Welcome to Rainbow Haven

Tonight I am writing from the living room of a big 5th wheel camper as we are watching an early Spring unfold in our part of the world. My wife Shelley and I have been good friends with Craig Hicks at Rainbow Haven Resort and Marina from the time he arrived in town. Our town is Rockaway Beach, Missouri. A little lakefront community that is literally right on Lake Taneycomo near the resort mecca of Branson MO. I'd like to share a short story of a friendship that has evolved to a business transaction that will change the landscape of the resort community for the coming years.

Craig contacted me recently and asked our advice on circumstance developing at his beloved resort. Due to an illness and other events, he was facing the difficult decision of keeping business going or selling. An unfortunate flood on Christmas day 2015 was pretty much the last straw. It had destroyed his office and contents as well as the two lower lake level lodging units.

Through a series of interesting events, it appeared that it would make sense to purchase the property. The only condition that we had was that Craig was willing to stay and continue at the helm of the resort and marina. In addition to overseeing the Rainbow Haven, Craig will be the local face for our other cabins in Rockaway Beach.

So please allow me to introduce the new and revised Rainbow Haven Resort and Marina (2016 edition). Craig is still there and will remain there until a time of his choosing. At least a year, and we hope much longer. Even though the lower level office and two units were destroyed in the flood, we are planning to replace those spaces with a full service live bait and tackle shop. A storage for the new kayaks and canoes we will be bringing in for our guests. And finally a coin operated laundry facility in the remaining lower level unit. This still leaves 7 lodging units of various sizes in addition to 13 more cabins in our rental inventory all within 2 blocks of Rainbow Haven. One final upgrade is that we intend to open the marina with at least two more new Pontoon boats and a rehabbed fleet of existing pontoons and fishing boats.

The Rainbow Haven is Back and we are already taking reservations for the weekend beginning on March 18th. And just to make matters "worse or better" depending on your perspective, this was caught just last weekend right out in front of the "Haven"!

Beginning right now, you can subscribe to our fishing, cabin and resort/marina updates right on this page. We promise to keep your appetite for fishing and just getting away on the front burner. LOL, please forgive us for that!

You can call Craig at: 918-361-6415 to make your reservations