Wow it's going quick

By the end of the work day yesterday all the side wall sheeting was installed and the weather proofing was attached. Probably a little lull in the action for a couple of days now due to rain, holiday and waiting on the trusses to arrive. but we will keep on keepin on!

A couple more photos of the lodge addition

Here are a couple more photos taken this morning.......the camera date is wrong, it's actually May 22 today. As you can see the carpenter is progressing nicely. The steel for the exterior walls and the roof is scheduled to deliver May 29.

this photo was taken from the sidewalk leading to the lodge looking east. The twenty feet on the west end will be where customers enter to sign in for river floats and in the winter will purchase their lift tickets and snow tubing tickets. Retail will also be in this end. There will also be two small restrooms immediately inside the front door that can be used when you arrive. We're excited!

Keep looking for our updates. Hope to see you soon.

Work on the Lodge Addition has STARTED!

It all started in Late April when the rains finally stopped long enough to do some outdoors work. The Seven Oaks crew removed the small ticket window that had served us so well for all these years!





Then came Paul on May 5 and 6 with the equipment to remove all the black dirt and replace it with compacted clay to form the base.







Again after rain delays, we waited until May 12 when we could trench the footings and foundation followed by pouring them full of concrete. A big thanks to Bill from Oskaloosa for managing the efforts that day.





Then it was time on the same day to form the exterior sides of the floor.

And still on the same day May 12 we leveled and compacted the sand that will support the concrete floor. Big day and everyone was tired when it was over!

In came Dan to install all the plumbing that was needed before the floor was poured. He got all the plumbing completed on May 13 and 14. Thanks Dan. And then on Saturday May 17 we poured 33 yards of concrete for the floor.

On May 18, the plumber returned and got all the piping extended above the floor. Ready for the carpenter.

And then Matt and crew moved in on Monday May 19 to start the carpentery. Progress.


Stay tuned for more updates and we will use the blogger to update everyone for the chair lift installation as well.

See you soon!

Pond Skim on YouTube

The video of the 2008 pond skim is now on YouTube. Search for Seven Oaks Pond Skim and enjoy. thanks Ken.

Slow to melt

Well, the 2007-08 season is finished, things are being converted to summer activities, the phone is ringing with canoe and paintball reservations and the snow on the hill is very slow to melt. Actually with the varying temps the snow is more ice now. One of these days the temps will probably raise with some rain and the water will come pouring down.........we'll see.

Thanks to all of you who enjoyed Seven Oaks this winter. We are excited about the chair lift installation that will take place this summer and be ready for next season. As stated earlier, we will keep some posting on the web showing the progress of the installation.

Remember, there are NO motocross or quad races scheduled for the summer of 2008 at Seven Oaks. We would recommend you check out the schedule at Fun Valley in Montezuma.

A big thanks to Ken, Shrek, Steve and Joel for the many hours and hard work this past winter and to all our team of lift operators, snow making, snow tubing crew, ski and snowboard instructors, the rental shop staff, the food and beverage staff and the NSPS volunteers. What a great group to work with. For everyone's information, several of the winter seasonal staff will be helping some with river floats and paintball groups this summer.

Our Friday after Five's will be on the first friday of each month this spring and summer.

Be safe and we hope to see you this summer.

A quick review

We'll be posting the decision on our web home page for Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week today or tomorrow. In the meantime.......here's a quick photo review of our past season.

See you soon,

Time WILL tell and its time TO tell

Time will tell this week whether we open friday night and any of Saturday or Sunday this weekend. Temps and precip is not looking to be all that bad so stay zeroed in on the web home page for the update.

It's time to tell Seven Oaks which weekend you want your group to:

canoe and camp

kayak and camp

river tube and camp

paintball and camp

Get your group, your friends, your work mates or your family together for a little bit and pick the date.........then call Seven Oaks with your request to book your reservation.......and remember we really do sell out.......... so the early bird gets the worm.........wow - that old saying dates me.......but seriously, the earlier the better for your reservation. We have been booking river floats and paintball groups for several weeks now. I think we lost the on line reservation piece when we rolled out the new site but we will get it back as soon as possible, but until then just give a call.

......and the Mountain Bike trails will be open just as soon as weather permits, as in when the trails dry out after the snow has melted.

keep it white.......for one more weekend............