An Eventful Week!

We had off on Memorial Day and visited our nephew's family who live in Louisville, CO. Esther and Harold, Betty's sister and husband from Indiana were visiting them so it was a great family time with great food.  Have you ever had a grilled cheese sandwich with caramelized onions and swiss cheese on swirled rye bread?  YUM!   

On Wednesday, Pleiades, the building which has been under construction for almost two years, passed the final inspection with flying colors!  (Jonathan has been working on it 7 days/week for the past 3 weeks!)  As of today (Friday) we have the Certificate of Occupancy which means we can now begin USING the building!

Pleiades - named after a star constellation meaning seven sisters. There is a staff apartment on the far right and the rest of the building will house female staff  in the summer and guests the rest of the year.  By the way, this building is a stone's throw from our apartment.

There was celebrating with the ringing of the dinner bell, root beer, and homemade ice cream at lunch!

Celebrating passing the final inspection! (Tom Unruh, Project Manager/Maintenance Manager; Ed Shirk, Board President; Sam Hershberger, volunteer; Jonathan; and Ardell Swartzentruber, Project Manger/volunteer)

Then on Thursday, we passed camp/kitchen inspection with flying colors.  This time, we celebrated with brats and marshmallows over a propane torch (anything to get out of the kitchen!).

Eight of our summer staff have already arrived and four have been training in the kitchen.  They are a delight and I love the energy of having them around.  This weekend the remaining 28 staff will arrive as well as the first big camp which is Colorado Roots Camp, a group of close to 80 people who teach and play music: bluegrass, folk, jazz, swing, Irish.  We hear during this week there is music in the air all day long as well as a concert every night. We are looking forward to enjoying the sounds!  Until next time.