Blog Posts

Extreme Winter 2023 in Gatlinburg, TN

Have you ever heard anyone say, “You can’t make this stuff up?” This is why I always take pictures. People just don’t always believe the trials and tribulations of a youth trip. Not what...

SLU 101/ Day 4 Adventures

Day 4 started off lively. Well, some of the group was lively. Church Clap Sometimes I’m just glad to take photos and not participate. This was one of those times. I wasn’t awake enough...

SLU 101/Day 3 Adventures

Early Morning start on day three. We ate breakfast at 6:30 a.m. before loading the bus at 7:00 a.m. We had to finish our “Uniquely You” questionnaire before tonight’s session and since I knew...

SLU 101/Day 2 Adventures

Our registration and check in time at the Marriott for SLU is not until after 3:00, so we began with a late, lazy morning. I woke up a little after 6 as usual when...

Student Leadership University (SLU) 101

Orlando Bound I was excited to get to be a part of the Student Leadership University 101 group headed to Orlando, Florida with Oakland Baptist Church.  We took 8 students, 2 bus drivers and...

Golden Girls (minus 2) Retirement Party!

Change of plans If you want to laugh and have a good time, just travel with myself and Amy. You would have to be flexible and willing to change plans easily because things always...

Let’s Pawty! (I may be a little CRAZY)

Doesn’t everyone have a birthday party for their dogs when they hit the 10-year milestone? MTNESTRS When you are an MTNESTR, you do whatever you want to for your dog. There are no kids...

Ending Our Trip with a Beautiful Beginning

We started our last day in South Dakota back at Fort Hayes eating pancakes. The weather was very clear and we had gorgeous skies. I could not resist taking and showing pictures of the...

Memorial Day at Mount Rushmore

What better way to end Memorial Day than a trip to Mount Rushmore. We drove through Keystone to the Needles Highway. First stop on the Needles Highway was Sylvan Lake with a 7.6 mile...

Keystone, Hill City and Much More

Our adventures officially began at 7:30 a.m. with the $0.99 all you can eat pancake breakfast at Fort Hays Chuckwagon in Colonial Pine Hills. We began and ended the day at the same location....