Labor Day week-end is always a kind of celebration. It's the last big week-end of the year, a time to say so long to our staffers going off to college, and a time to acknowledge how the season went. We had a good year! We had great guests, a wonderful staff, and awesome weather! There was definitely reason to celebrate.

Let me clarify. The weather over Labor Day was nothing to celebrate. I don't think it reached 60 degrees on Saturday and it misted, and rained, and drizzled. Despite the weather, the Bezeau, Wright (frequent campers), and Vandewater groups all showed up to go canoe camping! That's right, canoe in the rain and camp in the rain. Over 40 watercraft headed down river on Saturday into the gloomy mist.

But back to the celebration, on Saturday night, we took our crew to Bennethum's in Gaylord.
























The food was wonderful. Bennethum's featured Cajun Cuisine for September and a couple of our more adventurous staffers had Alligator and Jambalaya.




We have a tradition of the team selecting an MVP annually and presenting the plaque on Labor Day Week-end. It was my honor to present this years Borchers Best Award to Alex Gabriel. Alex has a relaxed style that compliments the work styles of Mark & me. He always takes the time to talk to families and groups to make sure they are getting the trip that best fits what they are looking for. This past season, he was truly the heart of our team.

Sunday was a busy day! The weather turned out decent.

Our Northern Michigan boys,
Jim, Jerry, & Matt,
put in one last day before going back to school.

Happy Birthday Hilly!
Jim Hilbrecht is 21!
The week-end celebration continues with ice cream cake.















We wrapped up our week-end celebration with un comida campestre mexicana,
a mexican picnic. Friends, Jerry, Rick, & Mike, treated us to a serenade by Stringtime!

Jerry & Rick - 2/3 of Stringtime!

On most Monday evenings, Stringtime performs on Borchers riverside dock. Like many other good things, dockside performances are over for the summer. It won't be long before we start putting away equipment for the fall, we won't see some of our staffers until Christmas break, and all of our summer visitors will be gone leaving great memories.

Thank you all for a great 2010 season!