9/13/2009
HARD TO BELIEVE MY LAST NEWSLETTER WAS BACK IN MAY. NOT THAT I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING TO SAY IT'S JUST THAT THERE HAS BEEN MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND SOME SAD THINGS AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I HAVE BEEN HAVING MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF DURING MY MORNING RUNS.
IN SPITE OF THE RECESSION WE MANAGED TO STAY FULL ALL SUMMER AND ARE JUST COMING INTO A VERY BUSY FALL. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE OVER 50% REPEAT GUESTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FALL.
FISHING WAS SLOW BUT THERE WERE SOME FISH CAUGHT, I ACTUALLY WENT MUSKY FISHING TWICE THIS SUMMER, SO I AM WORKING ON MY ONE THOUSAND CASTS TO BOAT MY FIRST MUSKY. THANKS TO OUR FRIEND MARTIN FOR THE FISHING LESSON.
SPEAKING OF MUSKY FISHING WE LOST OUR GOOD FRIEND AND LONG TIME GUEST JACK KLEIN. WE WILL REALLY MISS HIM AS HE CAME UP EVERY MUSKY OPENER AND EVERY MUSKIE INC. FALL TOURNAMENT. THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GUYS WILL BE UP ON MOOSE THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER AND I AM SURE IT WILL BE BITTERSWEET. THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THAT HE DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED, ON THE BOAT FISHING.
WE ALSO SEND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OUT TO OUR LONG TIME GUEST & FRIEND GEORGE WHO IS GOING THROUGH SOME MEDICAL ISSUES AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM AND HIS WIFE IN 2010.
AS FOR THE RESORT WE MANAGED TO GET MOST OF THE GOVERNOR'S CABIN REMODELED AND JUST SOME ODDS AND ENDS TO THE OTHER CABINS AND GROUNDS. WE ARE GOING TO BE TACKLING THE DOCK ISSUE THIS FALL WHEN THE LAKE IS DRAWN DOWN, IT SHOULD LOOK REALLY NICE ON THE LAKESHORE WHEN WE GET DONE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A LITTLE EASIER TO GET IN AND OUT OF BOATS.
AS FOR FAMILIES, MY OLDEST SON JOE IS GETTING MARRIED ON OCTOBER 3, CAN YOU BELIEVE HE PICKED THE MUSKY TOURNAMENT WEEKEND??
MY SON TYLER, WHO IS A CORPORAL IN THE MARINE CORP WILL BE LEAVING FOR THE SANDBOX THIS MONTH. WE ARE PROUD AND TERRIFIED AT THE SAME TIME AND APPRECIATE ANY PRAYERS FOR HIS SAFE HOMECOMING NEXT YEAR.
PAIGE IS BACK IN HAYWARD, WORKING AND GOING TO SCHOOL. JOE'S DAUGHTER KARRIE HELPED US OUT AGAIN ALL SUMMER AND WE JUST HAD A NICE VISIT FROM KELLY AND GRANDSON, IAN.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THE LAST 12 YEARS A SUCCESS, WE DON'T ALWAYS MEASURE SUCCESS IN DOLLARS AND IN RUNNING A RESORT THE REWARDS ARE IN LIVING IN SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE AND BEING LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE IT AS MUCH WE DO!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN 2009 & 2010
STACEY, JOE, KIDS & DOGS
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FALL 2007 - Governor's cabin