It was a quiet three day weekend. The wife & I did our Saturday morning breakfast date a day early, then it was on to shop for the weekend meals & pack for the ranch. An uneventful drive to camp with a requisite stop at Buckees. There were a few drops of rain along the way. I had just gotten in and the ranger & my fellow camp master pulled up. We were only going to have a single troop in during the weekend and they were staying at the Roundhouse at Iron Wheel Mesa..
Bill & I had met before during a pre-camp Ordeal. We got settled in. The Dickeson house had been remodeled prior to summer camp with three bedrooms, two baths, laundry, and kitchen. While It was better than we anticipated no longer the domicile of a feral camping services director, the new carpet had not fared well over the summer, and the plumbing still needs help. Still there was a tv with local reception and the wifi worked.
After getting settled, we went up to Iron Wheel to get things unlocked. The Roundhouse kitchen has been upgraded. We got the hot water on and the bathrooms supplied. We were ready to receive campers and got word from the Ranger that the troop would eventually get there at 1:30 am. We left a note at Check In that we would see then in the morning. The ranger’s wife brought us dinner
Bill got them checked in the morning while I cooked breakfast. After breakfast we went up to meet with the troop and show them where they could do their service project. They needed pioneering staves and were willing to cut a lot of cedar to get them. We did a review of chain saw policy, confirming that they understood the tool and situational awareness. They had the competence we needed so we left them to it and began the mapping project.
Over the course of the day we collected 70 plus waypoints around camp. We located each major intersection and gate, the entrances into each camp, the major camp buildings, and each of the campsites we could access. We did not go across the river or down into Rocky Gulch (would have needed 4 wheel drive to get back out). We checked on the campers periodically while getting around camp. I have seen parts of camp I have never seen before.
Sporadic rain during the day, but it began to get a little stronger in the evening. We spoke to the campers staying in the Roundhouse about the storm expected in the early hours of the morning. They took some imitative and build a diversion berm in front of the Roundhouse door. Everyone slept dry even though we got a good rain. Everyone was up and at it early. Bill took care of getting the campers ready to check out while I cleaned the cabin. We were out by 10:30 in the morning.
I finished correcting the waypoints Sunday evening, and the locations look fairly good. I will try a big print of the map soon and post a link of same.
It's all good so far 