Now, in our third summer of operation, I really have to come to terms with business goals and what we hope to achieve with the resort.  I am torn between slowly and systematically dismantling the place and creating Michigan Kev's Kind of a-lot-o Yurts in its place, or preserving a time-honored American institution, the Mom and Pop resort known as Dana's Lakeside Resort.  

After especially stressful weeks, when some guests are perhaps not as courteous or respectful of the rights and property of others as they might be,  I occasionally get the idea to lease the cabins to interesting artists and create another time-honored American institution, Michigan Kev's Up North Artists Colony.

As an artists colony, I could preserve the look and feel of the old resort and surround myself with interesting and eccentric visual artists, sculptors, potters, weavers, etc.  In addition to lease income, I could skim a percentage of all sales.

Sometimes, like when I'm cleaning the third boat this summer used by guests that have used their own motor and gas container and I find the entire floor of the boat covered with outboard motor fuel, that's what I think about.

Sometimes, when I rake the beach and find that the foundation of the week's major sand castle project consists of fist-sized boulders and assorted rocks and I have to spend thirty minutes digging them out and repairing the beach, that's what I think about.

Sometimes, when I hear from the cleaning crew that they entered a cabin only to find another sink full of dirty dishes, that's what I think about.

Sometimes...