Michael & Teresa Get Married

What a week! We started on Wednesday by carving lanterns out of white pumpkins, something about the pumpkins and working on them until midnight made me think of Cinderella. It was hard work, but Teresa (my new daughter-in-law), her sister, Maureen "Mo", our son Michael, and his friend Brian made it so much fun. By Thursday, the pumpkins needed to lie in cold water waiting for the big day. I could have used a little of that myself.

The rest of the week is a whirlwind of tents, decorations, errands, manicures, etc. We also had the pleasure of providing a canoe trip to Everest Academy and various other paddlers. On Friday, Tim had the honor of driving lake to lake when he picked up New York friend, Michelle, in Traverse City and then crossing the state to pick up canoe campers in Oscoda.

Michael & Teresa were blessed with beautiful weather, wonderful friends & family, and a perfect ceremony & reception.

It was a magical, fairy tale evening... and they lived happily ever after!

Two Week Countdown

Our summer ended with a bang. We had such a great Labor Day week-end, both weatherwise and plenty of business. Now that summer is officially over, we had a lot to do. Between busy days and rainy weather, we were behind on maintenance. Allie, Sara & I spent an afternoon on the porches. The girls scraped and I painted behind them. Rocking out to "Queen" made the day fly by.

Mark held down the fort,
renting canoes & kayaks.
'Cede tried to figure out if she could "dog paddle" a kayak.

We started our two week maintenance countdown at the close of business on Labor Day. Never has a title been more appropriate, we LABORED! Our to do list had been growing all summer and our son's wedding was right around the corner. Our number one priority was to sealcoat the driveway.















Many thanks to"Jim-Daddy", Matt, Ryan, & Joe.

We finished all of the other jobs in our maintenance marathon in time for the wedding and it didn't stop us from having wonderful guests.

We had a new group of kayak ladies who traveled in style. They paddled from Grayling to Mio, 49 miles, but they chose shuttle service back to Borchers B&B every night instead of camping.

Janette writes, " .. We enjoyed the comfortable accommodations and the wonderful breakfasts. Also, a special thanks to Tim for the good service and for his good nature in putting up with all our nonsense. He was a great sport."

Our Fort Wayne crew was back and as delightful as ever. The Tucker's daughter, Abigail, is getting married in November. Deb & Cheryl & I talked weddings.

Labor Day Week-End

The Caplinger/Brown families were back for Labor Day Week-end. They have been staying at Borchers on this week-end for about a decade. It's hard to believe that Olivia is off to college this year and that Jim & Mary's girls are old enough to enjoy canoeing.

We were so busy with canoeists and kayakers that we only had a minute or two to sit on the empty kayak racks for photo ops.
The Bezeau group took almost half of our fleet on a canoeing/camping adventure. We had so many groups of family & friends enjoying the great week-end.
It was our pleasure to award Ryan Foguth the Borchers MVP plaque. Voted on by his co-workers, Ryan was elected as the staffer who best respresents the customer service and work ethic that Borchers staffers strive for.
"Hilly" celebrated two decades on the planet, sharing his b'day celebration with us. The girls are always happy for an excuse to call our friends at Dairy Queen. Matt McDonald won the Borchers Bi-Athelon. His skill at backing up a van & trailer did not match those of Tim Riley or Jim "Hilly" Hilbrecht but combinined with his fancy footwork and "celebrity" teammate in the "kayak race", Matt added his name to the Borchers' trophy for 2009. Meanwhile, Allie illustrated her proximity to the cone (furthest) in the driving portion of our contest.

Labor Day always marks the end of the summer and transition to our fall season. We appreciate everyone who made our 2009 season a success.