Hickman has his hands full daily taking care of the roughly 140 acres and 8-acre pond that comprise the camp. He mows grass, cuts downed trees and dead limbs away to keep areas accessible, splits wood and generally does whatever maintenance the property needs. He lives on site, so work is never far from his mind. This type of work wasn’t what Hickman had trained for. In a previous life he served in the Navy and then worked at the Vincennes YMCA as its athletic director.