A lot got finished yesterday

All the steel siding, steel trim and windows were finished yesterday. Once the electrician gets a couple rooms done, the carpentars can get real serious on the interior. Here are a couple pics taken this morning. Matt Hockemeir and crew are doing a great job with the carpentery! Read on......

The portions of walls you see in these two pics that have the "tyvek" exposed will ultimately be covered with stone to match the scheme used on the 2005 lodge addition. More below......

The bridge connecting the parking lot to the lodge will be moved a few feet further north (closer to the parking lot) and a boardwalk will be constructed from the bridge to the new front door that faces the parking lot.

When you go in the front door you will be able to take a left to the men's and women's restroom (each with a shower) or take a right to get tickets purchased and purchase our retail items. You will exit thru the door that is on the west which will take you back to the parking lot, to snowtubing, rental shop or to the slopes.......or you can go straight from the ticket/retail room without going outdoors into the lodge for food, seating and Coal Creek Lounge .

All of the earth on the parking lot side of the lodge will be landscaped. I am always looking for big boulders for landscaping, so if you know of any farm that has some that they have pulled out of their fields, let me know.

Paint ball is still going, the weather is great for tent camping and looks like we are about a week away from resuming the full service river floats. Call today for your reservations. Group rates available.

Seven Oaks has a wedding reception in the lodge tonight, a wedding and reception in the lodge Saturday night and another wedding and reception next Saturday. Tis the season to say "I do"!!

There are still a couple of Saturdays not booked for reunions and receptions this summer so if you have a need for a large group gathering......check out our lodge!

More Later.......

ps. the next Friday after Five will be Friday, July 4!

Post Rain Progress

Had a few weather delays......then shorted a few critical components for exterior work......but the skies are pretty clear now and the needed components came in yesterday so the crew is back at it. In the mean time the plumber and the electrician have started on the interior.

looks like we are getting closer by the day of re-starting the full service canoe, kayak and tube floats. Call to make your reservation today....and the paintball fields continue to be active....just call ahead so we know your desires.

more later........

Then the west wall and roof was built

Here are a couple photos taken today at about noon. The west wall was erected yesterday as well as all the wooden roof structure being finished yesterday. And now today the roof is being put on........so with all this rain we can stay a little drier!
Thanks for checking on our progress. You can see it first hand this friday night, June 6 as we host the June Friday after Five.......... Jimmy Buffett themed night........ with DJ......... No cover charge........ Normal sandwich and pizza menu............... Volleyball, horseshoes, good times and Hey, I'll be there!


The roof in this photo is about 25% completed.

Another update

Here are a couple photos taken Saturday, May 31 as the trusses were set in place. Next will be the construction of the west end wall followed by roof insulation and steel sheeting. The west end of this addition will be used for retail and ticket sales. This end will be all knotty pine interior with vaulted ceiling. Fun project that would be even more fun if it wouldn't rain so often.

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!