Clean up at the campsite {Summer lake project}

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We have been busy little bees out at the lake cleaning up the campsite. My husband has been a trooper and has been pitching in on his only day off during the week. I actually think he enjoys it! Last week I shared the before pictures of the campsite and where our new camper would be parked. Here is the camper being delivered and set up. There is so much to know about this thing! I think I will do a post on how to buy a camper soon. We know nothing about campers and jumped right in, not knowing much. We did have a camper growing up but that was over 25+years ago and needless to say, I didn’t really pay attention to the details then ;). My dad is amazed at how travel trailers and motorhomes have changed over the years since we had ours when I was a kid.

The day we started to clean up, it rained all day and was in the low 50’s. We filled over 40 large garbage bags full of leaves and debris and I must say, it looks so much better! For those of you who know my husband, this picture is for you!

Can I just tell you, my husband doesn’t get dirty and wears a suit every day to work. Clean up at a campsite is not his thing but he did it with a smile on his face ;). He actually said he enjoyed it at the end of the day when it looked so much better.

I never want to see another leaf again. This is the deck that we demolished in the pouring rain with a chain saw.

Wait until you see what we did with this deck, more on that next week.

Ripping apart this rotted deck was tricky because the support beams underneath were rotted and the deck sits over about 3 feet of water. We carefully removed the floor boards and thankfully, didn’t fall in! Our camping and RV adventure is proving to be more work than we anticipated but we are hoping to have the decks replaced, stained and the outdoor furniture and grill setup in the next two weeks.

Update: click here to see full campsite + deck full reveal {before and after}