WYTHEVILLE

FOR 13 YEARS I'VE DONE THE CENTRAL ROUTE AND ALWAYS DO RAINELLE , CUZ I LIVE NEAR THERE AND ITS SUCH A WONDERFUL TOWN. BUT THIS YEAR RAVEN N SAPPER HAD BEEN AFTER ME TO COME TO WYTHEVILLE AND I WRESTLED WITH IT HATING NOT TO SEE SO MANY I KNOW IN HURRICANE. BUT- I CAVED IN AFTER LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE N REALIZING RFTW MADE WYTHEVILLE ON A WEDS AND I CULD STILL DO RAINELLE THURS. I DECIDED IT WAS A GO. AND WOW-. I'M GLAD  I DID. I ARRIVED A DAY EARLY AND CAMPED AT THE KOA. AS I MADE MY WAY AROUND TOWN  , PEOPLE WERE SO FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL RECOGNIZING OUR PATCH. THEN ON WEDS. I ARRIVED EARLY AT THE PARK TO PLACE A WELCOME RFTW 2011 SIGN AND SITE SEE. AS I SAT BENEATH THE BIG TREES IN THE SHADE MANY LOCALS STOPPED BY TO CHAT. IT WAS PLEASANT AND REFRESHING TO BE WELCOMED LIKE THEY DID. THEN WHEN THE ADVANCE TEAM AND ROAD GUARDS CAME I KNEW IT WOULDNT BE LONG. AND SURE ENUFF ---HERE YOU ALL CAME.  I TRIED TO LOOK EACH ONE OF U IN THE FACE ,BUT WAS OVER WHELMED BY THE SHEAR NUMBERS. AND OVER THE RUMBLE OF THE ENGINES YOU CULD HEAR THE CHEERS.  AND AFTER ALL WERE SAFELY IN THE PARK I MADE MY WAY AROUND TO MEET MANY OF U. THE GENERAL N GENERLS DRIVER , RAGS, TIM CHAMBERS AND MORE. AND I LOVED THE SERVICE AND THE WORDS SPOKEN. AND LATER I WENT TO BREAK BREAD WITH YOU ALL AND ENJOYED A WONDERFULL MEAL. AND AS I ATE I MARVELED AT WHAT IT MUST HAVE TAKIN FOR THEM TO FEED ALL OF US. A BIG THANK YOU IS WARRANTED.  AND AS I CHATTED WITH SOME OF YOU AND WATCHED THE AWARDS GO OUT --A WARM FEELING OF FAMILY WASHED OVER ME. SO IF YOU LOOKED AND SEEN A SILLY GRIN ON MY FACE--THATS WHY.  LOL .. I HAD TO EXCUSE MYSELF A LIL EARLY SO I CULD GET UP AND MAKE A DASH FOR RAINELLE IN THE MORN , BUT I LEFT WITH A FEELING OF SATISFACTION. AND I AM SO GLAD MY 2 FRIENDS ( RAVEN N SAPPER )AND FAMILY MEMBERS TWISTED MY ARM TO COME TO WYTHEVILLE. ''  I'LL BE BACK''  RFTW 2012. GOD BLESS ALL.