Date: August 29, 2003 10:56 AM
Mal and Corinne:
Hi ! How are you guys doing? I know you're getting ready to ship one group home and will welcome another tomorrow. Hope things go well for you. Well, I've been back at work for two weeks since I experienced the best bass fishing trip of my life. A lot of people have been introduced to your web site at Burle Industries. People are constantly stopping me in the hall and asking me about your place. I tell them Jackie and I are going to buy it and retire there. Of course, Jackie wants to turn it into a religious retreat: a place for people to come for " I & R " (inspiration and restoration). Your lodge is located on the most picturesque bay on the lake, and the views from the lodge and dock of the islands with the gray rock formations and evergreens are just fantastic. When I tell the bass fishermen how I saw three big bass swimming together (all over three and a half pounds) and caught all three one at a time by sight casting to them in the clear water and how the remaining fish would swim along side of the caught fish, they just shake their heads in unbelief. The picture with Jack looking at the fish gets the most remarks; it is truly a "Kodak Moment" or even a "Norman Rockwell Painting Moment". Can you copy write a picture? If you can maybe you should. I just want to thank both you both for a wonderful week; you really make people feel welcomed and comfortable. You are very good at what you do. The meals are great, and.....I don't think you realize how important the lunchtime riddles are. In a recent study done by a Harvard professor it was discovered that the average person loses 20% of his intelligence after two weeks of un stimulating vacation. So keep up the good work!
Bob