"The Dock" only makes up a small part of life in a resort. Somehow it seems to be a significant part. I suppose it represents the things you would expect from a lake resort. Water, boats and the many fish hanging from stringers being shown off to friends and family back home via texts and facebook.
"The Dock" carries a mystical aroma of fish, lake water and outboard motor gas (which is kind of going away with the newer four stroke motors) but nevertheless, it all conjures up images of lake life. With me, you can throw in the smell of some hot coffee with everything else.
Here on Lake Taneycomo in SW Missouri, water is fed into the lake from the lower reaches of Table Rock Lake. It comes through the dam's power plant and into Taneycomo at about 54 degrees. Many times, power generation begins in the afternoon which brings a slow moving fog bank past the Rainbow Haven Resort. It also brings with it the natural air conditioning we've come to expect every day.
We have guests that treat this place like their second home. That suites us just fine. We feel like they are our second family. I suppose that's another part of what makes the resort life so interesting from an owners point of view. We get to experience several "Family Reunions" through the course of each summer. (complete with Family style Pot Luck meals) The best part is that we are considered part of their family.
Rainbow Haven Resort is not "Special" any more than any other resort is "special" to it's guests. What makes it "Special" are the people who love it here. The ones who are at the dock at six in the morning getting their gear and boats ready for a day on the lake. They are the ones who are cooking enough food to feed a small army out on the deck where they can shout greetings back and forth to each other. They are the ones who hate seeing the last day arrive and carry their luggage to the vehicles with regret that it couldn't last another day or two.
I'm not sure that everyone who visits fits the description of our family of guests. Some simply arrive, go about their business of vacationing and then leave. And....there is nothing wrong with that. I am thrilled when they have a great time doing what they do. There is just a special place for those who have chosen to become "Family".
You all know who you are!
When you are ready to "Join the Family", give us a call.
Rainbow Haven Resort
Cross Timbers Cabins
417-234-4394
Very well stated!!! Gracious hosts like yourself and Shelley make this home-away-from-home all the more inviting and special. We couldn't make it through each year without knowing that we had this special place to go to for almost 2 weeks every year to unwind and enjoy the beauty that the lake has to offer.
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