2015 has been a big year of changes for us here at Sandy Point Resort. For the first time in 18 years we, Michele and Mike, have stayed on property through the fall season. It has been an unseasonably warm autumn and we are grateful that nature has allowed us this transition time. Our daughter, […]
Who stole the bear head from the cookie jar? It was a question we asked one Saturday in July when during our weekly cabin turnover we discovered the head of our bear cookie jar, a fixture in this cabin since it was built in 2000, was missing.The cookie jar had been a gift from our
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LAC DU FLAMBEAU—The 18th Annual Northwoods Open Disc Golf Tournament takes place at Sandy Point Resort and Disc Golf Ranch in Lac du Flambeau over Labor Day weekend. Tournament Director and resort owner, Mike Cozzens, expects a full capacity field of some 220 golfers to descend upon his world-renowned, 27-hole course.“The Northwoods Open continues to
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REPOSTED BY POPULAR DEMAND:We’re called “Sandy Point” for a reason. It’s all about the beach. We take pride in offering our guests one of the best beaches in the Northwoods and throughout the summer season, we maintain and groom it on a daily basis. With over 500 ft. of shoreline, we have lots of grassy
Twenty Years. The traditional symbols for 20-year wedding anniversaries are china and platinum. The gemstone is emerald, the flower is day lily. We, however, are not celebrating 20 years of marriage. We passed that marker in 2009. We are celebrating 20 years of owning/operating our business, Sandy Point Resort and Disc Golf Ranch. So, using
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It’s that time of year where I have the full-time duty of running things in our pro shop. My backups are back in Tucson so between 10-5, I greet every person who rolls up Sandy Point Lane. And we’ve had our share of colorful characters. It is I who spends most of the time behind
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Twenty years ago when Mike’s brother, Jeff, learned we had closed the deal on buying Sandy Point Resort, he sent a videotape to us via Federal Express. The tape was “The Great Outdoors,” a comedy classic starring John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. “In twenty years, the resort owners in this movie will be you two,”
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When resort guests ask us the inevitable question, “how’s the fishing?” we generally have one thing to go by: the smell of the fish-cleaning house. And during the last three weeks, something truly fishy has been going on. Either resort guests are pulling out fish from Squaw Lake by the net full, or someone’s catching