by Winston | Jan 16, 2019 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
The plastic winter walkwaycirca 1986In the early days of Sonlight, the walkway from the parking lot to the lodge was just dirt. During the winter months, it was shoveled snow frozen hard. Nice path. But, as Spring arrived the frozen snow became mud. Bad mud. Sonlight...
by Winston | Jan 9, 2019 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
It’s 2 AM and Benji is not on the bus. We have a situation.It was February and another massive snow storm in Southwest Colorado. Our youth group was coming in from Phoenix for a 3 day ski retreat. The group called from Durango (pre cell phone days) and I said I would...
by Winston | Jan 3, 2019 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
Beagle in the charter bus circa 2000 A beagle dog named Susie was given to Sonlight Camp. The dog had been kept in a small pen in Arizona for it 3-4 years of life before Sonlight. We were told by the donors that the dog would run away if not in a small pen. Right! So,...
by Winston | Jan 1, 2019 | January 2019, Stories by Winston
New Years Eve Snow Football Game It was New Year Eve and Sonlight had a church youth ski trip at camp. We scheduled an 11:30 PM football game in the meadow, led by Tim Thayer and Rob Breshears. There was about 2-3 feet of snow on the ground. At midnight, I was to set...
by Winston | Dec 30, 2018 | December 2018, Stories by Winston
Dining room window broken all winterCirca 2003One winter afternoon, as we were working in the office which is in the lodge, we heard a huge noise of an avalanche of snow coming off the roof. It was loud. So, we looked around the lodge to be sure everything was ok. It...
by Winston | Dec 19, 2018 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
“To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence and faith in the dream” Hans Seyle, MD Quote given to Winston by Mary - circa 1979 Sonlight’s First Summer… Sonlight Adventures ( later known as...
