The latest from the Alpine blog

Even when it rains we play- everyone knows that. But snow? It doesn’t happen much during the summer, so most people haven’t experienced camp in the icy weather. But let me assure you, when it snows we play just as much.

The Alpine crew headed out to the team sports field on Monday morning to build giant Alpine-style snowmen. A few snowball fights erupted in the process (mostly between Glenn and Carter). Still, we managed to make some pretty amazing snowmen.

We took lots of pictures, so be sure to check out our Facebook page (you can just click the link at the top of this post).

After we built the snowmen, a few brave souls sledded down the hill by the pool. Bully even got on a snowboard that belongs to Jason Owen, one of the maintenance guys, and managed to make it down the hill without falling in the pool. It was pretty amazing, and you can check out a video of that on Glenn’s previous blog post.

We had 4 inches of snow today on Lookout Mountain.  Check out this video of Bully snowboarding at the pool!  A new activity perhaps??  It was a great day.  Pictures coming soon.

Untitled from Alpine Camp on Vimeo.

Merry Christmas from the Alpine off-season family!

12 Days of Alpine Christmas from Alpine Camp on Vimeo.

And he’s wearing an Alpine shirt!!

Our friend Niles is featured on a CNN news special that is supposed to air today. We knew Niles was scrappy on the team sports field, but now America gets a chance to see him on the football field. Good job Niles!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/12/05/callebs.home.school.saints.cnn?iref=24hours

There was nothing little about our trip to the Little Dooey in Starkville, where Glenn, Mr. O, Peter and I met up with about 20 former counselors to consume phenomenal amounts of Barbeque. The next day we interviewed around 30 guys from State, which I think is some kind of record.  Brian Sorgenfrei, the RUF minister at State also stopped by to say hello (Brian is an Alpine vet). It was a big time, and although it pains me to say it, I have to put Starkville up there in my top 3 cities of the Golden Triangle.

Of course, I’m not making any trips to Mississippi without some solid time in Oxford. Peter and I got to grab dinner at The Pizza Den with about 20 guys from Ole Miss, and then made our way over to the RUF wednesday night service, where Alpine alum Les Newsom preached. It was a wonderful time, and it gave us a chance to catch up with a few more friends. We didn’t interview in Oxford this time, but we’ll be back the week after Thanksgiving to interview.

The following week we went to Auburn, where we had a nice dinner at the Mellow Mushroom with former staff members George Hamm, Austin Terrell, Drew Allison, Connor Cheshire and Matt McDonald. Unfortunately, Glenn missed the Mellow Mushroom, his favorite restaurant ever on this entire planet. We interviewed some really cool guys at Auburn in the lobby of the Auburn Hotel and Conference center, which was easily the most swanky interview setting I’ve ever experienced.

After the Auburn interviews wrapped up, we headed to Athens, Georgia. Andrew Terrell, Harrison Rogers, Kelsey Cox, Doug Chapin, Jonathan Franklin, and Nathan Bosshardt, met us for dinner (Mark Ellis came for dessert). We had an excellent dinner, and laughed pretty much the whole time. We went to their RUF, which included a short film that got me pumped up about Christmas, and then a great worship service. After a day of interviews in Walker’s coffee shop, Peter and I headed back to Mentone for some much needed rest.