Our second annual Circle Event at Gene’s Trout Resort in Arkansas didn’t disappoint. The fishing, food, and fellowship were top shelf. And add in some serious cornhole competition and some time looking at spiritual truths, you have the perfect, long weekend.

 

Guys began to arrive Thursday afternoon. They made sure to arrive AFTER Don and I had unloaded all the food and drinks. LOL. Don was our host and did an outstanding job of picking the menu for our stay. We LOVE to eat. Since we were not fishing until Friday morning, we decided to get the ball rolling for our nightly cornhole tournament. Each night, we picked random teams and competed until time for bed.

 

The fishing couldn’t have been much better. We estimate that we caught over 120 trout in two days. One night, John put a few on the grill for an appetizer. We gobbled them up fast. Friday afternoon, I gave our first Bible lesson. It was all about the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life. He said some really startling things that still hold true for us today. After our lesson, we drew for our prizes. Jimmy won the fishing rod. (That was good since he just had one stolen the night before.) And Darrell won the $300.00 Bass Pro Gift Card that was sponsored by Antler Ins.

 

On Saturday, we fished, had our lesson, fished more, and then returned to the cornhole boards. Jon, Geoff, and Kenny were all on the winning teams. Will was the sleeper. He had never played until our tournaments. It was evident that this game was not going to be hard for him.

 

Last of all, we were joined by Mark Shaw. He is with the local chapter of Christian Bow Hunters of America. He came to bring clothes for our Kentucky camo drive but stayed for much of our event. We think he’s an official Circle Event attender now. And I know we’ll see each other more.

 

All in all, a great event. If you didn’t go, you missed it!! But here’s the good news. There’s more coming up. I’ll let you in on a little secret. (Don’t tell anyone, but it’s looking like the next one will be around a duck hunt, back in Texas, in January) You’ll need to jump in quick for that one.

 

I hope you enjoy the pictures. And a special thanks to JRays Rentals for sponsoring this event. These sponsorships help us keep the prices down for everyone. If you would like to sponsor an event, gift, or attender, let me know.

 

 

See you at the next event,

 

Gary