Sunny and I will be heading to Gatlinburg this week for Winterfest. This makes about the 15th year in a row I’ve been. First time I went, my boy Lane and I were goofy underclassmen and we rode all the way up in David Kimball’s car blasting Dwight Yoakam and singing at the top of our lungs. What a memory! Seems like I remember a confrontation with Adam Dailey over a dime and some cheap slingshots. Good times.
Then there were the years Corey and I worked as WF interns. This is a rite of passage each Johnny Markham intern must endure. We didn’t get much sleep, but we had a lot of laughs. I’ll always remember riding back home in Johnny’s van and all our little inside jokes.
Now my friends and I are leading groups of teens to Gatlinburg to pass on WF’s legacy of spiritual enrichment to this generation of teens. It’s really amazing to see how far we’ve come since those first days of heading up the mountain. I hope this weekend will be yet another great memory for all of us. See you guys on the mountain!
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Winterfest ROCKS! I went 6th grade through senior year. It was awesome. I went one year as a chaperone, and that was great. Can’t go this year because of some obligations to radio, but man, I wish I could be there….
Hope youall have a fantastic weekend. We will be with you in thought and prayer. Jamie passed on your message to her dad thank you that was sweet. We have passed on the baton but we will def. miss it. May told me this week she was sad because we were not going. She still loves us. Ha Be safe and have fun. I do not know how many years we have been going. I think you have us beat on the trips to Winterfest though.
I just laid down the law to Numbers Two and Three.Like it’ll do any good.
I can’t wait to go to Winterfest. We may go next year even though our oldest daughter will still be technically too young.I heard it was great, you know 100-200 people from CH head up there for that!
Amy,I was one of that number that made those trips way back in the day. I did see a lot of familiar CH faces though. Hope you get the chance to go next year.