by Winston | Jul 3, 2019 | Alumni, July 2019, Stories by Winston
Why is the Upstairs Lodge wall only 4 feet high?The two story Lodge was the second main building that we constructed. The first was the Bath House. That was the building where we learned how to construct log buildings. Now, it was time for the large two story job....
by Winston | Jun 26, 2019 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
Why is the trash trailer upside down?circa 1994 Sonlight had an old utility/wood hauling trailer made out of a pickup truck bed and frame. We built a wooden box on top of the trailer with rear doors as a trash trailer for the camp. Sonlight had to haul its trash...
by Winston | Jun 19, 2019 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
Shattering a big window with a hula hoopDuring summers, the camp is filled with kids having fun. That is what summer camp is about. In Winchester Cathedral, a girl was near the back of the room and spinning a hula hoop with grace and expertise. This was not her first...
by Winston | Jun 12, 2019 | Stories by Winston
Porcupine in the soccer netCirca 1990One Fall day, as I was walking about the camp, I noticed the soccer net moving. That’s odd as there is no wind blowing. So, as I got closer to the net, I discovered the reason. There was a large porcupine caught in the net and...
by Winston | May 29, 2019 | 2019 Posts, Alumni, May 2019, Stories by Winston
There is a bull in the hammock!As we walked to the lodge one morning, we noticed a lot of activity out in the meadow by a hammock we’d recently hung. Strung up between 2 ponderosa trees was our hammock attached to a large bull with big horns. One of the local cattle...
by Winston | May 15, 2019 | May 2019, Stories by Winston
Two cabins built in three daysEvery Memorial Day weekend, Sonlight Camp would have an old fashion “barnraising”. We would erect a log cabin. In the early 1990’s we had so many people that wanted to come and build a cabin we decided to build two cabins in the...
