A family Affair

Throughout the last four months getting the campground into shape, i failed to keep up on the blog. Thanks goodness my Aunt Margret is as obsessed with blogging as i am. She is really the most incredible person you'll meet. I copied her entry for you to enjoy.

BIG MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND........WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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 lo