Windy Gap

We visited Windy Gap Young Life Camp this weekend.  It was a blast!  The setting was unimaginably beautiful - right smack in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  The food was pretty good and plentiful.  The hours were LATE (for an almost 39 year old and 6 year old).  The music was LOUD!  Sounds perfect for a group of 380 high school freshman, doesn't it!?!

We arrived on Friday night around 6:30 and were greeted by the nicest, smiling crew you've ever seen.  Dinner was at 8pm - penne pasta with meat sauce.  The work crew brought out our pasta and served each table. One poor man wearing a cream-colored sweater got to actually wear the sauce, when a server accidentally unloaded her bowl right down his back.  Aside from that, the dinner was tasty.  Hot chocolate was served by the bonfire and we headed up to our first "club" meeting.  Cole and I skipped Club that night - 11:30 is a little late to begin worship when you've been through a typical week of Kindergarten.

We met the Amigo Trio, a Country Boy Band, and saw some really crazy skits.  Those leaders are crazy!  One leader was Amigo Dos.  He got to collect items from the audience - including hats, belts, chapstick (he put all 7 tubes on) and "abc" gum (which he promptly inserted into his mouth and blew a bubble).  The gum still grosses me out - 7 people's gum mushed together and chewed by an 8th person.  He still had the gum 10 minutes later when he came to talk to his parents.  Now that is "the love of Christ" as I've never seen it before.

Saturday afternoon was filled with free-time activities.  The high ropes course, horseback riding, tree swinging, zip-lining into the lake, hot tubbing, beach volleyball, and frisbee golf.  We spent most of our time watching the kids who were brave enough to zip into the lake.  I don't know how cold the water was, but the outdoor temp was around 55 degress.  Those kids would hit the water and scream till their breath was sucked out of them.  They couldn't talk or walk for a minute and then they would "come to" and hastily grab the hardware off the rope so they could get out of the freezing water.  

Last night we had skits and a concert for entertainment.  The skits were hilarious, as usual.  Ryan Long performed some of his hits for swooning girls and guys.  If you haven't heard his songs, don't miss Snow White available on his website.

We all made it to bed last night around 12:45.  I have 4 tired children today, need I say more?  But they had the best time and are counting the days until they hit 9th grade and can get back to Windy Gap, this time with their friends.