On Saturday, May 7, 2011
brothers Brandon and Michael Kay
grandsons of owners
Jim and Carolyn Ockey
and the new managers of
BIG MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND
called for the annual family campground clean up.......
They are HARD workers
and were
able to get their Aunt Melanie
to work her butt off....
Wait, she already did that....
working at home....
I try not to hate her cause she's cute and skinny.....
Michael explaining to us how to strip the paint so that the
fence can be repainted....or... maybe this is where he
was wondering "What have I gotten myself into?"
Morgan....our 9 year old chauffeur
(you can barely see him on the left)
transfers those who are too lazy exhausted from
all the hard work from one end of the campground to the other.
(I would have been on the cart, but someone had to take the picture)
Melanie helping me clean a cabin. It looks like
Melanie was the only one working.........
my muscles said otherwise.
and.....someone had to take the picture....
Each cabin comes with a double bed and a bunk bed
maid service included.....but not by me.
Next up, repainting all the hook up sites...
all
239,394,288 of them
maybe a slight exaggeration,
but it certainly seemed like that many!
My fabulous, wonderful, can....and does...out work everyone
76 year old mother.....
known by all the grandkids as
Grandma Great....
and she lives up to that name....
She is incredibly amazing, and we love her,
and her example of work, dedication and love.
God kept the mold after he made her....
He knew he could never improve
that model of perfection.
Our family......(a few of us anyway)
Lauralee, Kevin, Dad, Me, Brandon, Jamie, Mom, Karen, Larry
Melanie missed the "I'm SOOOO exhausted" photo op.
Raise your hand if you want to do this again tomorrow.....
Jamie always was a little slow......
The good thing about a cleaning day....
no one cares if your clothes match or not....
look at that dimwitted fashionista 4th from the left.....
I mean, DON'T look at that dimwitted fashionista 4th from the left...
The award for getting the most paint
"not" on the object being painted
goes to......(insert drum roll here)....................
Laura
She "sacrificed" her dollar store pants for this project.
Now that's dedication....and
$5.00 she'll never see again......
As soon as the grass is back in, the campground
will almost be back to its former glory...
The previous managers.......
(who were not family)
thought gravel would look good here....
Ummmm.......not so much
For your camping enjoyment.....6 cabins are available....
(look how CLEAN they are!)
This is your view on one side .....
and this is Mt. Nebo
the view on your other side
The trees still show their battle scars from the fire that
destroyed some of the campground in 2007.
Though the name has been changed over the past 40 years...
Ranch Kamp, KOA, Camperworld, and finally
Big Mountain....
one thing has remained constant
The OCKEY'S
who will be
FAMILY FOREVER
and
campground connoisseurs...
as long as there are
That was such a fun read....and man did you all work your little booties off! I cannot believe how different the place looks - but I am dying to get down there....!!! Grandma and Grandpa are ammmmazing....and they sure have some great kids!!! I especially love the 4th from the left!
ReplyDeleteI never wanted this post to end. I loved the sweet and very true words you wrote about grandma. She is amazing, and so are you. Look at all the hard work you all did. I am very impressed, not surprised though. I am looking forward to going to the campground this summer, and so our the kids. They think the cabins look nicer than their rooms, and they couldn't be more right. I could go on and on about the campground, you, grandma and grandpa. So amazing.
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