With the 4th behind us, we are sprucing up for the countdown to race week.











Each summer has big events like the
4th of July and Race Week,
but it is the highlights in between the big events that define our summer.


Return visits from families like the Brubaker/Kuser's and the Della Torre's















Families celebrating a birthday with a canoe trip....


Good Times on the river...

Families & Friends!

"Stringtime" providing a little bluegrass by the river...














Catching up with old friends like past staffer , Tracey
















And all of the kids...

What a 4th of July week-end!

We saw so many families celebrating Independence Day!
This little girl was certainly in the right spirit.

The crew got into the mood, the girls wore red, white & blue sailor suits. Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty were here, too.






















Even 'Cede wore her patriotic bandana.















We had fireworks and a picnic and celebrated half birthdays for Jerry, Allie, & Sara. Mark had a belated birthday.

Our all-American holiday was one of the highlights of our summer. Your visit will be, too!

The phones are ringing off the hook. The weatherman has given us a wonderful forecast for the week-end of the 4th and it seems everyone wants to be "up north".

Before I get all carried away with the coming week-end, I should tell you about last week-end.

On Friday, we hosted Woodhaven Baptist Church. What a wonderful group of folks.
They took their trip to Burton's Landing and then had a picnic. They invited our crew to join them for lunch.

Saturday, the Wright family took a camping trip
to celebrate Greg's upcoming wedding.
The Wright family has been coming to Borchers
for years, camping along the AuSable for a short trip or going all the way to Oscoda.
It seems that Greg's bride has found "Mr. Wright". We wish them well!








The Ann Arbor Ski Club took a trip on Saturday. There were several great pirate costumes but this canoe stood out among the crowd.



















At eleven o'clock, Mark & I turned the place over to the staff and Matt Gingerich. Matt worked for us many years ago and filled in so that we could attend our niece, Emily's, wedding. We are so appreciative. It was fun to have his blast from the past.

It was a lovely wedding with a surprise guest.

Sparty came to the reception! Wearing his tux!

We are so happy for Emily and Jerry and we danced the night away!

Our Saturday went from a groom and Spartan's (three of our staffers attend MSU) to Viking's & Ann Arbor to a bride & groom & Spartan! Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs. VanDorpe!

We have had plenty of rain this June, up about 1/2 inches over the rainfall of last June. The storm two weeks ago measured 2 1/2 inches of rainfall. The river rose!

It has not deterred our campers.
The Moosman family headed for Oscoda. Our first 2010 Oscoda launch!
Later in the week, the Sawyer family headed for Mio in their kayaks. The radar showed coming storms, but they braved the elements and were rewarded with a mostly sunny day. We are pretty sure that their tents got wet at night.

The weather forecast in slightly ominous, but we are hoping for a good outcome.

June has been a busy month with Grads & Dads.

Two of our staffers, Allie & Matt, graduated from Grayling High School








Our nephew, James, graduated from Charlotte High School.

Proud Dad Matt, James, and Uncle Mark

This past week-end brought out a lot of families celebrating Father's Day.

















June has also brought new guests and many of our favorites returning guests.








Eric & Monica spent several days with us
paddling and golfing.
Grayling has two hidden gems in
Fox Run and the Grayling Country Club.











This past week-end brought in two of our favorite families.

Ed, Sandy, and Alex visited from Ohio. they shared stories at breakfast, took in a Warbler Tour, and canoed to Wakeley Bridge.






The Lazarecki's were here, too. Tony & Sue, sons, Rick & Mike, and future daughter-in-law, Christine spent a few days fishing, kayaking, and kicking back.

In honor of the summer solstice,
we stood an egg on end!

One last foot note........


We are really enjoying our "dust mop shoes". They don't pick up much, but it is fun to skate across the new floors.

On this beautiful Thursday afternoon, we are busy updating our website and facebook page. I'm just glad we don't Twitter.

We are very proud of our new safety video link. It is a true Borchers Production. It features staffers Ryan & Allie.



With a cameo of Sara helping them get into their canoe.

Retired staffer, Sean Casey, did the filming and editing.

The smooth voice over is Alex.








We are pleased to add it to our website and hope that our guests find it helpful. Check it out.

Memorial Week-end was Memoriable!

Borchers was hopping with so many groups of families and friends. Everyone was out to take advantage of the great weather. Sunscreen and lifejackets were a must!











Regulars, including these guys, came for their annual Memorial Week-end Trip.









We were honored to provide trips for many veterans, including the Johnson family. We appreciate all of our service men and women!




Our crew worked really hard handling canoes, especially at the landings, but of course they are very able bodied young men!















At the end of the day, they took some time to cool off.




Alex initiated our new neighbor, Casey!

Everyone was fair game,
including Mark, 'Cede & Me.


I guess to sum it up,
Memorial Week-end was a Splash!