We'll See What Happens

In February I will be starting my 20th year at Base Camp. I've been bitten by lots of things, stung by others, allergic to most things out here, caught in terrible hail storms, nearly washed away by floods a couple of times, stranded while the water rose around me, nearly drowned in the river, fallen some pretty good heights, eaten some stuff I wasn't supposed to, broken things and have had years where I've spent more time at the Emergency Room then some of the people that work there. This was one of those years. There are a few things wrong with my body but the severe one was I had five stomach infections at one time. Losing 28 pounds in three months, I've gained two of them back, I was incapacitated July and August with stomach pain so severe. It's better, but not yet perfect. Had some returning pain the last two days but still there are some nights I can sleep on my stomach. When the pain is that less I almost giggle it feels so good when I lay down and I sleep through a large portion of the night, with Jax of course.

The last two, maybe three years have not made much money, if at all. Had my last illness not ended well the new owners of the property would have been responsible for any negative and that's Heather and Linny. If there is much of that I suspect it wouldn't have been long before the whole place was up for sale. There is significant equity in a sale. So, not wishing to leave them with any problems and to insure the future of the property I'm going to offer off some of it. I have gotten a lot of verbal offers over the years so I guess I'll find out if anybody was serious. My friend Randy Day is going to list it. At the moment I would prefer just to sell the far side with the houses and hogans and keep everything else. However it looks a lot more attactive sale wise if all but the lodge were in the listing. 100 acres instead of 30.

I'm emotionally attached to the lodge and I need a place to stay anyway. I'd like to hang on to the boat ramp, Hull's Place, and the Hurrah disc golf course and have one weekend a year where I have the whole place for Doug's disc tournament. If I got enough to pay off the debt, walk with significant cash, and leave the lodge free and clear that is a pretty rosy future. I emailed some people that have expressed interest and I'll see what happens for a week or two before Randy list the north side. Maybe nothing will happen. Guess we'll find out.