Youth Road Trip to Nashville
January 9, 2010 by admin
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On Monday, Dec. 21 a group of twelve from Unity Baptist Church travelled up I-40 to take in the Christmas lights at Opryland. The group of nine youth and three adults (2 chaperones plus Bob, the bus driver) stopped first to shop at Opry Mills and then to fill up at the world famous Rainforest Café, a unique, first-time dining experience for most of the teens in the group. Following the meal, the group walked over to the Opryland Hotel to check out their elaborate holiday decorations, stopping at the Delta area and then proceeding to the Conservatory and the Cascades with every inch planted in red and white poinsettias. A few had brought alone their cameras and took pictures of the giant ornaments hanging from the ceiling and the enormous Christmas trees that were breathtakingly beautiful. Since the group had already expended their budget at the Rain Forest Café, a tour of the ICE exhibit was postponed for possible future excursions. Those who participated were Bob and Mary Frances Wadley, Patricia and Chase Ross, Taylor Ross, Brittany Bailey, Savannah and Katie Warren, Alex and Sydney Kennedy, Brandy Shrewsbury and Shelby Johnson. They stuck together like glue (even on frequent trips to the bathroom facilities) and behaved extremely well according to Mrs. Mary, who did not have to use her “teacher voice” or her “teacher look” to keep the group in line.What a wonderful way to beat the “after-Christmas blues” while our youth were out of school!
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On Monday, Dec. 21 a group of twelve from Unity Baptist Church travelled up I-40 to take in the Christmas lights at Opryland. The group of nine youth and three adults (2 chaperones plus Bob, the bus driver) stopped first to shop at Opry Mills and then to fill up at the world famous Rainforest Café, a unique, first-time dining experience for most of the teens in the group. Following the meal, the group walked over to the Opryland Hotel to check out their elaborate holiday decorations, stopping at the Delta area and then proceeding to the Conservatory and the Cascades with every inch planted in red and white poinsettias. A few had brought along their cameras and took pictures of the giant ornaments hanging from the ceiling and the enormous Christmas trees that were breathtakingly beautiful. Since the group had already expended their budget at the Rain Forest Café, a tour of the ICE exhibit was postponed for possible future excursions. Those who participated were Bob and Mary Frances Wadley, Patricia and Chase Ross, Taylor Ross, Brittany Bailey, Savannah and Katie Warren, Alex and Sydney Kennedy, Brandy Shrewsbury and Shelby Johnson. They stuck together like glue (even on frequent trips to the bathroom facilities) and behaved extremely well according to Mrs. Mary, who did not have to use her “teacher voice” or her “teacher look” to keep the group in line.
What a wonderful way to beat the “after-Christmas blues” while our youth were out of school!