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rellison8
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| | Subject: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:39 pm | |
| Hey all, Well not us exactly, but our family. Bonnie's brother Darrin and her Dad Warren (which several of you know) have decided to buy a campground and lake that is adjacent to there farming property. It is known as Wally World in FM if anyone has herd of it. They have already got the deal done on the timber ground and shelter house/ktichen/rec room deal. Just waiting for the sale of the campground sites and the lake to be released and then they will be buying it also. Looking forward to it. Could be a great place for us to have an outing. Prices should be right.  Sounds like they are going to do some renovation and of coarse I will get involved in making the lake as good as it can be. Its not a big lake but it does have a nice boat ramp and bass, crappie, gills and cats in it now. Bonnie's sister that moved back from AZ is going to run it the way it sounds. Should be a cool adventure. If anyone remembers during the Elite series event when the storms rolled through in practice and a couple of giant tree's fell on a couple of the guys boats. That was the campground. So stay tuned. Should make for another good ice fishing spot too. :woo_hoo:
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:44 pm | |
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hookemhard
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:53 pm | |
| Is it one of those private campgrounds where you have to be a member? Like that place north of West Point we talked about.
That all sounds like a pretty cool deal. Hope everything works out OK, and it becomes a profitable venture! :dollar:
If you are over that way, take a few pictures of the place and lake and post them up. Would be cool to see. That would make a pretty good outing place, with both that lake and the river right there. |
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rellison8
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:04 pm | |
| | hookemhard wrote: | Is it one of those private campgrounds where you have to be a member? Like that place north of West Point we talked about.
That all sounds like a pretty cool deal. Hope everything works out OK, and it becomes a profitable venture! :dollar:
If you are over that way, take a few pictures of the place and lake and post them up. Would be cool to see. That would make a pretty good outing place, with both that lake and the river right there. |
I will get some pics as soon as we get to run down and look things over. I have been back to it but its been a while and I really don't remember a lot about it.
Yes, before this it was private and you had to be a member. Not going to be that way now. It is going to be open to public. Park has around 20 sites with electric right now. No water at every site but several places to get water on the grounds. Also has a completely inside shelter/dining area. With a full working kitchen. So if it was cold or bad weather or we were having an outing we would have a great place to do our cooking and gathering.
Also has a ramp to the river very close by. Only thing is the water would have to be at at least normal pool or a little higher to use it. Cause it is very close to "the ditch" area you have heard us talk about. Trav may have even noticed the ramp when coming in or out of the ditch. Its more made for duck hunters and mudd motors though cause your pretty much launching right into a giant lilly pad field. I have launched my boat from it though and the ramp has decent slope.
Also, again we have tons of wheelin trails in the area and can get all the way back to where Becky and Warren live via our trail system. So wheelin is always an option for entertainment at this campground too. Warren pretty much owns every lick of ground from town to the river to there house and this campground is right in the middle of it.
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hookemhard
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:13 pm | |
| | rellison8 wrote: |
Also, again we have tons of wheelin trails in the area and can get all the way back to where Becky and Warren live via our trail system. So wheelin is always an option for entertainment at this campground too. Warren pretty much owns every lick of ground from town to the river to there house and this campground is right in the middle of it. |
That would be sweet!! |
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:14 pm | |
| Awesome!
Be fun managing the lake too. Hope it works out well.
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:15 pm | |
| Sounds cool Randy, you will have your own playground and lake! Now, you gonna be the park ranger in charge of stopping people from keeping big bass?? :D |
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rellison8
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:34 pm | |
| | Cowboy wrote: | | Sounds cool Randy, you will have your own playground and lake! Now, you gonna be the park ranger in charge of stopping people from keeping big bass?? :D |
Well, I will wait and see about the lake once I get a better idea of what is really in it for fish and the size. I'd like to set it up 100% catch and release on any bass. However there is no guarantee that would be good for the lake.
I will figure something out though.
Far as how this will play out as I see it. I predict this will become a Hoenig family hang out more than anything. Yes it will have camping for the public and such but for the most part I just see the Hoenig family using it as a place for everyone to gather and get away from things. Several of there friends have campers and I know Warren. He did not buy this place with any interest in making much money on it. It will just be nice to have as a place for the family to gather and have fun, camp, go riding, on the river and this and that. He would have never made this investment if it was about money.
Warren may be one of the roughest, drunkest farmers any of you have ever met. However, when it comes to business, he is as good as anyone I have ever known at getting something for nothing and turning it into big $$$$$. Unless it is just for his family and fun, and that's what I see this as. He blew the money on this deal cause he had it blow, I am sure of it.
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:37 pm | |
| Nothing Wrong with that! Should be easier to manage that way.
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:22 pm | |
| I have never heard of this place but look forward to seeing it. |
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rellison8
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:38 pm | |
| | Hymes Inc. wrote: | | I have never heard of this place but look forward to seeing it. |
You never heard of it and you live in FM. WTF!!!
Its down past the old Gaylord Construction shop. Pretty sure you know where that is. It was the old Izzak Walton Club once upon a time. They built a new one of them I don't how many years ago.
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:57 pm | |
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fishrman
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:50 pm | |
| Sounds perfect on lots of levels for you and the family! I just can't wrap my brain around where it is. Don't think I have ever seen it. Does the river get into it? |
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rellison8
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:19 pm | |
| Here is the map of where it is. Just on the other side of cryotech is "the ditch" Crytech is the plane de-icer plant if you know where that is.
Campground map!
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| | Subject: Re: Well, I guess we are going to own a campground. Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:29 pm | |
| Well I know where its at but had no idea it was there. |
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