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Spartan2
05/18/2019 07:33PM
 
Me too. Good people there, and what a wonderful historic place!


We have stayed in Charlie's Room in the lodge many nights, and have also rented a cabin for our trips with Anna a couple times. Have had their nice breakfasts before canoe trips, and savored pie and coffee in the afternoon. One of my favorite places.



 
Basspro69
05/18/2019 08:14PM
 
Mocha: "oops.... i apparently don't look at the For Sale forum much. but, genuinely so sad to hear this news."
Not good!
 
billconner
05/19/2019 12:49PM
 
New owners may carry on and create new traditions. Be optimistic.
 
nctry
05/19/2019 06:04AM
 
Sad!
 
nctry
05/21/2019 11:43AM
 
treehorn: "Knowing nothing of the specifics of the situation, all I will say, is they provided us with probably the best pre-trip breakfast I've ever had, included with a stay in their bunkhouse. Just piled all the bacon, fruit, toast, pancakes, and sausage we could eat out on the table and we went to town, before towing us across Clearwater. Awesome service."





Way to go... you ate em out of house and lodge... haha!


I kinda wonder what happened. Mocha, was that the young couple that just bought that a few years ago?
 
treehorn
05/21/2019 10:59AM
 
Knowing nothing of the specifics of the situation, all I will say, is they provided us with probably the best pre-trip breakfast I've ever had, included with a stay in their bunkhouse. Just piled all the bacon, fruit, toast, pancakes, and sausage we could eat out on the table and we went to town, before towing us across Clearwater. Awesome service.
 
Mocha
05/18/2019 06:51PM
 
whoa.... did i see a banner ad from a real estate company? tell me it's not so!
 
Mocha
05/18/2019 06:52PM
 
oops.... i apparently don't look at the For Sale forum much. but, genuinely so sad to hear this news.
 
mooseplums
05/21/2019 02:35PM
 
My understanding is that the owners live in the West, and hired a local couple to run it....Hard to own and run a business from a thousand miles away . They've only owned it about 6 or 7 years.

 
Soledad
05/21/2019 02:46PM
 
On a positive note, the new owners of Snowbank Lodge (FKA Smitty's) are amazing, and I look forward to saying there in the future. Good folks, hard workers and they just survived their first and a tough winter out on the point. If you ever get a chance to hear how they helped folks off of the lake during the early March wind storm, it is a good one.
 
OCDave
05/19/2019 09:01AM
 
Typically, this forum celebrates those looking to retire and enjoy the fruits of their labor.


I assume the current owners are selling of their own volition. I wish them success with their sale and happiness in their next phase of their lives.



 
carmike
05/21/2019 08:26PM
 
Great place. I just hope the new buyers aren't developers looking to build a few new condos! :)
 
nctry
05/21/2019 07:00PM
 
Frenchy19: "3.2 million and you get everything...Ben??"
Thanks a lot! I’ll go count my pennies. Pretty sure I’m short 3.19999 million though.
 
HangLoose
05/20/2019 10:11PM
 
Best scones that I've ever tasted. Hopefully the recipe is included with the sale. Best wishes to the current owners
 
nofish
05/21/2019 09:57AM
 
Hopefully the new owners can carry on and keep the traditions alive. Running a place like that takes a lot of energy so its not surprising if the current owners want to retire and enjoy some downtime. Hopefully thats all it is.


Ownership of Rockwood changed just a few years ago and it seems like the new owners have done nothing but make Rockwood better. Hope for the same at Clearwater.



 
Frenchy19
05/21/2019 06:21PM
 
3.2 million and you get everything...Ben??
 
Basspro69
05/19/2019 12:00PM
 
OCDave: "Typically, this forum celebrates those looking to retire and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

I assume the current owners are selling of their own volition. I wish them success with their sale and happiness in their next phase of their lives. "

True but the melancholy comes from the end of an era.