Let the Summer Begin!

As the temps increase for the summer so does the activity here. We will be floating again this weekend and the phone is getting active...........it certainly is nice to see the eight day forecast for day time temps all in the mid to upper eighties........it seems like it has been a long time coming.

Of course last summer really didn't happen with the non stop rains and persistent flooding. What a mess. Glad it is nothing but a distant memory now.

Have our annual Jimmy Buffett night for the theme for the June Friday after Five.......Coal Creek Lounge opens at 5 pm and you can order food beginning at 5:30...........Have Tim from Indianola coming to DJ the event.........he has a big business doing special events with as many as four or five of his units doing gigs on the same night........you'll have to come check him out......I am pretty confident he knows what tunes to play for the Seven Oaks gang.......that's this Friday night June 3........

Hope you all had a safe Memorial Weekend..........first honoring our veterans and second having some fun with family and friends. The weather got better each day with Monday temps right where we want them for the kick off to the summer.......we gathered for a grand daughters NINTH Birthday........great time with family.......few games.........enough food for everyone, plus a few more.......very relaxing......

Did you know Brandie has joined the Seven Oaks team?? She started a couple weeks ago handling a lot of the inside sales and is training for the Seven Oaks Event Coordinator position as well.......She will do a great job........Carol has decided to leave her happy family here to pursue a new career with her own business and Dee has needed time to care for her family for some months......but I think you will see Dee some this summer on weekends when it is really hopping and this winter as well..........and Austin who worked in sales this past winter will be helping in sales this summer too........great team as usual......


Red is out mowing the lawn for the fiftieth time this year already....well maybe not that many times but.........man, the grass is really growing but it looks so good........

Had a really neat wedding reception here last Saturday night and another one this Saturday night......in fact there are like seven more here in June.....a lot of Friday nights and then a different group on Saturday night...........


Here is a shot of the lawn in front of the lodge just before all the guests arrived.......




As usual, the lodge was transformed into another look which was again really cool........here is a pic of the inside ........


.....had the opportunity to visit Jester Park down by Saylorville Lake for my first time two weekends ago for a birthday picnic.........for my wife........and I was pretty darned impressed with the park. Nice picnic areas, shelter houses and our shelter house had a nice view of the lake too.

I think our summer commercials start airing on Channel 8 and Channel 13 next week.......right in line with HOT weather.......which is RIVER weather........whether you CANOE or KAYAK or RIVER TUBE...........Let the Summer begin!