Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Have you seen Seven Oaks?

Yeah, you probably have but maybe not from 10,000 feet in the air. A friend of my son was flying home to Des Moines a few days ago and was able to spot Seven Oaks due to all the white....snow on the trails. Stood out pretty good. But it continues to melt my friends..


Enjoy the pic.....and yes Jason zoomed in to get this shot......


Monday, March 7, 2011

Is this season finished?

We called it finished as of last Saturday night, March 5......and it probably is ......but like I said some days ago in the blog that we would be done barring a big snow......and we are watching the weather forecast to see what tomorrow and Wednesday brings Seven Oaks for snow........some are calling for 6 to 8 inches..........

....we have a lot of base and a good snowfall on top would be relatively easy to have ready for friday night.....and we have not put anything away yet.....so we are watching........and waiting.........just like you........

.....do you think we should reopen if we get a big snow????

....had another fun Spring Splash last friday night......had several in costumes, DJ on the patio, Tater playing in the lodge......and ......I would guess about 30 to 40 people tried the pond skim.......that is always fun to watch........and I would guess consistent with years past that about 40% were successful in their attempt to skim the entire length.........with another 40% almost making it.......getting just a little wet at the end.........and then there is the last 20% that took a complete dive..........

.......I think the complete dive is what most of the many spectators were waiting for.........a little bit like a car wreck during a race isn't it........

......but the whole thing was fun to watch.......

....wife's nephew from Nebraska with his family and about 25 other friends came friday night and spent the day Saturday ........a bunch of their kids were learning to ski for their first time.....and had success I might add.........I guess one family was not from Nebraska but from Minnesota.....but they still fit in just fine.........good and fun group.......oh, and the oldest son of our nephew tried the pond skim.........he has only skied about three years.......once per year......and the last time was last year...........yep..........he took a dive..........but he felt good about trying it....

......received notice that Seven Oaks will be featured in the spring/summer Des Moines Convention Bureau things to do publication........that's cool........

.....A BIG THANK YOU to all of YOU that came to Seven Oaks this winter to ski, snowboard and snow tube..........and to all our team members that received so many compliments from so many of you..........and to our ski patrol that spent hours on the trails assisting those in need........it was a fun and it was a great season..........again......

......we'll start getting ready soon for the spring and summer activities.........we are talking about ordering the paintballs and making repairs to the paintball fields.........moving picnic tables back to the tent campgrounds..........getting the buses serviced and inspected for the river floats.......get all the river tubes inflated and ready to go .........and so on........

.......so let's watch the weather this week and see what happens.......be talking to you soon.......