Fathers Day Project
June 23 2001
What a wonderful Fathers Day gift from my kids!! My dear children wanted to help me fix up the cabin and came up with a wonderful present. They all pitched in and gave me a check for $1650 and a solid day’s labor. I about cried because it really opened the door to getting a lot done this year.
We decided to invite all the cabin lovers to join us for a work day, and had the most wonderful experience together. Nellie and I went up Friday and me the delivery truck from Kanab which was loaded with sheetrock & insulation to finish both the main cbain and the teen cabin. My truck was loaded from a trip to the rental store with a generator, scaffolding, and a sheetrock hoist.
Saturday morning we got started before 7am, waking everyone up for the long day’s work! Kyle and Jodi, Jennie, Tim, and Jana all pitched in to start pinning up insulation. I had already finished the framing work on Friday so we set right in. Daniel was our human calculator.
Soon Jon arrived, then Jim, Aunt Barb and Joshua. Everyone worked their hearts out all day long and I was beaming with euphoria all day. In the spirit of an old “barn raising” we got so much done I couldn’t believe it. When the day ended, we had completely insulated both cabins, and had most of the sheetrock screwed to the walls and ceilings. Uncle Jim headed up the painting crew and completely finished the main cabin so it shined with its new coat of fresh red paint.
Nellie & I went back up Monday and worked for a couple more days finishing the windows and details work on the sheetrocking.
I am a HAPPY MAN!
-Roland
Our good friends Joe & Evy Braun from New Jersey visited the cabin along with their son Joe B. and his girlfriend Michelle. Avid Zion lovers, they had planned a hike to Deer Trap Mountain. They met us at the Ponderosa Resort that morning and we had a good visit, along with a tour of the cabins before they left on their hike.
We took them to the trailhead at the park boundary and sent them off for their day’s adventure and we drove them down to Orderville to church. Afterwards Nellie & I enjoyed a peaceful quiet afternoon resting at the cabin. We met them later that night at the hotel in Springdale for a wonderful dinner and a couple of hours “catching up” on the news and sharing some good laughs.
It’s a wonderful time to be able to share the gift of the cabin with our good friends as well as so many family members.
-Roland