Day 1 of 365 on what its like to run a resort

Woke early, around 7 a.m. Wondered if we had caught the problem bear in the bear cage. Animal control had dropped off the cage last Monday. So I threw on a shirt on top of my pj's and walked up the hill to the dumpster area. Yippee! We caught a 200 lb. male bear. So I told all who were awake, and people flocked up to see the bear. It growled, spit and then decided to lie down in defeat.

I took our golden retriever, Senna, up to see it. She was VERY interested but the bear initially didn't care less. Later it tried to get her through the steel cage, which scared Senna enough to stay away.

The garbage truck would be coming soon. So I told my husband, John, that I saw someone in the fish cleaning house. That would mean there would be fresh fish guts. Gotta get those before the garbage truck comes. He was right on it.

I finally sat down to breakfast and caffeine. I turned on the news and we were going to be in for major storms, so I tried to call my mom. She was intending to drive the 60 miles to our resort to visit today and I didn't want her to come if the weather would be bad. Turns out she had already left.

Mom arrived with 2.5 doz. eggs from her farm and fresh fruit and pound cake from the store for our dessert. We walked up and looked at the bear just when the guy was coming to pick it up. It growled and spit on me. Guess I was standing too close.

Some fishermen came in and told me that when they were fishing this morning, a perch swallowed a hook. Since it wasn't a keeper, they threw it into the lake. About 10 minutes later, a huge eagle swooped down and picked it out of the water. This was only about 30 feet from them! What a sight! Later they said it flew over their heads about 10 feet from them. They hadn't realized how big eagles were until this happened. Thankfully it didn't poop on them or they would've seen how big that would've been too.

Customers came in for weather updates, ice cream cones, etc. I made lunch - fried chicken breast with mushrooms, peppers, onions & tomatoes. I added basil, parmesan and olive oil, threw in some penne and it was lunch. Had fresh fruit & shortcake with whipped cream for dessert.

Just when John was napping, and my mom and I were talking, someone came into the lodge who we hadn't seen in awhile. So we visited.

The storm was raging outside so kids were coming into the lodge for free foosball, to play games and visit.

John and my nephew, Tommy, played kings in the corner card game. Then they started cribbage. Mom and I visited and watched the lightning over the 354 acre lake. She had wanted to leave an hour ago, but was waiting out the storm. Finally the storm died down enough for her to head home around 4:30.

Now its time for me to finally sit down and start my blog - which I obviously have. Hopefully you'll like it.

Later I go to Lioness Bingo. I'll be selling the cards tonight. So I have to make dinner before I leave for John & Tommy. Hopefully some customers will be at bingo tonight.