"single best town"

8122pbrainard wrote: Andrew, Every time I think of Minocqua, I always think of John Candy and Dan Aykroyd in "The Great Outdoors". You do know that it was supposed to take place in your town!!?? Candy trying to find a spot to pull out in traffic with the jet boat in tow is sure typical! BTW, anything over about 22' is unusual for us.

   

That movie still makes me laugh. The boating scenes were actually filmed in Bass Lake, near Yosemite in California.

BKH

davidg wrote: Pete.....You should take all your new found friends coming to the "best town" on down to Weasel's, and, uh, expose them some of that fine "Northwoods ballet" culture

The place does attract people from all over!! Now, how do you know about it? I didn't think there were any injection molders that far north for you to get that close in your "business" travels!!

BTW, CQ and HW do know about the place!! Man, I haven't been in there in at least 30 years!! One thing that I do understand is he does bring in "talent" world wide!!

Next time we meet, I'll have to tell you the story about one of the "talents" I ran into at a wayside just north of Wittenburg one day on my way north. Her car had broken down and she needed a ride!!

8122pbrainard wrote: What's going on with Bosackies (sp?) now??

I could go into detail but not on a public forum. Basically, the owner, who will remain nameless, spent all the revenues instead of reinvesting it. Time caught up with him. The place has fallen apart, the bank owns it and all of his assets, and it requires a couple million dollars in repairs now. They are trying to sell it and last I heard it was going for a measly $750,000 and still no one wants it...This has been going on for a couple years now.

Pete,   Suck My Wake was a V-Drive.


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Toigs325 wrote: Do you ever enter your boat in the boat show in Minocqua? Were you at the auction off of 51 the other day?

Even though or chapter of the ACBS sponsored that show for several years (needed so he could get ACBS advertising), I never brought any of my boats over there. Small show that my time was better spent at other shows. The last show I came over to see and was very disappointed. It was very obvious even then that he was in financial trouble. Then the last year (last summer??) he tried to it again but the bankruptcy court wouldn't allow it. What's going on with Bosackies (sp?) now??

Andrew,
Every time I think of Minocqua, I always think of John Candy and Dan Aykroyd in "The Great Outdoors". You do know that it was supposed to take place in your town!!?? Candy trying to find a spot to pull out in traffic with the jet boat in tow is sure typical!

BTW, anything over about 22' is unusual for us.   

Andrew,
Sorry but it was a one day event on the 3rd. I checked in that day with my wife and asked about the traffic on the lake. She said it was very quite!! Evidently everyone was in town eating the free grilled cheese sandwiches! Also, it didn't bring in a boating crowd.

65 MPH Bajas! See, I told you I don't like coming over there unless I have too!! I have never see one on our chain. The worst we ever get maybe once a summer is a day boater running around in a "California" jet.

The secret is that it is a secret.;)

WakeSlayer wrote: Thanks for the help, neighbor....

Mike?? We've got to have 200 miles between us!! What are you saying? I didn't catch what your were trying to say!! Yes, the economy it bad in Wis. and I'm sure the same in Minn as well as all over. Maybe this event will rub off to surrounding areas??

Hey,
I think you're north of Charlie in Lake Elmo correct? How far?

I'm sure glad I'm not up north this week!! One of our residents without thinking entered Three Lakes in the Kraft "single best town" contest and it ended up winning!! I understand the whole town is a absolute "zoo"! I can only imagine the number of "walleys" out on the lakes.

All the streets on blocked off for the "block" party today. My wife had a hard time getting to the wireless at the library to check her email this morning!! Three lakes is really a pretty "sleepy" little town and certainly not used to this influx of tourists!!

BTW, Free Kraft singles grilled cheese sandwiches all day during the block party!!

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