Michele

Opening weekend for the 2009 season is upon us. This Friday, May 1 is the official reopening of Sandy Point. Some of you have been playing golf since the snow got to less than a foot on the ground, but Season Passes officially go on sale beginning Friday, and will be good until November 1st. […]

Photo by Jay Yeti Reading at the 2008 Northwoods Open. Todd Kozlencer takes his best shot in the annual Off-the-Raft driving contest.

Along with a cabin deposit check received in yesterday’smail, there was a note thanking us for “being so flexible.” I don’t often receive notes like this because I learned a long time ago that in running a small business, it rarely pays to be flexible. As parents it’s our nature to be flexible. Raising kids

Each year I visit the various Gem Shows around Tucson and stock the necessary supplies to keep my Dream Life Designs jewelry business in business. I shop for semi-precious stones, crystals, copper and silver and other construction supplies. Getting all the so-called necessities out the way, I usually make time to float around the aisles

Last summer we asked friends and fans of Sandy Point Resort to get their LOON on! Our 2008 t-shirt features our most popular disc golf hotstamp, which was created by Randy Shukar, and the shirt design, oddly enough, came to me in a dream. The hotstamp on the front was something I’d wanted to do

Last night I received a letter from a man named Bill, who read I’m Living Your Dream Life while researching resort ownership. I’ve lost track of the number of letters like this I’ve received, but this one stands out because it’s been a while. I’ve since had three additional books published (on different subjects) and

Merle Reagle’s crossword puzzle today offered the following clue for 46 DOWN: “Classic Beatles song on Revolver.” Can you name it? Can you? Here’s a hint: It’s six letters, begins with a TAX and ends with a MAN.I work a crossword puzzle nearly everyday, but Reagle’s, which comes in the Arizona Daily Star every Thursday,

Now is the time to make plans for your summer vacation. When you look out your window right now, I know it’s hard to imagine green grass and warm blue waves lapping a sandy shore. So have a look at this photo, then close your eyes and imagine the kids’ squeals of delight as they

Like many of the finest family-owned resorts in the Northwoods, Sandy Point books a majority of its accommodations a year in advance of the prime summer weeks (June, July, August). The summer of 2009 was no exception and if you check our availability calendar you’ll see two things: 1. Some weeks are fully booked by

Sent today from Melissa Pecunia, a Sandy Point regular and dear friend, to illustrate the frrrrrrrrrrrreeeezing temperature in Wisconsin this morning. It’s actually BELOW freezing — make that -20° — and that doesn’t account for the windchill factor bringing it to -40°!So for every person who calls the resort and asks me “what”s the weather