JoeySee

Last nite I sat naked in a wood fire hot tub, underneath a blind black sky with the Milky Way sprayed across the center of it all like a never ending heavenly backbone.

The stars to the east took the shape of a butterfly and were furiously twinkling like the subtle camera flashes of distant paparazzi, and I was Angelina Jolie.

All this after a hard days work building a bridge down in the lower property of Base Camp, here on the edge of the Big Lost River, in the mountains of Idaho.

I had posted earlier about Base Camp (you can read the post here) when I first arrived in Idaho.  Back then, we were prepping the land for the hordes of children that would frequent it during a spectacular Mountain Adventure Tours summer.  This time around, we are doing a thorough cleansing and building for the second annual Feastival, as put on by Mat and Whitney.

The purpose of Feastival is many fold.  The primary purpose is to raise money for the building of an eco-retreat center at Base Camp, for use by the community in and around Sun Valley and Trail Creek.

Other purposes of Feastival include eating delicious home grown Idaho food, listening to live local music, dancing your pants off, enjoying nature and everything else around.

Before coming up to Base Camp, I designed posters for the event.  My favourite one is below…

We’ve had many tasks to take care of before the fun begins…

Cutting fire wood, splitting fire wood, clear paths in the lower property, set up stage for musicians, clear out camping spots, get rid of all the cow pies littering the property, etc.  But by far the biggest task we had to undertake, was building a bridge that spans the 25 foot wide river running thru the property.

In years past, there have been bridges built.  Without fail, every year, the bridge gets destroyed over the winter and spring months because of snow, ice, and floods.

We wanted this bridge to be different.  We wanted this bridge to last for at least a few years.  We called in our friend Mark, who took the reins on the project.  In two days, we had a bridge.  Please enjoy the before and after series below, and if you’re in the Idaho area, come to Feastival this weekend.

And now that that’s done, here are some extra photos from the past two days.  Mostly of Mat and Mark, for the lady folk.  But I do apologize ladies, they are both happily taken.

-JoeySee