Across The Fence
(July 2001)
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Hazy days of summer at Rock Eddy
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On-line availability
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Eddy Bluff from the skies *
Innkeeper Perks
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Farm stays around the world
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Happenings around the home place *
Petrol prices: Some
feedback
Lazy,
hazy days of summer are upon
us. We are always amazed at how much the landscape here changes from
season to season. But we love it! Just this morning I took these
photos from the deck of the
Bluffhouse. For those of you who have been here, this is a familiar
scene....only with extra haze added. Oh, yes, the swimming is great on the
sand bar in the river, or in the cool pools up Clifty creek.
Budding geniuses! Well, we do feel kinda smart.... We figured out how to put our availability calendar on line. Now you can go to http://www.rockeddy.com and click of the "availability" link to see when our cottages, cabin, and suite are available. Try the button at the bottom! We think the on-line availability calendar will be a good thing. We always dislike having to tell folks that someone else beat them out on their planned getaway. Now they can plan ahead with a calendar in hand.
Rock Eddy Bluff from the skies! Here is a neat link to a site that will show you Rock Eddy Bluff and the Gasconade river beneath us from a viewpoint high in the skies. You can then use the site to find aerial photos of anywhere in the USA. Kinda neat? On this photo, try to find where you stayed Click on this link: http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=2965&Y=21055&Z=15&W=2
Gas
prices: some feedback In our last letter we questioned the
effect of high gas prices on the hospitality industry. Well, folks in our
state-wide bed and breakfast association now say that the number of their guests
has been down this year. A slack economy may be part of the problem
also. The number of guests at Rock Eddy Bluff Farm is actually up strongly
over last year. Reason could be some great publicity we received this
spring. But, we rather think part of it is folk's desire to slow down,
relax, take a back road and come to the scenic country.
Stay on a Farm! There is an organization of that name in Britain. They list only farm-located B&B's and self-catering cottages...the lodgings we prefer ourselves. We'd always wanted something similar in the USA. Well now there is a website that attempts to put guests in touch with such places on a world-wide basis. It's called "Farm Stays and Agri-Tourism Throughout The World. http://www.agrisport.com/
The
perks of being an Innkeeper. We'd rank number 1: the
wonderful people we get to meet. Over the years we've developed
another perk: Trading with other innkeepers. Our pal, Philippe, from
the south of France will be here this fall after we visited him last
spring. This fall, also, we will host a couple from the Scottish
highlands. Next year we plan to vacation in their self-catering cottage in
the town of Balquidder. Philippe is so high on the joys of trading stays
that he has put up his own web page on the subject. If you know an
innkeeper, they may also be interested: www.etoile.fr/bbusa.htm
Rock Eddy Bits.... We've located a old log cabin with a loft that we plan to move onto the place where it will be secluded in the trees with a view of the valley. Only problem: It will be a lot of work, so we don't have a timetable for completion. We expect something like Line Camp Cabin, only with more room. The Eagles have fledged three young this year. We hear them keening on the sandbar beneath the bluffhouse. Bald eagles are always such a wonderful sight. Woodrow and Dirt Dauber, our two young horses, are now with an Amish fellow learning a little manners. Oh, and we're excited.....Autumn will be here before too long!
All our Best, Tom & Kathy
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Kathy & Tom Corey, Rock Eddy Bluff Farm, 10245 Maries Road 511, Dixon, Missouri 65459 USA