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 | 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...
by Winston | Dec 12, 2018 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
She’s going to go! In the mid 1980’s, a high school work group from First Presbyterian Church, in Boulder, CO, came to Sonlight. They built us a 3 sided fence (8 feet high) to hide junk behind so the guests would not see it. The following summer, they came back...
by Winston | Dec 5, 2018 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
How do you cut the angle of a rafter? We were going to construct our first real building (more than our shed). A bath house, really, as showers were important after a week of backpacking in the wilderness. Mr. Lauser, from my childhood, offered to teach Mary and...
by Winston | Dec 5, 2018 | Alumni, December 2018, Stories by Winston
The Snow Bound Rescue of the GMC PickupThe first winter that Sonlight Camp had a new shop was a very deep snow year. It was nice to keep the 1965 GMC truck with our 8 foot snow plow inside the building, facing out and ready to go plow the parking lots and Sonlight...
by Winston | Dec 3, 2018 | Alumni, Stories by Winston
One Hot CheckMary and I had finished a summer of backpacking in Colorado with church youth groups from across the USA. We wanted to buy one acre of land for a base camp with a shed to store our equipment over the winter. We loved our jobs at Vail ski resort. Mary as...
