by Mary | Aug 7, 2019 | Alumni, August 2019, Stories by Winston
Why is your left thumb smashed?In 1984, we were building the lodge. We were nailing down the corrugated metal roofing when a new summer staff member arrived. Doug was from Minnesota. After greeting Doug and getting him moved in to his tent for housing, we all went...
by Winston | Jul 31, 2019 | Alumni, July 2019, Stories by Winston
Who is Ginny of “Ginny’s Grill”?Ginny Cardelli was Jan Cardelli’s mom. Jan was a summer staff from Minnesota. Jan was here for many summers as a backpack guide and a behind the scenes key person. Even to this day, Jan continues to come back to Sonlight...
by Winston | Jul 24, 2019 | Alumni, July 2019, Stories by Winston
Why is Scotts’ Spot called Scotts’ Spot?In the early years (circa 1990s) a young man named Scott Hudson from Albuquerque came to summer camp. Not unusual for kids to come to camp. However, this guy had muscular dystrophy. He was in a wheel chair, one with...
by Mary | Jul 11, 2019 | Alumni, July 2019
Wisdom of the Campers Sonlight is deep in to second generation campers. At Junior Camp 2019 we had kids from 3 former Sonlight program directors, Tim Thayer, Rob Breshears and Malea (Lightle) Fowler. So who better to give advice to new Sonlight campers than the...
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...
