Catch Up

Well, its been a while since I got on here. Some noteable events since Christmas. Jan's back is all healed up.I have had a Carotid Stent put in the left side to open up a 98% blockage. I need to have a valve replaced this summer when I get time. We sold the house in Georgia and can now do some of the improvements on the B&B. More later.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. December has been very slow, only one guest so far. We have several days scheduled for the end of the month, mostly skiing or snow shoing at Crater Lake National Park. I don't understand why more people are not taking advantage of the park in winter. It is open all year, has LOTS of snow and is just beautiful. We took advantage of the slow season to get Janet some very needed back surgery. Our daughter Penny came up from Georgia for a few weeks to help out and Janet's sister Sharon is here now for the duration of recuperation. They have both learned how to run a snowblower and are making noises about how they might like to move up here to snow country.

Where are you?

I see it has been a month since I entered a new post here. It's not that I have been busy. On the contrary, business has been almost nil all month. Only 2 rooms so far and one more on the schedule at this time. Lots of family coming around Thanksgiving. If anybody is reading this, how about making a comment? I'd like to know if anybody is visiting this blog. MAC

Was I Wrong

I am not a good prognosticator. September 2004 we rented 5 room nights. September 2005 we did NOT rent 9 room nights. That's a jump from 8.3% occupancy to 85% occupancy. I was looking for September this year to be little better than last year. Now I get to worry about how well we will do this October. They say if you can make it through the first two years, you will probably make it all the way. Ten and a half months to go.

Fast summer

Here it is Sep. 10 and we have been full every night this month. Sadly, the guests from today that went up to the park said they had two inches of snow up there last night. It won't be long before business starts to drop off. Hope we get lots of skiers and snow shoes hikers.

By the way

This is how the house looks after adding the railing to the front porch. Many thanks to the Carpenter Aunts from San Diego.

Good Old August

AS you can see, it has been over two weeks since I wrote here. Part of the reason has been that business has been so good. We had almost 95% occupancy in August. The other part is that I could not tell if any one was reading this. No one ever sticks in their two cents worth or asks any questions. Luckily, a gentleman who was making a reservation mentioned that he had read my blog so now I feel that there might be others lurking out there. If so, feel free to jump in and talk to me.

September promises to be much better than our first September, maybe as much as 60 or 70% occupancy. Keep your fingers crossed for us. I don't know if I mentioned it but we are trying to sell our home in Georgia and if we do that, we will be able to last through the winter and do a lot of improvements that will enable us to increase business. More about that another time.