Then and Now

Owning and running a tourist camp is probably one of the most difficult and time-consuming jobs there is. Even today, there is never enough time to do everything that needs to be done. No matter how quickly the work gets done, the guests always start to arrive before the camp is ready. It's great to see the people, but it means that once again time has passed by, and no one knows where it went.

Although the work today is hard, it was much harder six decades ago. Back then, people had to survive on whatever living they could make at their camps, and it often wasn't enough. They had to build, clean, repair and maintain the camp by themselves while at the same time entertaining the guests as much as possible. Without each other's help, difficult jobs such as cutting the ice from the lake to put in ice-boxes would have been impossible.