Working Hard for Habitat in Idaho Falls

We arrived in Idaho Falls on Monday the 7th and settled in at the Shady Rest Campground. We have the camper off of the truck so camp stays put while we use the truck around town. We are here under an umbrella organization called Care-a-Vanners. We are a sort of subset of Habitat for Humanity. There are two other couples one from Arizona and one from California also here to volunteer for a couple weeks. 

We are often asked what we usually do when we work for Habitat. But, there just does not seem to be a "usual". Our first day we shoveled gravel and did some minor repairs at a couple finished and lived in homes. I painted sandy tread paint on a ramp for 8 yr old twins who are wheel chair bound. Dan painted stain on the handrails of their neighbor's house. 

Here is where we are probably working the rest of our time here. We are helping rehab a 1940's home. Most of the gutting was done but there was one room which had been left in touched that needed quite a bit of work. It is an old carport that was turned into a garage that was turned into a bedroom. The next few pictures are from our work in there. 

This morning before the heat set in Dan and I got harnessed up and helped tear off the roof on a little back room on the house. 

This evening we are going out to dinner with our fellow workers. We will try a Mexican restaurant called Lupita's, it was recommended by the locals. In the mean time I am going to get my sewing machine out and get a bit of quilting done. 

I am feeling the good kind of tired. I hope whatever you have done with your week brings satisfaction to you. jb