Just a brief update today. We made it back to Grand Island, NE and only a few traffic jams. Some highlights of the ride include: a live snack auction with payment made in compliments, a discipline of silence that ended up being two hours long (they were all sleeping, why disturb the peace?), and introducing … Continue reading We’re Halfway There 🥳

Whitewater rafting day!! We loaded up the bus right in the morning to start driving to Noah’s Ark in Buena Vista. It’s a bit of a drive, but totally worth it for the rapids and the guides from Noah’s Ark. It was a perfect day for rafting! 76 and sunny, the water the perfect height/speed. … Continue reading Rafting Day!

Today was another fun day of group adventures! In the late afternoon we loaded up the bus and headed to Denver, with a stop in Idaho Springs for lunch at Beau Jo's Pizza. This isn't just any pizza place. It's a pizza place that sells pizza by the pound. They serve mountain style pizza, which … Continue reading A Good Day for Baseball

We are now residents of the Snow Mountain Ranch YCMA camp! This morning we said a tearful goodbye to the Timberline staff before heading out for a day of fun. We walked around Winter Park, exploring the shops and ski resort area. Once we moved into the YMCA (which is just down the road about … Continue reading New location, same Colorado!

We did it! We made it to the final day of work projects! Most students were off on adventures, but the mighty remained and finished out our week of work incredibly well. And one of those work projects was Heather's favorite: laundry!!!! (we were all thankful for it as well. Our clothes were pretty dirty.) … Continue reading Work Day #6 (the last one!!)

We have officially completed our first full week on the trip! Today was another very warm day for Colorado. And everyone was offsite for work projects or adventures! Eighteen students hiked up Byers Peak. The rest of us split between three different locations for work projects. Let's start by hearing from two of the hikers … Continue reading Work Day #5

Onto work day #4! Today's projects/activities included: Timberline (and they finished the ongoing project!!), Don's, Winter Park Christian Church, Hospitality, Horseback Riding, and Fly Fishing. Here is a little bit about two of those work projects, through the words of the students. Don’s: We went to the home of an older couple, who has had … Continue reading Work Day #4

Today was a wonderful Day Three of work projects/adventures! The weather was a little cooler, with a windstorm that blew through perfectly timed with lunch and our hour of solitude. The Timberline store was open during free time today so I had a hard time tracking students down to give a blurb about their projects … Continue reading Work Day #3

Today was our second day of work projects here at Timberline, and the first day of adventures! As the adventures are sprinkled throughout the rest of this week, we will highlight both the fun of the adventures and the work projects as they happen (but of course the work is fun as well 😉). PRC: *Before … Continue reading Work Day #2

To celebrate it being Sunday, our day today looked a little different. We got to sleep in until 9am (AMAZING), had an outdoor service in the morning, then loaded the bus and headed up to Rocky Mountain National Park and the Alpine Visitor Center. After spending some time on top of the mountains (it's casual), … Continue reading A Sunday Fun Day