Dear
Friends,
Well,
that was a summer to be proud of for sure! Plenty of sunshine,
warm evenings, great fishing, guitar playing by the fire and so
much activity. It was fantastic to see old friends and to make
so many new ones.
As
many of you may know, Alyssa created a summer challenge to gather
9 participants to donate their hair to Locks of Love and raise
$1,000 to symbolically make one hairpiece for a child in need.
Alyssa made it happen and even exceeded her goal. Congratulations
to all the participants and all of you that supported her!!! To
see the articles visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Plank-Road-Cottages-Marina/133604426680565
and scroll down the wall.
We
had some special guests this summer that we would like to send
out best wishes: Lilo and Yelda who got engaged while out on the
Lake; Mike and Katherine for joining us before taking off on their
honeymoon; Jim and Fay who stayed with us for most of the summer,
wishing you all the best in your new home in Port Hope. And, we
can’t forget Brenda, who came for a weekend and stayed the
entire summer as well as meeting her new love. Best of luck Brenda
and Steve! We are looking forward to watching your relationship
flourish.
CHANGES/RENOVATIONS
Since taking over the resort in June 2010, we have been busy upgrading
our facilities and your support has been very encouraging. As
many of you may have noticed, we have reinforced the covered slips,
added queen size mattresses to the larger cottages, new bedding
throughout, renovated cottage #9 including a new deck, removed
the old fish hut and restored and upgraded the hard top pontoon.
But more importantly, is what we have been working on this fall,
restoring/reinforcing the structure/foundation of cottage 6/7.
We hope to continue with the restoration of the building in the
spring of 2012, as much as time and finances permit.
We
had some terrible windstorms this year. In particular, one in
the beginning of October that caused plenty of damage to our docks
and blew the hardtop pontoon to pieces. No worries, Etienne was
on top of it and managed to repair all the damages.
Over
the winter, we are going to work on renovating cottage #2 to update
it and add a shower. In the spring, we plan on fixing the south
docks and extending some of those small docks.
FISHING
We had some record breaking fishing this year. In the spring,
the boys from Tawas City, Michigan caught over 750 bluegills in
just over 4 hours (took them longer to clean the fish then to
catch them). Apparently, they are taking me to Vegas. This fall
the pickerel/walleye were some hungry, over 40 large pickerel/walleyes
were caught in one weekend.
Fishing Season Opening Dates for 2012
Panfish – year round
Walleye – May 12, 2012
Muskie - June 2, 2012
Bass - June ,23 2012 The Rice Lake Fishing Festival is on again,
May 12 to June 17, 2012.
Our specials for the Festival are:
2 Night Packages:
1 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas..................$350
2 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas..................$425
3 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas..................$500
5 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas..................$700
3 Night Packages:
1 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas.................$425
2 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas.................$525
3 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas.................$600
5 bedroom + boat and first tank of gas.................$800
For
additional information, visit the Rice Lake Fishing Festival website
at: www.RiceLakeFishingFestival.ca Come out and try your luck
at a tagged fish.
Thank
you again for another great season! Wishing you health, happiness
and prosperity during the winter Holidays and in the coming year.
To
our Marina guests, thank you for all your support and more importantly
your friendship. You are our summer family and we cherish each
of you!
Etienne
and Lydia
Plank Road Cottages & Marina
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