Wow it's dull on here today. So how about thinking ahead to a summer vacation? We rent a cabin on Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee now and then. Got a brochure from them the other day with rental rates including house boats. You can rent a 50 foot houseboat for $1800 a week. Sounds like a lot,but compare it to a week on a crowded noisy cruise ship. A week on a quiet,beautiful lake with your own private houseboat? Sounds great to me. We've been out on that lake in a speedboat. Beautiful out there. I kept the brochure. Sounds like a great vacation to me. A definate maybe.
- Thread starter rrlund
- Start date
omahagreg
Well-known Member
We bought a used pop up camper in 2005. Since 2002, we always go to an outdoor Christian music festival in Sioux Falls, SD-have camped there since getting the camper. We always say we should go locally-you know, for the weekend-but we usually don't. This fall we have found some real nice conservation parks, might have to change that statistic this summer! Greg
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
A week at the county fair helping the 4-Hers is as close to a summer vacation that I get and in the winter we spend it getting ready for summer work. I guess I'll vacation when I retire, oh wait I don't plan on retiring.
I would have moved to Tennessee years ago but my wife has family near us that need her help. Maybe you can look at some bulls for sale or buy a piece of equipment while your there and write the ''trucking''and the houseboat rent off your taxes next year. I forgot, you have to be a congressman or a cabinet member to get away with that kind of crap.
Vernon in Ks
Member
glennster that is a very nice place. I could not believe the clarity of the water in norfork. I didn't know water could be that clean and clear.
We've stayed on Norfork twice. I don't remember the name of the first resort we stayed at. It was down south of Mtn Home down toward the dam. Second time we stayed right up at the start of it at Dawt Mill Resort,technically on the river I guess. The lake doesn't start til you get to the south side of the road.
A houseboat is a good idea. We looked into them for Lake of the Ozarks and other places. However,..make sure you read all the fine print ,..they charge a pretty hefty non-refundable fee to SHOW you how to operate the boat. (Some fees are as high as $500.00.)Also you must get accident insurance,. i.e. more $$$ just so they make sure you don"t wreck their boat while you are having a good time. But if all is within your budget,..I"d say it is worth it.
The wife and I are heading to either Florida or South Carolina in April. Need to get out of this snow. Getting hit pretty hard right now.
The wife and I are heading to either Florida or South Carolina in April. Need to get out of this snow. Getting hit pretty hard right now.
What is a summer vacation? We have been married 39 years. I got 5 weeks of paid vacation a year plus the winter shut down week to 10 days. We always had to go to Texas to visit my in-laws so we have never had a real vacation. I retired 2 years ago. 2 years before I retired, we moved the in-laws up to just across the drive from our house. Now, the honey-do list is big on our end plus the list from the mother-in-law. And my wife doesent feel like she can leave her parents without them feeling hurt because we did not take them, too. I give up!
I guess my big vacation will be when I buy the farm. (the long dirt nap)
I guess my big vacation will be when I buy the farm. (the long dirt nap)
Yea,I heard a horror story once. Don't remember who was telling me now,but they said they rented one. Said the deposit was equal to the rental,so you pretty much paid double. Said they rented some old waverunner too that wasn't anything to write home to mother about. Paid a big deposit on that too. They said a drain plug came out of it and it sank. The marina wouldn't give them back their deposit on the houseboat or the waverunner. Pretty pricey vacation.
glennster
Well-known Member
the lake has about 530 miles of shoreline, about 200 ft deep at the deepest. it is a resevoir lake like bull shoals and table rock. has a hydro power plant on the south end. i bought about 6.5 acres a block up from the resort a couple years ago. its a work in progress!!!!
cb in wisc
Member
What's a vacation?
Similar threads
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy