Winter is Coming & We Ain’t Ready! Winterizing Thunder Canyon Campground
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Definately the house. Three warm toilets vs a tree? No contest! Mercedes wins this one John.
I agree with Mercedes. Because cooking without water to use, a restroom and the ability to wash your hands is not a healthy option. Love you guys!!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
USE THE HOUSE !!!!!!!!
Fix the dinning hall and have a bigger celebration next year.
Think of all the HUGE families that get together for the holidays in their parents’ or grandparents’ small homes. It’s so much fun!!! Some of our fondest memories took place in relatives’ small homes in Pennsylvania.
We vote for Thanksgiving to be in the house because of the water availability & then John does not have to be the water boy. Put tables in the fireplace room for buffet style & tables for sit down eating in the living room. It will be so cozy decorated & since the weather is getting colder all of you will stay warm longer. What a wonderful & Blessed Thanksgiving for all of you.
D & D
We vote for the house.... There's always next year for the hall.... Remember, you are building memories! This can be a great story years down the road!
Oh your little girl is beautiful!! I believe this is the first time I've seen her....she looks like her mama❤️
Definitely the house. I do like the hall but it's gonna take longer than I think to fix the hall up. And the house sure seems cozier.
The no water is the killer. With thirty people you should have no issue getting that room together but without water I have to go with the house.
I hate to go against John, BUT, Vote For #2. Even with the Super Nice Commercial Kitchen, but Without the running water in the restaurant, I have to go with Mercedes, have it in the House. Because you have to have running water to clean the dishes, utensils and wash hands. Not to mention Bathroom Facilities!!
I agree with Mercedes- I believe John and the RV Odd Squad can get the dining hall done. However, there maybe many smells and additional unseen problems with the dining hall. Also, the MAJOR one for me is restrooms. People need to feel comfortable having access to a clean functional restroom for themselves and their families.
Allow Mercedes to cook in a clean, functional kitchen this year and next year have the large dinner in a fully renovated dining hall.
Go with #2. Don't feel like you need to RUSH to get it finished. Use the house this year and take your time on the
fellowship hall to use next year. Most of all enjoy the fellowship and the time with friends. That is what is most important. The less stress, the more enjoyable it will be for everyone.
Too much, too soon. I agree with the Mrs. Enjoy this holiday in a clean a cozy setting that needs little repairs. Those big jobs take on a life of their own and you have no room for error.
Mercedes & the house win this one!! The hall will be awesome when you have maybe 100 or more for a meal. 30 people easily fit in the house. Prep in kitchen…setup buffet style in fireplace room and eat in the room that’s being finished! Much more cozy and homey then “industrial” feeling of the dining hall. 🥰
I'm with Mercedes on this one. As a person who is permanently disabled from mold toxicity poisoning I would never just kill the mold. Mold deploys very dangerous spores when it dies. My job for Six years was to manage mold remediation for vacant bank owned properties. I never took the mold seriously. That stuff will damage your nervous system for the rest of your life. I have to use a rollator now and I'm a young 59 . Use the house. Thanksgiving is a time when families come together in an intimate setting. The house is perfect. Besides, John you underestimate the amount of water needed to produce a dinner for 30 people.
Well said and spot on, I speak from experience also. I have no injuries from mold but great memories of the cost to properly remove and contain it after it is dead, and that is when the danger is greater, it becomes airborne then, Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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I'd use the house. Larger groups (families) have gathered for holiday meals in smaller homes than that for years.
I'd say use the house. You need running watering. Even if there weren't restrooms, people cooking have to hv the water. Have a blessed Thanksgiving 😊
Personally I think at this point the house would be the better plan, because of water / restroom access. That number of people may be a steady flow of folks going to the restroom, which would suck at the fellowship hall if it turns out to be a cold day. Now to a different point. I don't know how much you guys know of plumbing parts. For long term water, you should look into hydrants / freeze proof faucets. These have a pipe with a long stem that turns the water off further from the handle. They come in different lengths and sizes depending on use. This would save you from having to cover them in cold weather. And that would save you from having to check up on it each time a camper departs. It is some cost, but could save you a busted line and less work in the long run. Of course too late for this year, but if you look at it now might fit it into next year's budget.
Excellent idea!
If I were coming there, and I wish I could, I vote for the house. The rec hall needs time to air out and breathe after fogging it, just for starters.
My vote is with Mercedes. What is a kitchen without water?
I gotta go with Mercedes here. Running water and toilets wins. Plus it's Thanksgiving everyone is there to enjoy one another. So lucky to be able to share with 30 people. Enjoy!
I vote for the house. Bathrooms, running water. Besides, people will have more camaraderie in a smaller place.
The Squad can quickly get the house finished and then help with the dining hall. You’ll have to move stuff out of the hall anyway to do all that spraying and mold abatement. That can then be done while you have all the help to move things out and back. That leaves smaller stuff to do when you don’t have as much help.
1 one won, John is correct, thanksgiving is not about looks, its about family and being together. Also with the power of 30 people for over a week you will have everything done in time,
Amen ❤️
My vote is for the house. I agree it is MUCH less stressful to finish what’s already been started. Get the house done. Another benefit is that having people in the house will be warmer. Water is absolutely essential when preparing Thanksgiving dinner. Another thing is that you could have fried turkey, which is a fantastic Southern feast. It gets the men outside being manly men and the women inside setting things up, decorating and pulling all the sides together.
Finish the house, and enjoy Thanksgiving. Plenty of room for 30.
You know it always takes longer than your worst case estimate, especially with old renovations. You don't have enough time to start a new project before thanksgiving. 30 people for thanksgiving is not that many anyway, that's usually how many ppl are at our family dinners in our regular homes. John just wants to flex the industro-kitchen, haha!! That will be useful for groups of 50 to 100, but you aren't there yet and it will just add to the chaos if you try. Besides, many ppl in a smaller building makes for a more engaged group. A relatively few people in a large building will seem less lively. Also, not sure if there are health department regulations at play, but I'm pretty sure you need running water in your kitchen to comply with that.
I always use the power of 3. If you think it’s going to take 1 hour. It’s really closer to 3 hours. If you think it’s going to take 8 days to complete a project. Don’t expect it to be done for 24 days. John, use the house. Mercedes wins this one. Hands down. Hope to come stay with you guys someday. The place is cleaning up nicely.
The House makes more sense to me due to the bathroom and water availability. Mercedes WINS this one!!! :)
I agree with Mercedes for this year. By next year you will have completed all the repairs and remodeling of the Fellowship Hall. I'm sending hope for your future and God's Love to you all!
House. Set up some pop ups outside for prep/BBQ space and use the ovens in the hall for the extra birds. Dont forget this is a RV/camping crowd.
One stove will not cook 4 turkey's and all the fixing for dinner. Cook there and eat at the house with water. Room off kitchen the buffet other room for eating. Makes you both happy 😊🙏🍗
We are with Mercedes on this one because of the water availability and the use of the toilets
I would go with whats ready now. I wouldnt rush with the repairs, take your time, because once you start doing repairs, you know you will find something you didnt think about. I get it, John wants to show off his fellowship hall, but what ever is ready today I think is the best choice. I like the fellowship hall, but remember like you always say.....happy wife, happy life. Good luck, you have done a TON in just a short time.
I vote 2. Finish the project you already started. 👍🏻
John, I completely understand how you want to tackle the hall, HOWEVER the holidays tend to be very stressful times when you’re trying to put together Thanksgiving dinner. Do yourself and especially Mercedes a favor…finish the house and have it there. RV ODD SQUAD is family and family deserves Thanksgiving in the home. The stress level will come down and the “coziness” of having it there will do nothing but bring everyone closer together. Not to mention that I’m sure everyone will be donating to the dinner, so most food preparation will not be getting done in the house’s kitchen. Give Mercedes this win, you’ll thank me later😁 God bless!
I totally agree.....couldn't have said it better.
Thank you Joseph!
Four or six tables will be enough for your crowd.
Love the pot belly stove too. Always wanted one.
John, HAPPY WIFE HAPPY LIFE! 👍Right buddy
🙏HAPPY THANKSGIVING
💕Jeff in Auburn Al.
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I agree with Mercedes. You need the water and the restrooms for that many people.
#2 and use both rooms! Love your videos/content!
Definitely the house. No way would I cook or eat somewhere that had been that recently chemically treated. And prepare Thanksgiving dinner for 30 people with no running water? Nope...no way.
Sorry John.I vote.#2.. Mercedes is correct. Reason - thanksgiving is to be thankful.. chill brother.. enjoy breaking bread with everyone fix yup as much as you can in the house.. stop if it isn’t finished and be blessed on what you have done.
The house is perfect. Especially since bathrooms are available.
The house would be so cozy. Looks like plenty of room to set up 4 tables. If you push to launch an additional reno, you'll be more stressed by Thanksgiving, and have unfinished projects you abandoned surrounding you in the house. Besides, RVers are used to small spaces! : )
#1 fellowship hall - get water running into the hall. 1500 sq feet is too small, unless the weather warms up (Indian Summer) then you could have tables outside.
The best thing to do is use the house it is definitely the best option and the easiest to complete
Clean the kitchen in the hall, use a hosepipe for running water and wallah, you have the perfect thanksgiving. The people that want to be with you, are not going to be bothered about the the things that stress you up.
Okay John I was ready to vote with you in regards to having Thanksgiving in the community building because of the space the large commercial kitchen....but....
then you stated there was no water...sorry, I have to go with Mercedes on this one.
1 / 2 - Cook the food in the great hall and serve it in the house. Both rooms in the house will be large enough for fifteen people in each.
#2, for sure - because you have access to water. A must for cooking and clean up after. Set up the smallest room as a buffet area - with guests bringing some of their own if they can. You can probably fit 30 people if you set it up like they do in those 'family style' restaurants. :-) BTW, no disrespect meant, but Mercedes talking 'southern' (you'all) sounds funny with her natural (beautiful sounding) accent. :-)
I'm going to say that the house is best for this year! Relax John and enjoy the holiday with friends ☺️
I have to agree with Mercedes. the fact that the project on the house is almost complete, you should always finish one project before starting a new one. the house also already has things that the hall doesn't have which I am sure your guests will appreciate like less work to finish, running water, in house restrooms, and in general will make it more of a holiday than a work / camp situation. holidays are more about ENJOYING friends and family than trying to get as much work done as possible. I hope you all have a great holiday regardless what you decide on. you have come a long way and it looks great.
Mercedes you win. There’s more room than you need in the other area and I LOVE cozy.
The big kitchen for cooking and eat in the house. Lol.
water and toilets important...use the house this year and put your time into winterizing
No water? I change my mind. Go with the house.
i say on with mercedes . More intimate and of coarse need water real close ,real important :)
Mercedes is right. Have it in the house. You can fit 30 people in that house. The bathrooms are near by and you have running water. You can always do overflow cooking in the other facility. Water source is really important.
Hmmmm. I think I vote for the house. Sounds like less stress to get it ready for sure. How can you function without water when you’re cooking dinner for 30? Not to mention no bathrooms!? Although, with 4 turkeys to cook, sounds like you might be using the commercial kitchen for that. We have hosted Thanksgiving dinner for 14 in a much smaller space and it was cozy and fun! Whatever you decide, sounds like you have a lot to be thankful for this year!!
Less stress using the house. I agree with Mercedes finish the house first
You cracked me up showing the ceiling! Had me belly laughing 🤣I am with Mercedes absolutely the right choice. It will be perfect! You could clean up the ovens in the other kitchen for all the turkeys!🍂🍁
You guys are so funny with your little fight over where to do thanksgiving. I say do thanksgiving in the house because it’s cleaner and closer to being finished and it has WATER and do Christmas in the community center.
I’m with john. Less work, bigger space, better kitchen.
The problem with the house is you can’t do both jobs at once. And drywall takes time to harden. If you need multiple applications to it dry and sand, dry and sand, paint and dry. Plus you really can’t do both floor and drywall at the same time.
The smaller kitchen for 30 people?
The dinning space seems too small also. Go to a camp store and buy 5 of those blue water containers you lay on the side and it has a spigot.
Water problem solved. Boil water in one of the big commercial pots for dishes.
Dining room, for sure. Cozy is nice and all, but having space to do things, talk without filling the room with noise, and I assume more room for clean-up will be worth it.
Mercedes is right. I see a cozy, functioning place for a wonderful dinner at the house. You can cook in the hall...bring the food to the house.
I’d say with the time frame you guys are looking at you should use the house. You know when you start something new sometimes things pop up you didn’t expect. Ideally your bigger space would be nice but considering the time frame. Whichever you guys choose have a blessed time of fellowship.
For a Thanksgiving party and for that matter, any kind of party, you need bathrooms and running water. If that's what you have with the fellowship hall, then I vote for that. Otherwise, Mercedes get my vote.
John, I should have watched the entire video, you NEED water available for restroom use, especially for the female members of the Odd Squad, So I’m with Mercedes’ on having the celebration in the house!
That sounds very sexist. Everybody needs a bathroom with water.
Cook in the big kitchen and carry to house. Finish what is started
I'm going with Mercedes on this one! Although it would be nice to have 30 people helping, it's probable there will be jobs that pop up you didn't think about that take more time and you'll be too exhausted to enjoy the holidays. You'll have so much fun, people will be very anxious to come back and enjoy the tons of room the dining/pro kitchen and bathroom offer. Great job! All will be finished and awesome soon!
I agree with Mercedes, until you have water service and have sanitized the other building I wouldn’t use it. Why is the water service not working?
We use hay bales to insulate pipes and foundations. 2 the house is easier to get ready and can handle 30 people plus.
No Brainer … At this point, the house is really the only option for many reasons. You’ll have plenty of time in the future to utilize the dining hall.
Sorry, John, but in this case I think Mercedes is right - water and bathrooms trumps more space and commercial kitchen, shoot for next years' Thanksgiving in the Dining Hall! God Bless you all and Happy Thanksgiving to you!
You two crack me up. Hahaha.
Hey John,
You might want to invest into a compressor to pressurize your waterline system to drain the lines.
I agree with Mercedes, sorry John!
Sorry John. No running water would be a definite deal breaker for me. As much as I would LOVE to utilize that incredible commercial kitchen 👎 on no running water (unless you could make that happen in 8 days) 🙌
Happy Thanksgiving 🙏🦃🍁🍽
I could make running water happen in that commercial kitchen in 10 minutes with a shunt hose.
Unless there are serious plumbing problems in the building.
house for sure it''ll be fun with the close quarters and you have WATER!
Both have merit but I'd prefer to eat in the dining hall with the commercial kitchen. However, having bathroom facilities for 30 people is very important too. I'd do it in the hall. That is what is was designed to do. I vote dining hall.
I was all for the dining hall until I heard you say there was no water service. Finish the house and go with the house this year for Thanksgiving. Next year you can use the dining g hall. I think the RV Odd Squad will be happy with the smaller space knowing it is just for this year.
2 When cooking and cleaning water is key. Otherwise it will be messy messy messy.
I would do it in the house. Later have the fellowship hall. House is okay for 30 people
With covid the way it is people can keep a small distance from each other in the hall, I would stop the house and go finish the hall. I run a 12,000 sq ft restaurant and from what I see people want to socialize but they don't like to be crowded that's why I pick the hall.
Do Thanksgiving dinning in the house. You can cook over in the commercial kitchen. Happy wife ... Well you know the rest. Lol !!!
When I was in Boy Scouts we Winter Camped & of course we kept a Camp Fire going all day, we place large HARD Rocks close to the fire & then placed them on a Metal Garbage Can Lid in our Tent for warmth. Radiant Heat.
I wouldn't ever serve food in a structure that has been chemically treated within a week...not to mention the sanitizing needed ......the house is perfect...cozy
Good point
They could all wear gas masks!
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So funny you two, Mercedes your expressions while John showed the big kitchen was priceless!! You will all have a Blessed Time either way. Y’all are AWESOME!
Clean the commercial kitchen and use it to prepare the large food items then break bread at the house.
Stay where you have two bathrooms, no question. Cook the turkeys in the commercial kitchen and bring them over to the house.. You wouldn't be the first to have a crowded house full of people at Thanksgiving.
She wins! House fir sure. Christmas the other. Close and comfortable.
Use the kitchen to cook, if it can be done with just a good cleaning and all equipment is good to go. / house to hang out and eat.
I agree with Mercedes - the house is much more "homey" and feels more like Thanksgiving. Sorry John.
I'm with John. Go big or don't go. Split your forces and work on both with using the dining hall as the goal. If you fall short, in no time at all with the volunteer/guests, you can quickly change direction and use the house. I'm always an optimist and work well under pressure. I think John is of the same mindset.
If I were going there I would prefer the house. It is large enough for 30 people. Sorry John, Mercedes is correct on this one.
Regardless of where you have the meal, you will probably still need to use the commercial kitchen in the dining hall. There is a very simple, quick, and cheap temporary work around for that.
Shunt hose! 😃
You can run a drinkable water hose from a spigot at the dining hall over to the nearest working water spigot with a double female adapter on one end of the hose. That would take 5-10 minutes to set up and you would have plenty of water at the dining hall for the kitchen and the bathrooms. That would also feed the water heater.
Just like jumper cables for the water system. 😃
Just a thought, hope it helps.
I vote for the house, just due to the beautiful floor!!😎❤️🙏🙏
Sorry Mercedes ...I'm with John the building is beautiful and kitchen is spot on .. I would think you'd all would have a beautiful holiday there ....good luck guys ..happy holidays
Mercedes as my vote on this one! Sorry John! 🤷🏻♀️
I definately think the place to hold the dinner is in the big room. You could use the house for people to use facilities but I don't think guests will mind some inconvienences. I wouldn't. The dining hall is a great venue.
I vote #2, John don't do too much at the same time, believe me you'll regret doing so much at once... Place is looking GREAT!!! LOVES/HUGS to ALL!!!!
do close after Thanksgiving.. (and be sure to put some concrete blocks on the covers...high winds could really mess you up..) Also drain lines just to be on the safe side... This is your first winter..
Vote 2 Have the event in the house. This is what I would do...finish painting and get the flooring done. Use every room including the bedrooms if they are empty. Have the families pick a room,set up tables and let them decorate in their own theme. The room you don't want tables in,set up as a gathering place with chairs,so people can sit around and chat. Have a gratitude board for people to write down what their greatful for and at the end of the evening read all of them. I think this could be an amazing place to gather,give thanks to the Holy One for all His blessings!
This is a lovely idea
I've entertained that many & more for many years in small and large places. Please make it easy and less stressful! I've learned that the hard way for over 40 years trying to make it perfect. Either place will be great but use the space that is the most ready. It's all about the fellowship....period! Godspeed, God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃🙏🏻❤️
I vote house mainly becauseI don't know if I'd like eating in a place that's just been fumigated. Though I think it would be cool if you guys divided into teams and tackled both places as a friendly competition
1 no doubt , you are rv ers get a supply hose and run it across to the hall for temp water supply and it’s perfect ! Everyone knows it’s not all remodeled and updated but house isn’t big enough
I believe mercedes is right! Vote 2
It's RV life some roughing it shouldbe expected. You can't make a full Holiday meal in an RV - 3 small burners abd a TV dinner sized oven. So anyway you all get it done will be a treat