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Pappy:
Looks like the place is working out well, the more you do the more you will figure out how to accommodate more folks. You have a very very good start, much better than our beginnings at TwinOaks. ;) :) I am very impressed. :) I could tell when I first meet you , you were a planner and would think things through, I ant and just fly by the seat of my pants. ;) :)
Pappy
iowabow:
--- Quote from: Pappy on October 06, 2016, 05:20:06 am ---Looks like the place is working out well, the more you do the more you will figure out how to accommodate more folks. You have a very very good start, much better than our beginnings at TwinOaks. ;) :) I am very impressed. :) I could tell when I first meet you , you were a planner and would think things through, I ant and just fly by the seat of my pants. ;) :)
Pappy
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In my case I had the benifit of your setup. I think you can see elements of twinoaks in the design. The one thing that surprised me when we talked was gravel. This becomes a real expense even on a small scale as I have found out.
Pappy:
Yep, baby steps, you have to start with what you have to have and then add a little every year. We started out with one small single drive from the road to the cabin door then just added each year, we still add each year as we see more of what we need. We have grown every year and thank goodness it has been a gradual growth,[ been there 26 years this year] so each time we have an event we can see what we need to do to make it more manageable. Their has been a lot of adding to and some redo's over the years as we see our needs. Not sure of you plans but if you plan on putting on events and do a quality job as I am sure you will ,you have to keep in mind growth, because it will grow. ;) :) Some say we look like a well oiled machine at our events, but if they only knew what goes on behind the scenes, total chaos most of the time ;) you just have to make it look like it isn't. ;) :) Again you have a very good start and looking for big things out of that place. ;)
Pappy
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: Pappy on October 06, 2016, 08:57:41 am ---Yep, baby steps, you have to start with what you have to have and then add a little every year. We started out with one small single drive from the road to the cabin door then just added each year, we still add each year as we see more of what we need. We have grown every year and thank goodness it has been a gradual growth,[ been there 26 years this year] so each time we have an event we can see what we need to do to make it more manageable. Their has been a lot of adding to and some redo's over the years as we see our needs. Not sure of you plans but if you plan on putting on events and do a quality job as I am sure you will ,you have to keep in mind growth, because it will grow. ;) :) Some say we look like a well oiled machine at our events, but if they only knew what goes on behind the scenes, total chaos most of the time ;) you just have to make it look like it isn't. ;) :) Again you have a very good start and looking for big things out of that place. ;)
Pappy
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Ducks on a pond. From above water, peaceful and graceful, simply beautiful. From underwater, paddling like a whole marching band of banjos started playing "Dueling Banjoes" on your canoe trip.
bjrogg:
nice to see you can finally enjoy the place a little. looks great Iowabow, you should be very proud. I'm sure you will do good things there
bjrogg
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