Northwood Cabins

We have much to be Thankful for this year. While this Thanksgiving Day found us apart from most of our family, we knew they were all safe and well. We had an unexpectedly good season and have been able to make up for the work we were not able to do last spring. We are also most thankful to all of our guests who made this season so much more enjoyable then we could have imagined in May and June. Your support and friendship is what made this season possible. Our guests contin...ue to surprise us in many ways. Take for example one family who stayed with us very early in the season, they had such a nice time they returned later in the summer. But on this second trip they brought us a gift. It was part of a root ball they had dug up in their yard. The roots had grown into an old "U" bolt. He said he saw it and immediately thought of us. He figured we could find a use for it and asked "Where are you going to stick it?" I looked him right in the eye and said, "I'm going to stick it where the sun don't shine." And that is what we are going to do as we made it into a lamp. We are thinking it will look great in Cabin 4 once it's all redone.

"As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly" Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at the Northwood Cabins and WKRP in Cincinnati. Be grateful for this day, be thankful for those who are with you, and remember those who are not.

We have not posted much recently as we have taken some time off, some planned some not so planned. First the "planned" portion of the program: We had penciled in some time to travel south to visit family after we closed. We also wanted to take the opportunity to explore some of our favorite antique shops while we we there. Saw some really great things, and picked up just what we needed. Unfortunately I was told we didn't "need" a six foot dinosaur. "needed"..."wanted" some...times it can get confusing. Now for the "unplanned" part: While we were away New York's Covid rules changed... so we are just about done with our two week quarantine. It hasn't been too bad, this forced "Vacation", it's given us a chance to catchup on some things. Right now we are in Season 5 of the Great British Baking Show. But once we are done with quarantine and Season 5 it's back to work. We will be making some changes which we will share with you as they happen. Right now in addition to Cabin 4. Cabin 10 is in our sights. The old Tamarack had to come down as it was dead. We kept the stump fairly high to serve as a kind of outdoor table. But the bigger change is that it will become a two person cabin. With it still uncertain as to how next season will play out we felt we needed to offer another cabin with a "kitchenette". So Cabin 10 will have just one Queen bed, but will also have an expanded sitting area as well as a microwave. We found the perfect cabinet for this purpose on our recent trip. We hope to have the other changes firmed up before January 1st. Not to worry while we were gone the Northwood Cabins was in the best of hands. Roosevelt was manning...er dogging the office in our absence.

This is just a "throw away" post. There were many uncertainties when the season started, some were not unexpected but others took us by surprise. The concept of "known unknowns, and unknown unknowns." The one that surprised us the most was garbage...trash...refuse. You know, the things you no longer want or need. With limited dine in options this year the volume of take out was staggering. Add to this an increase in deliveries of food to the cabins we were greeted each mo...rning with piles of pizza boxes and take out containers. Additionally, we saw noticeable increase in guests preparing food they brought from home or purchased once they arrived. So much so we purchased another microwave to be able to meet this demand. The results of this was leftovers, paper plates, cups, bowls... All of this added up to a large amount of trash, easily double what we have seen in the past. It also added up to the need to buy more garbage bags, and more trips to the Dump Transfer Station. On the plus side Tupper Lake, NY has a very nice one. It is well run, clean, and safe. The only downside to all this efficiency ..no bears.

It's just a sign of the times. It's official the season is over and the sign is all tucked in for it's "...long winter's nap." We lit it one last time before we put it to bed. It was a season that both tested and surprised us, and truth be told we were ready to call it a day. We are going to take a little bit of time to rest and heal before we dive right back in. While the start of the next season is months away we open for reservations for the 2021 season in a little ov...er two months so we have to be ready. We have some changes that we have to finalizing before then. Big "Thank You" to our sign crew . They might not be Utica Sign and Graphics but they aren't half bad. They are certainly better then the other bunch of turkeys that showed up to "help." They were useless, but we're still going to have them over for Thanksgiving.