Kitchen Project Update
Take a tour of the work we have done on the Kitchen Project since last summer.
Bob goes Blobbin’ again…
My yen got yanked yesterday to follow Horace Greeley’s entreaty to “Go West, young man…” not that I (remember Free-Labor Bob) could be dubbed a “young man” any more unless standing next to Senectus, the Roman god of Old Age. So, as the … Read More
Bob’s Thanksgiving Blob: A Bar 717 Beam Raising
By Bob Small The grass crunched under my boots that first morning as I strode, coffee cup cradled in hand, toward a tipped-over 55-gallon drum, nay woodstove, to start the day’s work on the Kitchen. Everyone’s breath, as they huddled … Read More
Bob’s Blob: Reflections on a few Fall days as a Camp Kitchen volunteer
Early in October, I spent a week at Bar 717 Ranch helping with the new kitchen construction project… I was somewhat shocked that Monday morning as I strode up the rain-dampened driveway past the office and immediately noticed that the … Read More
Pouring Concrete: Haikus
Form in negative, mix aggregate with cement, pour the foundation. Help me the form broke, will cement come out of hair, everyday living. Sand, metal , cement, makes skyscrapers possible, it sure is ugly.
Fork or Spoon? And Other Camp Mealtime Rituals
Guest post by Lissy Abraham As many Camp Trinity alumni know, the kitchen is undergoing its first renovation in the camp’s 85-year history. With so much attention focused on the kitchen project, I’ve been reflecting a lot on mealtimes at … Read More
Spring Kitchen Update
As you may know, the summer of 2018 will be our 88th summer of Camp Trinity on the Bar 717 Ranch. With that longevity comes the need to update and replace older buildings, so last fall we began the reconstruction of … Read More
Board Breaking Ceremony
AUGUST 28, 2017 – By Bob Small Snap! Craaackle! POP! Was that the sound of milk splashing onto the Rice Krispies in your cereal bowl at Camp? No… those were the sounds made as the first board was pried away … Read More
Spring Volunteer Work Weekend 2018
Join Us for TWO Spring Volunteer Work Weekends at Camp! Although winter at the ranch has been chilly, there is plenty to do with the new kitchen project in full swing! We sure could use a hand. This is a great opportunity … Read More
Designer Bears: An Interview with the Kitchen Architects
For at least a century or two, many bears, black and brown, young and old, have patrolled the forests and meandered along the streams of the Bar 717 Ranch. In more recent decades, plenty of cuddly little Teddy Bears, a … Read More