Actually, the Dumpster was filled on day one.  Thanks to Lyn and her crew as well as Pam for hauling the mattresses downstairs, and thanks again to Lyn, Matt, and Rachyl for helping to get the last of them into the Dumpster on Monday.  What I thought would take all week to fill was filled in only a few hours.  And I didn’t even get a chance to think about looking at stuff in the boathouse.  I considered renting another Dumpster for the week, but after chatting with Randy Sherman, the contractor, I changed my mind as I’ll explain next.

I met with Randy on Tuesday morning to talk about going forward.  At the moment, there is a 5 ton limit for the lake road, so any demolition is going to have to wait until after the ground is thawed and the road can take the weight of the demolition equipment.  After some consideration and discussion, the demo plan has changed just a little bit.  That is, rather than bury the remainders of camp in the woods, we’re going to go ahead with removal instead.  He said he had recently done a demo of a place about the same size as the camp, and it took three big Dumpsters to haul it away.  Three big Dumpsters would run about $3,000.  If he can rent the machine for the right price, etc., the whole thing will be about $5,000 to take it down and haul most of it away.  There might be some leftovers, but less crap buried in the back can only be a good thing.  And if we decide to rent one final smaller Dumpster for the last detritus of camp, we can clean out the boathouse as well.

That’s the latest from the lake.  Another post should follow soon with some additional information regarding the next steps in the plan.

The Dumpster will be arriving at the lake on the morning of Monday, March 28th, and will be there until Friday, April 1st.

I had a thought on the beds and mattresses issue:  I realize that my plans of cleaning up during the week might not coincide with the plans of others as you’ll still be working, etc.  So, here’s something that would be very helpful if you, your spouses, or your kids can’t get up to help during the week I’ll be up.  Since the biggest hassle and need for another person will be just getting the beds down the stairs, could one or more of you go up there over one of the upcoming weekends to at least get them down into the living room?  I’d be able to wrestle them out to the Dumpster from there.  It should take more than an hour or so (depending on how many people went up) to get them down to the first floor.

It would be a great help if you won’t be able to find the time to get up there while I’m in town!