We expanded our little Airbnb from one unit to four. Quadruple. We started with one Motor Home in our yard a few years ago and decided to throw it on Airbnb to see what happened. Our property lends itself to this set up and it went really well. For the past few years we've hosted a steady stream of visitors from near and far. It's been pleasant, quite manageable and we've enjoyed spending time with folk from all over the world.
This year we expanded. In conjunction with my son-in-law's marina business we added three more trailers and parked them in a quiet corner of the marina by the water. It also went well. Too well, in fact! Which meant we were running off our feet, with folks checking out by eleven and the next group in by two. Tons of laundry, cleaning, administration and not much time to get to know our guests -- although we did often give little rides on the bay in Lillie May, our little Northern Boat.
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| A picture of Lillie May out on the water... just because she's so damn cute. The boat in the background is a real tug, about 50'. Lillie May is an aluminum replica, about 20'. We were chuckling because in the pic she looks like a "real" big-girl tug. |
So between the Airbnb business, Jeff working at the marina, taking care of the grandkids regularly, projects on the house, et cetera -- we've had a busy summer. We did manage to have some fun though....
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| Boating on Georgian Bay |
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| We entered Lilly May in TugFest, a festival of renovated tug boats, some still working but mostly renovated into cruisers. |
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| Lots of quality time with the grandbabies. |
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| My little baker. She's got a passion! |
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| Nana's been working on her drawing |
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| We rocked Mothers' Day by rock climbing in Barrie. |
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| Here's our Airbnb. This picture just shows one of the units but there are four of them. They kept us busy and we met tons of interesting people. |
