Yesterday was a Fun Day

When I knew I would be travelling alone to Seven Oaks Saturday for routine business I decided to call my 88 year young aunt to see if she was available, wanted to, felt like riding along. She had been to Seven Oaks one other time.......ten years ago. She said yes........actually she said YES. I picked her up at 7:30 am in Montezuma and off we went to my little slice of heaven........Seven Oaks. There was never a moment we didn't have something to talk about.........it was fun. When we were almost there she asked how many miles it was and when I responded it was 110 miles she smiled and replied "it seems like 150" ! After showing her around and engaging in a couple hour meeting with staff, we loaded up, had lunch in Boone and headed home........again without a quiet moment of having nothing to talk about.

This little trip has given cause to reflect back to my first exposure of the ski industry.....and I think over the next couple of postings I am going to share with you how that came about, the differences in the ski industry in Iowa back then compared to now......all from my perspective of course..........so bear with me.

Seven Oaks looked great yesterday. Several recent improvements were made last week......many of which will not directly be seen by you nor necessarily benefit many of you......but another snow gun, more snowtubes and more lockers for the rental shop were picked up Tuesday........a new and much larger septic tank was installed on Wednesday.......a concrete floor was poured in the shop Thursday.........new flooring was laid in the largest women's restroom on Saturday...........all in the name of continuous improvement.

this week..........improve the Riblet chairlift unload area........create the new ski trail..........raise the dam for more water holding capacity which means more continuous hours of snowmaking.........

...and to all my friends engaged in the farming industry I hope this week brings you sunshine and a little breeze so you can all get your crops out. I can relate to the farming industry more than any other when it comes to having your business be at the mercy of the weather.

we are getting closer and closer to winter season 2009-2010............