. (If you haven’t read those posts, read this one first and then go read those!) Well, now it’s time to see the progress on the cabins. Let’s see, where to begin?
1. Inside walls are up
2. Light fixtures are in
3. Showers are installed, as is the tile floor right outside it
4. Granite sinks (minus the fixtures) are in
5. Outside has been painted on most of the cabins
The pics below show the inside of the Chipp/Chick hut and the cabins on the other hills.
The video below gives you a 360 audio tour of the Chipp/Chick hut. What you see in the clip is pretty much what all the new cabins look like on the inside.
I can’t believe how fast the cabins have been done. It seems like I arrived only yesterday and all that was done so far was the ground had been cleared. Now the cabins are up and almost ready for all you campers and staff. It’s only three months from now when some of you will be moving in and experiencing it all for yourself…can you believe it?!?!
I know what some of you must be thinking (especially if you haven’t kept up with all the construction going on at Crestridge!). Why would anyone want to live in a bath house? Well, this post signifies the end of calling it the old Cheyenne bath house. It is now the new Cheyenne, Choctaw and Cherokee hut. Those of you who remember it as a bath house will be amazed at the transformation. I walked in there this past weekend and was blown away at how much Marty had gotten done in so little time. Who needs a whole construction crew when Marty is around?
Incidentally, the walls you see in the pictures are the same kind that’s in the new cabins.
Well, like always, a lot has been done since the last update. The inside walls have been installed and are now coated with a sealing agent (both floors I might add). The windows and doors all have framing around them. The tile has been laid, again, in both bathrooms. Ron, Sharon and Phil have chosen fixtures for electrical stuff which should be installed soon. And the nice hardwood floor should be going in anytime now. As for the outside, the crew finished painting it the deep brown that we chose. With the green tin roof, it should look great come summertime surrounded by all the foliage!
The first few pics are of the outside, obviously, and then the bottom floor with the lovely window and door framing.
Now take a look at the staff lounge on the second floor…notice the tile on the bathroom floor.
And yes, even with all the new additions we still advertise camp as a rustic camp!
The walls are up in the bear trap and I can almost picture sitting in there on a cold winter’s day with a fire going in the background. Okay, so there’s no fireplace in there and during the summer it doesn’t get all that cold, comparatively speaking. However, the walls that are in there just give you that cozy cabin feeling. Mark my words, this building is going to be a major hang out spot for this summer and many summers to come! The bottom floor walls are finished (what you see below in the pictures) and the top floor should be done very soon.
As for the cabins themselves, much, much more has been done since the last post. It’s hard for us in the office to keep up with the construction crews! The water pipes and electrical wiring have been added in most of the cabins. There’s even an emergency sprinkler system now…which we hope to never need to use! The showers are installed and the tile flooring is in. The framework around the shower and toilet is almost done….see for yourself.
In the last picture, you can see the granite sinks that will soon be installed. Also waiting to be installed is the wood you see on the floor which will soon be on the walls. There’s nothing like the smell of fresh wood to give you that rustic cabin feeling!
