And the Winner IS :......

We finally performed the Drawing for the Gift Certificate for a 2 night stay at the Eastman Inn. We were delayed due to illness in the immediate family....then the busy foilage leaf peeping season began so early this morning we held the first drawing.

The winners are Martin and Kelli H. from Manchester New Jersey. They were guests back in Mid August. I notified them via email this morning.

Our next drawing later on today will be for the 2 Free Cookie tour Tickets. The Cookie tour is the second weekend of December....Visit 13 inns all decked out in Holiday decorations and partake of thousands of cookies baked by the Inn.

I'm Back !!

I have been gone for 10 days to Arizona and California with a short stop in Las Vegas in between. My older brother has been ill and was hospitalized again last week so off I went to visit. It was good to see him.

We also went to Las Vegas for 2 days, sat at the pool all day and got a good ole fashioned sun burn. It was in the 100's those 2 days. Then off to California to visit the rest of the family at a barbeque in Santa Barbara, Calif. It was good to see family.

On another sad note, a good friend of mine passed away that week. Karl was a VW maniac and poker playing buddy. For 12 years he helped me keep my Ghia tuned up and running and was an excellant poker player...I will miss him a lot

Stay tuned for the 2 drawings we are going to do this week...One for a 2 night stay at the Inn and another for 2 tickets to the December Inn to Inn Cookie tour. We will announce winners on our web site and here on Thursday when Sherry gets back to work.

Alicia and Monish Cleaning Up

I thought this was a good shot of Alicia and Monisha helping to clean up on Labor day morning !

Where's Chris (at the river of course )

Labor Day BBQ !

It's Labor Day weekend and what a weekend. Sherry took vacation and on Saturday and Sunday we were at 100% capacity !

Red Eagle Pond

Chris winning at Barrel of Monkees !

On Sunday Evening Alicia, Chris and I went Moose Hunting (with cameras)..Do u see a moose in the pictures...We did not, we went to Red Eagle Pond, then the Salt licks on the Kanc Scenic Byway. Nothing, it got dark pretty fast, and at Lilly pond I took this picture of the setting sun over the pond, I think it came out pretty good.

On Saturday evening we had a Barbeque. Phil and Joanne from Ottowa, Jean and John from Granby MA. and Alicia and Chris, Peggy, my assistant and myself of course...Phil grilled the Steaks and Mushrooms, Peggy made the Corn and the dessert cake. Salads, Potatoes...oh my gosh we almost could not get off the chairs that evening. Only the mosquitos finally drove us in after it got dark. It was a perfect evening, warm enough to not need sweaters till well after dark ! Phil, Joann, John and Jane have become good friends as well as repeat guests. I look forward to their next visit !

Happy Labor Day !

The sky's are brilliant Blue and pretty much cloudless this weekend with the forcast calling for mid 70's and cooler on Monday. There is a craft faire in the Village, Fishing on the Saco, Kayaking the Saco and hiking 'everywhere'. Now is the time to come to the North Country.

The Inn is winding down it's summer...and North Conway is quieter. Both Peggy and Sherry have seen bears in the past 2 days wandering along our road. Not so much moose, but the moose tours are supposedly seeing moose on 100% of their trips.

Our mid September drawings for a 2 night stay and for Cookie Tour tickets will happen when I return from Vacation on Sept 23rd. If you stayed the summer you are eligible ! Stay tuned for the announcement on this post and the website !