Monday, August 4, 2014

Another night of guests before a couple days to breathe!

It seems we've been going like gangbusters lately with B&B guests, helping with parts of the Plein Air event, and LOTS of guests last night!

One day last winter we got a call from a man from Thunder Bay, Ontario, who was planning a bike tour through our area.  He wanted to know how many people we could sleep here.  He needed rooms here in our little town for 15-20 bike riders.  Since there aren't many places for lodging here, that was going to be tricky.  It ended up that we had 7 staying here, 8 at the other B&B, and 3 in one of the cabins down near the Lake.

They were a fun group of people.  They all gathered here on our front porch when they got into town for some late afternoon refreshments.

They even brought their own entertainment!

Dinner was at the South Shore Bar here in town and they all came home very pleased with their dinner. Then we found out we were serving 10 people for breakfast!   While we're used to preparing for 2 or 4 guests, 10 was going to be a challenge.  But they all went away happy this morning, so it all worked out.  And now we have LOTS of sheets and towels to wash!
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I saw this little chrysalis Saturday morning hanging on the summer savory plant when I was collecting herbs to bring to the Saturday Market.  It wasn't hatched yet this morning but seemed to be a little more advanced.

And here are some sunset picts from down at the Lake tonight.  I love those evening colors.  These two are the two areas of the marina area where boats are docked.


This one shows the backwater or "slough" area on the other side of the bridge.  There was some low-hanging fog off in the distance.

And this is out by the pier and breakwater.  Those bumps on the breakwater are seagulls with the last of the sunset behind.

Tomorrow: Picts from the Bayfield County Fair!


3 comments:

mm said...

I wish I was part of the biking group. It looks like fun!

John Robert McFarland said...

I look at your pix, and off my own back deck, and say to myself, "This is a great place to live. Summer time, and the living is easy (except for washing sheets). Then I remember the 13 months of winter.

Mary Childs said...

mm - It was a nice small group compared to the 400 bikers that came through last summer. Most of them sleep in tents down at school or on the floor of the HS gym.

JRMcF - Even washing sheets is easy compared to the 13 months of winter! And it's almost here again!