<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:19:05.823-06:00</updated><category term='Activities'/><category term='video tour'/><category term='Twitter'/><category term='flooding'/><category term='Chuck'/><category term='beach'/><category term='Mel'/><category term='June 2007'/><category term='The good life'/><category term='2007 review'/><category term='chamber'/><category term='press'/><category term='Advertisements'/><category term='Deluxe B and B Video Tour'/><category term='Dixie'/><category term='Cindy'/><category term='water levels'/><category term='sunsets'/><category term='expectations'/><category term='pool'/><category term='Fire safety'/><category term='travel'/><category term='wildflowers'/><category term='trees'/><category term='spring'/><category term='out takes'/><category term='Crystal'/><category term='Weather'/><category term='Hoover'/><category term='maintenance'/><category term='Horses'/><category term='Joey'/><category term='greetings'/><category term='B and B'/><category term='comments'/><category term='Wildlife Watching'/><category term='peacock pictures'/><category term='top 10'/><category term='goats'/><category term='reviews'/><category term='cabin 17'/><category term='stars'/><category term='Chris'/><category term='videos'/><category term='employment'/><category term='rain'/><category term='Reasons to visit Arrowhead'/><category term='Specials'/><category term='Jane'/><category term='Restaurants'/><category term='holidays'/><category term='seasons'/><category term='Bunkhouse'/><category term='2008 review'/><category term='fun'/><category term='Staff'/><category term='cabin 4'/><title type='text'>Arrowhead Resort at Lake Whitney</title><subtitle type='html'>This is the place to get to know Arrowhead Resort at Lake Whitney, Texas, our staff, and our community.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>153</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7167037214660483228</id><published>2011-08-01T10:01:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T10:18:05.282-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water levels'/><title type='text'>The Advantages of NOT Having a Boat Dock</title><content type='html'>As nice as it would be to have a boat dock here at the resort, our customers are still enjoying the ability to beach their boats easily and safely along the shore below our cabins. Our shoreline is one of the few areas of Lake Whitney that is not rocky. We have a smooth sand and mud combination that is perfectly suited to beaching boats. It's a short walk up the hill to the cabins from the shore, allowing guests to go back and forth to their boats throughout their stay.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gr4dte30xws/TjbBavnY77I/AAAAAAAAHFA/TbueVHYnwuw/s1600/boat8111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gr4dte30xws/TjbBavnY77I/AAAAAAAAHFA/TbueVHYnwuw/s320/boat8111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635904648903192498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This photo was taken 8/01/11 with the water level at 519.17 or 13.83 below normal. Launching is not a problem at Lofers Bend Campground just over a mile from the resort. Still plenty of water and plenty of fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7167037214660483228?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7167037214660483228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7167037214660483228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7167037214660483228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7167037214660483228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2011/08/advantages-of-not-having-boat-dock.html' title='The Advantages of NOT Having a Boat Dock'/><author><name>Mel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10287707908165944184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gr4dte30xws/TjbBavnY77I/AAAAAAAAHFA/TbueVHYnwuw/s72-c/boat8111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-3015478513566733060</id><published>2011-06-14T10:20:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T10:34:52.244-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water levels'/><title type='text'>Lake Whitney Water Levels</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;It seems like we fight a never ending battle with the media. Whether it's low water, high water, or just right water, the press always wants to use scare tactics to create a story. Here are the facts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The lake levels are not in any way too low for boating on the lake. Current  levels can be seen at &lt;a href="http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/whitney/"&gt;http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/whitney/&lt;/a&gt; .  Today we are 11.5 feet below normal, but there is still 90 feet of deep water on  our end of the lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. We see levels of 11-13 feet below normal almost every  summer. Our guests have been launching boats and we have been renting our boats  with no difficulty at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Keep in mind that Lake Whitney originally was built  for a level much lower than the current normal. What that means is that in some places there are ramps that "reappear" as the level goes down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. The top 13 feet  of water in this lake is managed by the Brazos River Authority. When the lake  reaches 13 feet below normal, then the Corps regains control and usually no further  water is let out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;5. At the current daily rate of drop in the level (with no rain  anywhere on the Brazos) the worst we could anticipate a level about 13 feet below normal by the end of July. A few years ago when the lake reached  record setting low levels (far worse than is anticipated this summer) there were  still useable boat launches available at Lofer's Bend East campground and at Harbor  Master Marina, both just 2 miles from us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. The Lofers Bend West campground boat ramp is the only ramp closure posted today on the Corps website. Ramps at the Lake Whitney State Park are closed, as are a couple of private ramps. These are short ramps that are often closed during summer months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. The lower water levels actually create a safer boating environment in some cases by exposing sand bars and stumps at the water's edge that are often hidden hazards at normal levels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Lower water gives a unique opportunity to explore the shore on foot. Hiking is now possible from our resort all the way to Lofer's Bend park more than a mile to the west and well into the Towash Creek area to the east.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-3015478513566733060?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/3015478513566733060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=3015478513566733060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3015478513566733060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3015478513566733060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2011/06/lake-whitney-water-levels.html' title='Lake Whitney Water Levels'/><author><name>Mel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10287707908165944184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6342786202782710005</id><published>2011-05-18T14:15:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T14:34:29.821-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='top 10'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Reasons to Stay at Arrowhead</title><content type='html'>10. There are so many memories waiting to be created here-- from brushing the &lt;a href="http://www.minimares.com/"&gt;Mini Mares&lt;/a&gt; to feeding the peacocks from the palm of your hand.&lt;br /&gt;9. Easy access to the water. You can walk or drive to the shore for fishing, swimming, or hiking along the water's edge.&lt;br /&gt;8. The incredible views of one of Texas' most beautiful lakes.&lt;br /&gt;7. We combine RV sites and cabins in one resort setting so that "mixed" families can stay in one place.&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/melssteakhouse"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our gift shop offers more than typical souvenirs. We have some of the coolest stuff you can find anywhere like Spoontiques ceramic travel mugs, the Joan Baker peacock stained glass collection, and Magic Scarf Origami shirts.&lt;br /&gt;5. We are the only lodging facility on Lake Whitney that offers custom food choices for your stay like cinnamon rolls, croissants, cookies, and fully packed picnics. See the choices here on our &lt;a href="https://ao4.availabilityonline.com/reservation_form.php?un=gmcrow"&gt;reservation form.&lt;/a&gt; Combined with Mel's Steakhouse you can create your own "all-inclusive" vacation where you don't have to cook a thing!&lt;br /&gt;4. Space to roam. Our cabins sit atop a hillside in the center of 22 acres overlooking the lake shore. Hike around our property or along the shore as far as your feet can carry you.&lt;br /&gt;3. We're the quiet place on the lake. We cater to folks hoping to escape the noise of the city.&lt;br /&gt;2. Boat rentals right on site.&lt;br /&gt;1.  &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/melssteakhouse"&gt;Mel's Steakhouse&lt;/a&gt;-- need we say more?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6342786202782710005?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6342786202782710005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6342786202782710005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6342786202782710005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6342786202782710005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-10-reasons-to-stay-at-arrowhead.html' title='Top 10 Reasons to Stay at Arrowhead'/><author><name>Mel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10287707908165944184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5749170723465434501</id><published>2011-05-01T09:46:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T10:38:58.169-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peacock pictures'/><title type='text'>Hello</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kqEq7U0Iip8/Tb18X6otyKI/AAAAAAAAG78/A5xC2UwKIc4/s1600/IMAG0150.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kqEq7U0Iip8/Tb18X6otyKI/AAAAAAAAG78/A5xC2UwKIc4/s320/IMAG0150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601770261837629602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You never know what you will see here at Arrowhead. This turkey hen wandered onto the resort this weekend. She seems to like the peacocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RM9E8OFWstQ/Tb10aKzMnoI/AAAAAAAAG7Y/7BwGWo8wGGg/s1600/IMG_0126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RM9E8OFWstQ/Tb10aKzMnoI/AAAAAAAAG7Y/7BwGWo8wGGg/s320/IMG_0126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601761504443276930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V2ZIkG3b1Vw/Tb11WMLF1vI/AAAAAAAAG7o/6X80aUkoAtc/s1600/IMG_0135.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V2ZIkG3b1Vw/Tb11WMLF1vI/AAAAAAAAG7o/6X80aUkoAtc/s320/IMG_0135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601762535604082418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zU4hYDfZrs0/Tb10aVAmxvI/AAAAAAAAG7g/GAeWpOUjVqI/s1600/IMG_0135.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RM9E8OFWstQ/Tb10aKzMnoI/AAAAAAAAG7Y/7BwGWo8wGGg/s1600/IMG_0126.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5749170723465434501?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5749170723465434501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5749170723465434501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5749170723465434501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5749170723465434501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2011/05/hello.html' title='Hello'/><author><name>Mel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10287707908165944184</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kqEq7U0Iip8/Tb18X6otyKI/AAAAAAAAG78/A5xC2UwKIc4/s72-c/IMAG0150.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8081942623467589586</id><published>2011-02-06T09:01:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T09:03:21.156-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chamber'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Things You Might Not Know About Thursday's Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;10. The theme is Mardi Gras, so come to have fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  9. There's no politician speaking!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  8.  There will be free portrait sittings!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  7.  We'll be selling THREE decks of playing cards for THREE  chances to             win $$$.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  6.  There are Southwest Airlines gift cards in the live  auction!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  5.  Chamber President David Peters is our Mardi Gras  King.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  4.  There is a Phillips 32" TV in the live auction and a  Sony Blue Ray Player         in the silent auction. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  3.  There are a Barnes &amp;amp; Noble Nook ereader and a red HP  Netbook in                 the live auction!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  2.  The Junior Chamber of Commerce members will  be assisting in an even         bigger way this year, so don't forget their  tip jars on the table to help with         their scholarship  fund. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  1.  We want YOU to be there! Call 254-694-2540 if you don't  already have             tickets. We can have them waiting for you at the  door.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8081942623467589586?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8081942623467589586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8081942623467589586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8081942623467589586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8081942623467589586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-things-you-might-not-know-about.html' title='Top 10 Things You Might Not Know About Thursday&apos;s Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-12032675258834231</id><published>2010-08-08T10:15:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T10:32:19.946-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants'/><title type='text'>Mel's Steakhouse</title><content type='html'>I don't get to spend too much time outside the kitchen on busy restaurant nights, but when I do it's so gratifying to hear the comments from customers about our food. Last night I was told that our steaks are better than &lt;a href="http://www.ruthschris.com/"&gt;Ruth's Chris&lt;/a&gt;, but at an affordable price! Another gentleman said he would rather eat here than even at the famous &lt;a href="http://www.periniranch.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Perini&lt;/span&gt; Ranch Steakhouse&lt;/a&gt; in Buffalo Gap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We may have a small "Mom &amp;amp; Pop" resort  and restaurant, but we have always felt it was important to serve the best food and provide the best hospitality we possibly could. To have our food compared to such world renowned establishments makes us think we're accomplishing that goal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We owe a great deal to our restaurant team who share those goals and make it possible. Thanks guys! Keep up the good work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-12032675258834231?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/12032675258834231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=12032675258834231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/12032675258834231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/12032675258834231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/08/mels-steakhouse.html' title='Mel&apos;s Steakhouse'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4156970381627046588</id><published>2010-07-14T16:34:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T08:06:17.107-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cabin 17'/><title type='text'>Dirty Jobs at Arrowhead</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TD4uJKqlrsI/AAAAAAAAAzc/nH89Rq7C5lo/s1600/IMG_6624.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TD4uJKqlrsI/AAAAAAAAAzc/nH89Rq7C5lo/s320/IMG_6624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493879330455269058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I think we should have left this job for Mike Rowe!&lt;br /&gt;We take customer service seriously around here. When last weekend's guests in Cabin #17 said they thought it was a bit too warm in the cabin, we did not just write it off to the fact that they might have turned the A/C unit too high on a humid day, causing it to freeze up. Nor did we assume that the fact that they had been outside in the heat all day at the cliffs and were sunburned was the only reason they were warm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead we took action. Off to Home Depot we went for additional blow-in attic insulation made from recycled paper products. The company's marketing department did a great job convincing us that it was environmentally sound, easy to install, and not itchy like fiberglass. We brought home a pallet loaded with 36 bags weighing 21 pounds each, the nifty blower machine they loan you, and 100 feet of hose. (Dear, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Greenie&lt;/span&gt; Whatever Insulation Co., you might want to mention in the fine print that this stuff is a tad messy.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TD4uJvuZiiI/AAAAAAAAAzk/UpEFp34w18M/s1600/IMG_6617.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TD4uJvuZiiI/AAAAAAAAAzk/UpEFp34w18M/s320/IMG_6617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493879340403362338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With help from our new part time maintenance guy Steven, we set out at 8:30 this morning to make the biggest mess out of Cabin 17 possible. (Dear Kirk Family arriving this weekend, don't worry, we're pretty good  at cleaning up our messes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It took Mindy and me about four hours to vacuum, dust, vacuum, dust, vacuum, and dust until everything was in good shape again. And guess what? It feels cooler already!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4156970381627046588?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4156970381627046588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4156970381627046588' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4156970381627046588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4156970381627046588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/07/dirty-jobs-at-arrowhead.html' title='Dirty Jobs at Arrowhead'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TD4uJKqlrsI/AAAAAAAAAzc/nH89Rq7C5lo/s72-c/IMG_6624.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2371582453145821739</id><published>2010-07-08T09:36:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T10:48:59.014-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hoover'/><title type='text'>Goodbye Joey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TDXjZhWZu3I/AAAAAAAAAzU/jA_lHqzbUnA/s1600/IMG_1889.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TDXjZhWZu3I/AAAAAAAAAzU/jA_lHqzbUnA/s320/IMG_1889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491545348236753778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday was Joey's last day here at Arrowhead. He came here as a week old baby and leaves as a handsome young 2 year old colt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TDXjZPKtf8I/AAAAAAAAAzM/j1WdM5GsYwc/s1600/IMG_6604.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TDXjZPKtf8I/AAAAAAAAAzM/j1WdM5GsYwc/s320/IMG_6604.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491545343355879362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our old horse Hoover passed away a few months before Joey was born, so he came at a time when all of us -- guests and staff alike, needed a little horse uplifting. Joey certainly provided that. He brought smiles and taught us all a thing or two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It's a shame that Hoover wasn't here to help teach the youngster how to be the best horse around. If he had, here's what I think he might have said to Joe as he left yesterday to start his new life :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Play a lot, but play nice.&lt;br /&gt;2. Keep learning. You are never too old to learn a new trick.&lt;br /&gt;3. Work is fun if you approach it with the right attitude.&lt;br /&gt;4. Always give more than what is asked of you.&lt;br /&gt;5. Take naps.&lt;br /&gt;6. Enjoy the simple pleasures life offers-- like drinking Coke.&lt;br /&gt;7. Be gentle.&lt;br /&gt;8. Make people laugh-- they'll treat you better.&lt;br /&gt;9. Don't be afraid to venture beyond your comfort zone.&lt;br /&gt;10. Always have a friend who is wiser than yourself-- and don't forget to  heed their advice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goodbye young man! We'll miss you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2371582453145821739?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2371582453145821739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2371582453145821739' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2371582453145821739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2371582453145821739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/07/goodbye-joey.html' title='Goodbye Joey'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TDXjZhWZu3I/AAAAAAAAAzU/jA_lHqzbUnA/s72-c/IMG_1889.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7936606283365775525</id><published>2010-06-24T11:27:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T12:52:22.114-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Real Deal</title><content type='html'>Aren't water parks fun? And those cool new indoor mega hotel/parks like Great Wolf? You get to feel like you've taken your family on a grand adventure without ever leaving the air conditioning.&lt;br /&gt;Here's a few things you'll find at Lake Whitney and Arrowhead Resort that top even the best water slide or indoor "camping" trip.&lt;br /&gt;1. Little clam shells scattered along the shore that are just the right size for tiny curious hands to carry.&lt;br /&gt;2. White limestone cliffs designed especially for teenagers to jump from.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TCOZff2fkoI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Ivrfn4aMQ3k/s1600/29653_395990677466_570607466_4420687_4809336_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TCOZff2fkoI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Ivrfn4aMQ3k/s320/29653_395990677466_570607466_4420687_4809336_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486397537472451202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;3. Hummingbirds fighting for control of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;salvia&lt;/span&gt; bush right outside your cabin.&lt;br /&gt;4. A family of four young blue birds learning to fly from the fence.&lt;br /&gt;5. Dixie &amp;amp; Crystal, the Mini Mares, just waiting to have their wild manes combed and braided.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TCOa2H_ikLI/AAAAAAAAAzE/BjYUrHAt8qo/s1600/IMG_1672-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TCOa2H_ikLI/AAAAAAAAAzE/BjYUrHAt8qo/s320/IMG_1672-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486399025716564146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;6. Real &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;smores&lt;/span&gt; you make yourself over hot coals using wire hangers to lightly brown the marshmallows.&lt;br /&gt;7. Scavenger hunts for feathers, fossils, &amp;amp; wildflowers.&lt;br /&gt;8. Hiking to the lake to tiptoe into squishy sand and mud just to say you did.&lt;br /&gt;9. Pontoon boats that carry you out beyond the squishy shore for a real swim in the lake, with some sightseeing as a bonus, and a side trip to watch the crazy teenagers jumping off the cliffs.&lt;br /&gt;10. Real food served by real people at Mel's Steakhouse where you can rub shoulders with the locals, not just other tourists with children already cranky and bored to tears by plastic water slides.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7936606283365775525?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7936606283365775525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7936606283365775525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7936606283365775525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7936606283365775525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-deal.html' title='The Real Deal'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TCOZff2fkoI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Ivrfn4aMQ3k/s72-c/29653_395990677466_570607466_4420687_4809336_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7640392919488710344</id><published>2010-05-30T07:48:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T07:56:41.012-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Morning!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TAJgKwyPXTI/AAAAAAAAAy0/C64t1d_ysjk/s1600/IMG_6554.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TAJgKwyPXTI/AAAAAAAAAy0/C64t1d_ysjk/s400/IMG_6554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477045834846526770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We're famous for our sunsets, but sunrise here is pretty awesome too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7640392919488710344?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7640392919488710344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7640392919488710344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7640392919488710344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7640392919488710344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/05/good-morning.html' title='Good Morning!'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/TAJgKwyPXTI/AAAAAAAAAy0/C64t1d_ysjk/s72-c/IMG_6554.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4534367343407892084</id><published>2010-05-23T09:35:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-23T10:08:36.465-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><title type='text'>It's Just a Little Rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/S_k9h1aU8zI/AAAAAAAAAyk/j5dEAJ9rwls/s1600/IMG_6545.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/S_k9h1aU8zI/AAAAAAAAAyk/j5dEAJ9rwls/s400/IMG_6545.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474474473528030002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was taken during Thursday night's storms that passed through here. It was incredible to witness the power and fury, followed by the sun breaking through the rain still falling on the lake. If you've never been here during spring and summer showers you don't know what you've been missing so we thought we would share.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of our rain events this time of the year come from the west, which means they come across the lake. That affords us and our guests a front row seat for a show of cloud to lake lightening strikes, changing surface conditions on the water, and curtains of rain dancing their way across the horizon. All of that is followed by an encore of glistening sunshine (or moonshine), rainbows (or stars), and the chirping of newly refreshed birds. Picture rabbits, road runners, foxes, and our peacocks coming out of hiding to shake off the drops of water.  After a rain, animals seem to see the world in a new light. They step into the sunshine, blink a few times, then start looking for treasures the storm might have brought their way. They get it when we often don't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We sometimes allow the threat of rain to dampen not only the ground, but our spirits. We allow the weather forecast to alter our plans of spending quality time with family and friends. We allow fear to replace hopefulness. It's just a little rain, but the bounty it brings is something to be relished not cursed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope you'll come enjoy that bounty with us soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4534367343407892084?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4534367343407892084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4534367343407892084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4534367343407892084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4534367343407892084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-just-little-rain.html' title='It&apos;s Just a Little Rain'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/S_k9h1aU8zI/AAAAAAAAAyk/j5dEAJ9rwls/s72-c/IMG_6545.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2091801825851138199</id><published>2010-04-25T09:20:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T10:29:01.589-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Rest of the Algae Story</title><content type='html'>Lake Whitney made the front page of the Ft. Worth paper today and we'd like to pass along some additional information to correct a few things in their story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's the article with my corrections and comments in &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;red&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In some parts of Possum Kingdom Lake, real estate agent and fishing  guide Mike Hallford estimates seeing as many as a thousand dead striped  bass, victims of a deadly invasion of a microorganism called golden  alga.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Similar golden-alga horror stories are coming from &lt;a class="td_link" title="See more about Lakes" href="http://topics.star-telegram.com/Lakes.html#navlink=inline_to_topics"&gt;Lake&lt;/a&gt;  Whitney, another reservoir that, like Possum Kingdom, is part of the  Brazos River system. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Doesn't "horror stories" usually apply to tragic human losses or bad B movies?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Altogether, the Texas Parks and &lt;a class="td_link" title="See more about Wildlife Department" href="http://topics.star-telegram.com/Wildlife_Department.html#navlink=inline_to_topics"&gt;Wildlife  Department&lt;/a&gt; conservatively estimates that recent blooms of golden  alga have killed 50,900 fish at Possum Kingdom, about 75 miles west of  Fort Worth, and 68,900 at Lake Whitney, about 60 miles south of Fort  Worth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Department officials say the kill estimates are  conservative because many dead fish are quickly eaten by birds or sink  well below the lake surface and can't be counted.  &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;What this means is that you shouldn't expect to see massive numbers of dead fish in the water or on the shore. Nature takes care of the clean up&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The kills are so  huge that they are attracting large numbers of pelicans, presumably  from Texas' Gulf Coast, to swoop in and feast on the dead fish, said  Glenn Lof-gren, who does bookings for fishing guides at Possum Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"At  one point, you probably saw a couple of hundred" pelicans at the lake,  Hallford said. He presumes that the pelicans picked up the scent of dead  fish from winds blowing to the south. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;The pelicans are American White Pelicans that pass through the Lake Whitney area every year as they move from their wintering grounds along the Gulf to their breeding grounds in northern Colorado. You can verify this with the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America, Third Edition&lt;/span&gt;  p.50. They have stayed a little longer this year due to the abundance of food, but they didn't come here because of some dead fish smell. We live here; there's no smell, and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;the birds are a joy to watch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;We rank the annual pelican migration right along with the other natural spectacles of spring we are known for: the Monarch butterfly migration, the return of the cattle egrets and purple martins, and of course the bluebonnet and wildflower explosion along the lakeshore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="subhead"&gt;Foamy  shorelines &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Huh?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Melissa Tidmore, a biologist with the state  parks department, said the golden algae are killing "all sizes of fish  and many species," including some "big ones."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hallford said he has  seen some dead striped bass that probably weighed as much as 10 pounds.  He has also seen dead freshwater drum and gar. Among the fish killed at  either Possum Kingdom, Whitney or both are channel catfish, white bass,  largemouth bass, sunfish and crappie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But the biggest numbers of  fish killed have been shad, such as gizzard shad and threadfin shad,  which the larger "predator" fish feed on. Hallford said that threadfin  shad are 3 to 4 inches long and that gizzard shad might run 4 to 12  inches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tidmore said that despite considerable research, no method  has been found to rid large lakes of the golden alga but that the  problem should dissipate as lake temperatures rise. The alga tends to  turn the water a tealike color and make it foamy at shorelines, she  said.  &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;The only place we have seen tea colored water is deep in coves where the water movement is minimal and we have not seen any foam on the lake. We have been monitoring the shoreline here at the resort on an almost daily basis and all we have seen is clean clear water. The lake overall is still the beautiful blue that it always is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;We are seeing foam on the river below the dam-- but that's because they are dumping 17,000 cfs to return the lake to normal level.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;We have recently received additional water from Possum Kingdom due to heavy rains in that area. The dilution from the excess water should also act to dilute the algae. In 2007 high water levels washed the algae out of Lake Whitney for two subsequent years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;The temperature needed to slow the algae growth is just a few degrees warmer than what we currently have, so the outbreak should not last much longer. The biologist did not stress the fact that the algae is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;microscopic&lt;/span&gt;, so don't picture mucky yellow stuff in the water. It also is not toxic to humans, is not associated with dirty or contaminated water, and poses no threat to swimmers or water sports enthusiasts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Once this clears out, I think fishing will be fine,"  Hallford said. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;The fishing at Whitney hasn't been all that bad. Take a look at this recent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4761660/Re_TSA_Lake_Whitney_Tournament"&gt;tournament story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="subhead"&gt;Previous kills&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But  there's always the fear that the golden alga could return. Possum  Kingdom suffered large golden alga fish kills in 2001. The reservoir was  restocked with more fish, but a new wave of golden alga struck in 2003.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An  alga invasion can put a serious damper on the economy around affected  lakes, hurting the income of fishing guides, bait shops, motels,  restaurants and service stations. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;It would seem that front page stories that provide the positives along with the negatives would serve to soften the effects on the local economy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Texas A&amp;amp;M University study  found that the 2001 outbreak at Possum Kingdom significantly hurt  businesses around the lake and resulted in a 57 percent drop in visitors  to Possum Kingdom State Park.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2091801825851138199?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/04/24/2140350/thousands-of-fish-in-lakes-are.html' title='The Rest of the Algae Story'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2091801825851138199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2091801825851138199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2091801825851138199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2091801825851138199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/04/rest-of-algae-story.html' title='The Rest of the Algae Story'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2924454929449759123</id><published>2010-03-28T16:49:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T17:06:32.346-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='top 10'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Springy Things Happening at Lake Whitney</title><content type='html'>It's been a long winter for everyone I know, but Spring is really here. In case you aren't feeling it where you live yet, I thought I'd share a few Lake Whitney Springy things.&lt;br /&gt;10. The wind is blowing, but there's not a "wind chill" listed on the weather forecast.&lt;br /&gt;9. Crystal &amp;amp; Dixie have enough green grass to eat that they nap every morning and every afternoon..&lt;br /&gt;8.   Gary is mowing again on Thursdays.&lt;br /&gt;7. Ladybugs are EVERYWHERE!&lt;br /&gt;6.   The deer are getting fatter.&lt;br /&gt;5.   Miss Kitty is complaining less and napping in the sun more.&lt;br /&gt;4.   Cabins are starting to book up for the summer.&lt;br /&gt;3.   The peacocks are spending more time struttin' their stuff than begging for food.&lt;br /&gt;2. We have more cabin guests and they are buying ice cream.&lt;br /&gt;1. Sunset is late enough for you to enjoy it from Mel's Steakhouse on Friday and Saturday    nights.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2924454929449759123?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2924454929449759123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2924454929449759123' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2924454929449759123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2924454929449759123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-10-springy-things-happening-at-lake.html' title='Top 10 Springy Things Happening at Lake Whitney'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4361779340548214194</id><published>2010-02-15T10:07:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T11:28:24.279-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><title type='text'>Hope-y, Change-y Thing</title><content type='html'>I've been thinking about Ms. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Palin's&lt;/span&gt; use of that term recently and even though we don't pay too much attention to Washington political banter, her turn of phrase amused me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are surrounded by hope and change. It's inherent in nature. Picture the squirrel constantly gathering food. Picture the wren busy buildings nests or the daffodils pushing through the frost. If that's not hope, I don't know what is. Those same drives are built into us as well, we just have to tap into them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've seen hope in the faces of our guests and restaurant customers for weeks. (Mostly they are hopeful that the sun will shine tomorrow!) We can hear the hopefulness in the voices of callers looking for summer vacation cabins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for change, we have seen change in people. We are all spending more cautiously, thinking things through, whether we are facing true economic hardships ourselves, or just concerned that we might in the future. The best change we've seen has been that people are more focused on each other. It seems to have become more important to spend time talking with one another than spending money. Sharing life's little adventures has become a higher priority than doing trendy things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As 2010 moves forward at what feels like lightening speed, our wish is that hope and change find you. We hope to see you here at Arrowhead this year and we trust that whatever changes are in store for you will be met with courage and optimism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for us, that hope-y, change-y thing is working out just fine. The sun is shining, the daffodils are about to bloom, the wrens are already busy, and this morning there are about 50 robins hanging out in front of the office. Before you know it we'll be waiting for the peaches to ripen. We'll be happy to share.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4361779340548214194?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4361779340548214194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4361779340548214194' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4361779340548214194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4361779340548214194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2010/02/hope-y-change-y-thing.html' title='Hope-y, Change-y Thing'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8599374446759226947</id><published>2009-11-21T08:22:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T08:30:31.037-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanksgiving at Arrowhead Resort</title><content type='html'>For many years it was a family tradition to spend Thanksgiving at Arrowhead Resort.    Waking up in the country on Thanksgiving morning and spending the day cooking a wonderful dinner with family and friends, and ending the day with the Dallas Cowboys was always the perfect recipe for Thanksgiving Day.      Such a trip isn't in the cards this year since my move to New Jersey, but if I were still in Texas,  I would prepare most of the meal in advance, take a defrosted turkey to Melinda to season and Gary to deepfry, and settle in for a family Thanskgiving at Arrowhead.           Just because I can't be there doesn't mean its too late for you to get a cabin for the holiday.     It would be a Thanksgiving to remember!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8599374446759226947?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8599374446759226947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8599374446759226947' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8599374446759226947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8599374446759226947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-at-arrowhead-resort.html' title='Thanksgiving at Arrowhead Resort'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10463969849495102582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6vaVbb62n94/SPlDdxuqnMI/AAAAAAAAADY/QguWdtUdqYY/S220/06_Dodge_ChargerSRT8_24.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7760145030641887776</id><published>2009-09-22T16:00:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T16:04:03.484-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='press'/><title type='text'>Texas Highways</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Texas Highways&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Magazine&lt;/em&gt; has featured the lake and Arrowhead Resort in their October issue.  The story describes all the fun things you can do in the area as well as mentioning our Friday night buffet. The author also seemed to have a fondness for the fried bananas, but then who wouldn't?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7760145030641887776?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7760145030641887776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7760145030641887776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7760145030641887776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7760145030641887776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/09/texas-highways.html' title='Texas Highways'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2297020958597685225</id><published>2009-09-08T10:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T10:59:00.084-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasons'/><title type='text'>End of Summer</title><content type='html'>Another busy season has come and gone. This makes 12 for us! It has been a summer of economic worries for the whole country, low lake levels for Whitney, and concerns over the H1N1 flu. Through it all we have enjoyed seeing those of you who shared the summer with us. We hope that however brief your visit was that it brought peace, comfort, and joy to your life. We truly believe that we have a little slice of heaven and love sharing it with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you didn't make it this summer please know that we missed you. I was thinking just yesterday about the families that we did not see. It's almost as if there's no real closure to our summer without seeing some of you who have become like extended family to us.  You are in our thoughts and we hope to see you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The leaves are already falling and sometimes in the early morning I can almost smell the change of seasons. The quiet is settling in and as much as we like sharing summer, we LOVE sharing fall! Hope to see you soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2297020958597685225?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2297020958597685225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2297020958597685225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2297020958597685225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2297020958597685225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/09/end-of-summer.html' title='End of Summer'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6182634122673492473</id><published>2009-08-18T18:16:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T18:31:56.374-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><title type='text'>A word or two about online reviews</title><content type='html'>Ever get a punch in the gut when you least expect it? That's how we feel today. Someone left a nasty review about us on one of those review sites. There's no telling what actually set them off. Maybe they spent more money than they intended. Maybe the kids screamed all the way home. The bothersome part is that their review included false statements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can take valid criticism. Come on, give it to us. If you stay with us and something is wrong with our cabins or our service we EXPECT to hear about it at the time it happens. AC not cool enough? Tell us and we'll do our &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;darnedest&lt;/span&gt; to fix it. Can't get the VCR to play? Call 254-580-3044 and we'll come running. It's what we do, but we can't read minds and we can't fix something for you after you leave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you feel the need to share your experience here with the world, good or bad, our only request is that you not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;exaggerate&lt;/span&gt; either way and that you give the whole picture.  Give people a balanced view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These people ate our chocolate chip cookies, fresh cinnamon rolls, and got a special brushing session with Dixie and Crystal, but do you think they mentioned any of that in their review? How &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;could&lt;/span&gt; they not have liked those cookies? And Dixie &amp;amp; Crystal are downright insulted to have been left out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We not only get our feelings hurt by inaccurate sucker punches, but it hurts our livelihood. This place is our life. We give it EVERYTHING we've got. So if you've got something to say, please say it to us first.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6182634122673492473?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6182634122673492473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6182634122673492473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6182634122673492473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6182634122673492473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/08/word-or-two-about-online-reviews.html' title='A word or two about online reviews'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-3434659664585686782</id><published>2009-08-04T08:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T09:05:42.590-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Concerns About the Lake Levels-- Come on out the water's fine.</title><content type='html'>We are getting lots of calls about the lake levels so I thought I'd answer some questions here. Keep in mind that Whitney is 108' deep at normal level. Twelve feet under normal means there's still 96' of water in the main body of the lake. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Can we launch boats?&lt;/strong&gt; Gary has gone to launch our 21' pontoon boat as I type this. There have been a few ramp closings around the lake, but many are still open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;Can we swim in the lake? &lt;/strong&gt;Several public swim areas have been closed due to safety reasons, but guests staying at Arrowhead have access to a wonderful area, perfectly suited for swimming-- low boat traffic &amp;amp; no sudden drop offs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Are you still renting canoes? &lt;/strong&gt;Yup. Water levels on the lake don't affect our canoe rentals because we are on wide open lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;strong&gt;Can we leave our boats in the water&lt;/strong&gt;? Lower lake levels are actually better for guests with boats at Arrowhead. Since we don't have docks, our guests beach their boats and tie them up. Lower water levels have exposed any potential hazards that were previously submerged and leave quite a nice stretch of shore for beaching boats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;strong&gt;Can you still see the lake from the cabins?&lt;/strong&gt; Our cabins are situated roughly 200 yards from the water at the current level and no views of the lake have been changed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-3434659664585686782?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/3434659664585686782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=3434659664585686782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3434659664585686782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3434659664585686782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/08/concerns-about-lake-levels-come-on-out.html' title='Concerns About the Lake Levels-- Come on out the water&apos;s fine.'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5119232088982559925</id><published>2009-06-25T14:48:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T15:11:10.586-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>Lake Fun</title><content type='html'>Need some fun in your life? Lake Whitney is the place to find it. We think this picture kind of says it all. Even falling here can put a smile on your face!&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351360113560928930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SkPZq6n-QqI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/o6_yICwm0tk/s320/DSC_0388.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5119232088982559925?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5119232088982559925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5119232088982559925' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5119232088982559925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5119232088982559925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/06/lake-fun.html' title='Lake Fun'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SkPZq6n-QqI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/o6_yICwm0tk/s72-c/DSC_0388.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2197022238094424559</id><published>2009-05-31T09:54:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T10:42:46.826-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trees'/><title type='text'>Sweet Mimosa</title><content type='html'>The smell of mimosa blooms in the quiet of the night is one of my favorite summer things. I don't know if they actually release more scent after dark or if I am just finally still enough to notice. &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We have three mimosas on the property, one at the Bunkhouse, one at Cabin #3, and a rogue growing in a large pot at our personal deck which refused to be removed so many times that we finally left it alone and let it live. I guess someday we'll cut the pot away. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This week we lost 1/2 of the one at #3. A windstorm on Tuesday night broke two of the four main trunks. Gary carefully trimmed up what was left and we hope it's strong enough to survive. It's always been an interesting looking tree-- mostly hollow with multiple twisted trunks, but now it borders on artistic.  And it still smells nice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342009912381557634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SiKhtk4eS4I/AAAAAAAAAvI/0NiOmP5ebhc/s320/IMG_3443.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342009904169205010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SiKhtGSfvRI/AAAAAAAAAvA/UdY_Qg70g0g/s320/IMG_3445-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2197022238094424559?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2197022238094424559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2197022238094424559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2197022238094424559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2197022238094424559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweet-mimosa.html' title='Sweet Mimosa'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SiKhtk4eS4I/AAAAAAAAAvI/0NiOmP5ebhc/s72-c/IMG_3443.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6237188909090378845</id><published>2009-05-24T08:07:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T18:48:51.993-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Staff'/><title type='text'>Tribute to the Kitchen Staff</title><content type='html'>We wanted to take a minute to say thank you to the Mel's Steakhouse kitchen staff. We are picky about who we allow into our kitchen family and I am not an easy boss to please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These folks work tirelessly in a very hot kitchen week after week. They must either be crazy or truly share our passion for serving good food. It's probably a little of both. Even though they are responsible for the quality product we offer, they rarely get to bask in the glow of customer praises or the weekly excitement of converting first-timers to repeaters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crystal is our grill chef. She has been with us off and on for more than eight years. Her real job is raising four energetic girls. She has done every job in our kitchen at one time or another, but the grill is where she shines. It's hot. On busy nights the pressure to keep steaks, chops, &amp;amp; grilled seafood coming off the grill perfectly cooked at the appropriate time is intense, but she does it with a quiet smile. Did I mention it's hot? The grill is 2' x 4' of flame-heated ceramic bricks and her only relief from it is reaching into the nearby cooler for more steaks to put on the grill. She is also responsible for food cooked on the stove -- veggies, sauteed mushrooms, and pan seared fish or chicken. It's a big job and she does it almost effortlessly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deborah is our prep and fry cook. She works the longest hours in the kitchen, starting on Thursday receiving trucks, toasting croutons, and whipping up that lovely cinnamon butter. Actually, her week starts on Monday morning when she arrives first thing to face the task of draining the fryers and detailing them until spotless, followed by grueling hours of steam cleaning the red tile floor in the kitchen. She hand cuts and breads every piece of catfish, every chicken fried steak, every onion string. She handles hundreds of pieces of catfish for the Friday buffet every week! Her quick zingers keep the dining room staff on their toes, but the quality of food she prepares is testament to her love of the job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly takes care of the salad bar and desserts so efficiently that to the untrained eye it looks easy. It is anything but. She manages the production and supply of almost 50 food items and does it while maintaining spotless conditions in her area. She is the kitchen staff member most &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;visible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to dining room guests and she always has a smile for everyone. She is first and foremost a mom to Haley and Jenna , but we are thankful to have her as part of our family on Friday and Saturday nights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Denise is our Saturday expediter. That means she sets up every plate in preparation of the food being cooked. When a steak comes off the grill or a chicken fried tenderloin comes out of the fryer, Denise has a warm, decorated plate waiting for it with steak knife, side dish, and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;accompaniments&lt;/span&gt; in place. Her job allows &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Crystal&lt;/span&gt; and Deborah to focus on creating their food magic without worrying about the finished plates. Denise has been with us for seven years. She is currently the Bakery Manager at the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Hillsboro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. We are extremely proud of her accomplishments there, but happy that she chooses to continue as part of our family here on weekends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald keeps clean plates, soup bowls, silverware, glassware, and cookware flowing. His speed and efficiency are hard to fathom. We simply could not operate effectively without Donald, and on the very rare &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;occasions&lt;/span&gt; when he was not here we all suffered. He works in a kitchen full of women and does so with quiet humor and grace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's our crew. We don't thank them often enough, but without them Mel's Steakhouse would not be possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks gang. See you next Friday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6237188909090378845?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6237188909090378845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6237188909090378845' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6237188909090378845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6237188909090378845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/05/tribute-to-kitchen-staff.html' title='Tribute to the Kitchen Staff'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8065135696065219266</id><published>2009-04-30T17:08:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T14:11:08.055-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video tour'/><title type='text'>Treehouse Cabins Video Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-2b8e586782df8344" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2b8e586782df8344&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8065135696065219266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8065135696065219266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8065135696065219266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8065135696065219266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/04/treehouse-cabins-video-tour.html' title='Treehouse Cabins Video Tour'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8172906550554437039</id><published>2009-04-30T13:51:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T14:09:40.485-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video tour'/><title type='text'>Double Cabins</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ab63f6237d801155" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=ab63f6237d801155&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8172906550554437039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8172906550554437039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8172906550554437039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8172906550554437039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/04/double-cabins.html' title='Double Cabins'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5306912585124730067</id><published>2009-04-30T10:17:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T10:41:16.616-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Advertisements'/><title type='text'>Ads On Our Site</title><content type='html'>I wanted to take a minute to talk about the advertisements we now have on our website and here on the blog. We thought long and hard about doing this. Our goal is the same as it always has been-- provide our valued long term and potential customers with the absolute most information we can to help make your vacation or weekend getaway the best it can be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have chosen ads from companies we trust, most of whom offer products that could improve your Lake Whitney stay like &lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3442215-595909"&gt;Maps.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-3442215-10391706"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;USAFlorist&lt;/span&gt;.com&lt;/a&gt;. There are also a few ads, like for &lt;a onmouseover="window.status='http://www.godaddy.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;" href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-3442215-10378406" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;GoDaddy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img height="1" src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-3442215-10378406" width="1" border="0" /&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-3442215-10563972"&gt;Dish Network&lt;/a&gt; that are on the site just because we use their services and can vouch for the quality of their product. A few others are listed on a separate &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/reviews.htm"&gt;product review page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We get a lot of questions about our website and have built a page dedicated to sharing information abut how we build and maintain the site. On the &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/"&gt;Arrowhead Home Page&lt;/a&gt; click on &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/website.htm"&gt;About Our Website&lt;/a&gt; to get the insiders look at our site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bottom line is that we hope the ads aren't too intrusive. Please know that they are there to hopefully benefit you. We aren't getting rich off of them, that's for sure. They are simply another way we felt we could offer you more. Let us know what you think.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5306912585124730067?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5306912585124730067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5306912585124730067' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5306912585124730067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5306912585124730067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/04/ads-on-our-site.html' title='Ads On Our Site'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1123421469340237792</id><published>2009-04-04T11:54:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T14:10:05.699-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video tour'/><title type='text'>Jacuzzi Cabin Video Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-8b8070737616f3b0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=8b8070737616f3b0&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1123421469340237792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1123421469340237792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1123421469340237792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1123421469340237792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/04/jacuzzi-cabin-video-tour.html' title='Jacuzzi Cabin Video Tour'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=530149ea84727925&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/9157176570545994863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=9157176570545994863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/9157176570545994863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/9157176570545994863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/birds-nest-cabins.html' title='Bird&apos;s Nest Cabins Video Tour'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7464540550616995660</id><published>2009-03-31T15:36:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T14:10:37.363-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video tour'/><title type='text'>Single Cabins Video Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-dee33118abd206b3" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2939771d076044d0&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/671568326798216883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=671568326798216883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/671568326798216883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/671568326798216883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/king-cottage-video-tour.html' title='King Cottage Video Tour'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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We have the scenery, the horses, and the peacocks. You just need the talent and a weekend with camera in hand.&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://submit.shutterstock.com/?ref=366232"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to find out more.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8034853878294053183?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8034853878294053183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8034853878294053183' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8034853878294053183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8034853878294053183'/><link rel='alternate' 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=709fd8a99b2ec236&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4381416279289451517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4381416279289451517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4381416279289451517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4381416279289451517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/bunkhouse-combo-video-tour.html' title='Bunkhouse Combo Video Tour'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5183257662055890618</id><published>2009-03-23T18:02:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T14:12:37.913-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video tour'/><title type='text'>Cabin 17 Video Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-e035f7c7537ae4f6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param 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title='Cabin 17 Video Tour'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2626429942816540556</id><published>2009-03-19T18:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T18:55:17.647-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='out takes'/><title type='text'>Arrowhead Out Takes</title><content type='html'>Funny things happen around here that most guests never know about. Some of those things we'll just keep to ourselves, but we have decided to share a few of our moments-- starting with the one that happened this evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between mountains of Spring Break laundry, Gary had been working on the 25' boat this afternoon, which had been having an issue with starting. Once he had it running on dry land he took it for a test drive on the lake. Being the thoughtful hubby that he is, he decided that I might like to end the day by taking the short 15 minute ride from our shore back tothe launch at Lofers Bend with him. He beached the boat below us, walked up the hill and tackled more laundry while I got horses fed, customers situated, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a lucky glance out the restaurant windows that saved the day. The boat had come loose and was slowly drifting away. Choice words were said as he grabbed a canoe paddle and we headed down the hill. He quickly caught up with the wayward pontoon boat, climbed aboard, and after a few short moments of breath holding, coaxed the engine to life. He then returned the canoe to me on the shore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I turned once as I lugged the canoe to its resting place to watch Capt. Gary motor away in to the setting sun. Oh well. There's always another day for a boat ride.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2626429942816540556?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2626429942816540556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2626429942816540556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2626429942816540556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2626429942816540556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/arrowhead-out-takes.html' title='Arrowhead Out Takes'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1728115826552374284</id><published>2009-03-09T20:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T20:29:59.374-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Twitter'/><title type='text'>Twitter Explained</title><content type='html'>Gary and I love to tell the story about the difference in the way the two of us communicate. Some people feel compelled to get right to the point when they speak. They tell stories in shorthand and write &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;succinctly&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;em&gt;Readers Digest&lt;/em&gt; style. We call these people pointers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then there are the people who paint word pictures with broad strokes of verbal genius. Their narratives, both verbal and written, are rarely short. We call these people painters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I paint; Gary points. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Bloggers&lt;/span&gt; paint; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Twitterers&lt;/span&gt; point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The question that remains now is whether or not I can become a pointer and thus an effective &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Twitterer&lt;/span&gt;. If you haven't looked around Twitter very much take a look at our page at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/arrowheadresort"&gt;www.twitter.com/arrowheadresort&lt;/a&gt;. Click on some of the pages we are following for a good cross section of what is being done with Twitter. I see lots of "pointers" briefly telling us what they know, do, eat, sleep, read, and listen to. I also see lots of apparent painters who simply redirect followers to their blog or website. Both approaches are valid. The whole Twitter concept is just getting it said in 140 characters or less, any way you can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary thinks that Twitter will replace blogging. I think not. There are far too many words out there waiting to be painted into masterpieces, and a work of art often requires far more than 140 letters, dots, dashes, and symbols. But I also think that as an alternate means of getting to the point, Twitter has huge potential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I shall learn 2 point.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1728115826552374284?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1728115826552374284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1728115826552374284' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1728115826552374284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1728115826552374284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/twiitter-explained.html' title='Twitter Explained'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1667833663980264065</id><published>2009-03-05T11:24:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T11:36:50.123-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Specials'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><title type='text'>Wow It's March!</title><content type='html'>Has this year been flying by, or what? March! The purple martins arrived in full force last week and are enjoying the warm weather this week. Their cheerful song always heralds the beginning of spring around here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But they aren't the only ones tweeting. Twitter is taking hold here at Arrowhead. The best news is that if you aren't into the whole Twitter thing yet it's okay. Our tweets will be posted here on the blog, on the &lt;a href="http://www.minimares.com/"&gt;Mini Mares blog&lt;/a&gt;, on our &lt;a href="http://www.lakewhitneyrestaurants.com/"&gt;restaurant webpage&lt;/a&gt;, and on the &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/"&gt;Arrowhead home page&lt;/a&gt;. Our goal is to keep you up to date about incredible cabin specials that won't be found anywhere else, let restaurant fans find out what soup we're cooking and what the Saturday specials will be.  The Mini Mares just want to play on the computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow along as we leap forward technologically once again and work harder than ever to keep you informed about happenings at the resort.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1667833663980264065?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1667833663980264065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1667833663980264065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1667833663980264065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1667833663980264065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/wow-its-march.html' title='Wow It&apos;s March!'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6806540092495483395</id><published>2009-02-02T14:04:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T14:17:51.975-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunsets'/><title type='text'>Sunsets are a Reason to Visit Any Month of the Year</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;We took these photos yesterday. Sunsets around here aren't limited to any one season.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUQoukgXI/AAAAAAAAAuI/n2fSblpLruM/s1600-h/IMG_2593.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298296131412066674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUQoukgXI/AAAAAAAAAuI/n2fSblpLruM/s320/IMG_2593.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUQawocmI/AAAAAAAAAuA/_LiUhIwxx6s/s1600-h/IMG_2567.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298296127662617186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUQawocmI/AAAAAAAAAuA/_LiUhIwxx6s/s320/IMG_2567.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUPqCzBZI/AAAAAAAAAt4/HYdJhf0pfP0/s1600-h/IMG_2584.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298296114585470354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUPqCzBZI/AAAAAAAAAt4/HYdJhf0pfP0/s320/IMG_2584.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We hope you can join us in our little piece of paradise when you can!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6806540092495483395?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6806540092495483395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6806540092495483395' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6806540092495483395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6806540092495483395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/02/sunsets-are-reason-to-visit-any-month.html' title='Sunsets are a Reason to Visit Any Month of the Year'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SYdUQoukgXI/AAAAAAAAAuI/n2fSblpLruM/s72-c/IMG_2593.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7873548059676709475</id><published>2009-01-18T08:14:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T09:12:14.586-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peacock pictures'/><title type='text'>7 Reasons to Visit Arrowhead Resort in February</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;1. Valentine's Day falls on the weekend.&lt;/strong&gt; There really is no better reason to come than that. Think of the romance. We'll supply the sunsets, the wonderful dinner, we'll even supply the flowers if you'd like. Couldn't be easier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Celebrate January being over.&lt;/strong&gt; Let's face it, does anybody really like this month? It's cold. It's the start of tax season. Blah! But February is a different story. It's almost Spring!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;It's quiet.&lt;/strong&gt; Fewer people means even more peace and quiet for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.  Sales at the Outlet Mall in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Hillsboro&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Winter clothing will be at the lowest markdown and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Mikasa&lt;/span&gt; store is going out of business so you can shop for spring tableware!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Fishing is usually great. &lt;/strong&gt;Bring a boat or rent ours because the fish are almost always hopping in February.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Football season is over with. &lt;/strong&gt;No more Saturday playoff games; no reason to hurry home on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. The peacocks are getting their tails back.&lt;/strong&gt; February is the perfect month to see these guys strut their stuff. Bring your camera!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7873548059676709475?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7873548059676709475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7873548059676709475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7873548059676709475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7873548059676709475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2009/01/7-reasons-to-visit-arrowhead-resort-in.html' title='7 Reasons to Visit Arrowhead Resort in February'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5972585100146267143</id><published>2008-12-05T11:08:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:33:31.802-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><title type='text'>2008 Review</title><content type='html'>It's hard to believe that this year is speeding past. It's been an emotional year for us-- we lost our friend Hoover in April, we had yet another fire  on the property in July, and we continue to deal with the ups and downs of our road fight with the county. We rely heavily on our dear friends, family, and wonderful guests to raise our spirits when things are challenging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also love to share our life's high points. We gained another miniature horse this year, enjoyed taking care of Mama Rose and Joey for four months, and remodeled cabin 16's bathroom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you all for being part of our lives! Click on 2008 Review on the right for a look back at our year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5972585100146267143?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5972585100146267143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5972585100146267143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5972585100146267143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5972585100146267143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-review.html' title='2008 Review'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1128040286565943225</id><published>2008-11-29T21:09:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-29T21:10:17.308-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peacock pictures'/><title type='text'>Do I Look Like  a Turkey?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/STID1LagXCI/AAAAAAAAAoE/eemZfwGpfwo/s1600-h/2008+Nov+-+Thanksgiving+at+Lake+Whitney+-+Animals_0115_edited-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/STID1LagXCI/AAAAAAAAAoE/eemZfwGpfwo/s400/2008+Nov+-+Thanksgiving+at+Lake+Whitney+-+Animals_0115_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Well, yes you do Hank. But we promise it's not a peacock in the fryer, just your distant cousin that we bought at Walmart! 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href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1128040286565943225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1128040286565943225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1128040286565943225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/11/do-i-look-like-turkey.html' title='Do I Look Like  a Turkey?'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/STID1LagXCI/AAAAAAAAAoE/eemZfwGpfwo/s72-c/2008+Nov+-+Thanksgiving+at+Lake+Whitney+-+Animals_0115_edited-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5501848037756966671</id><published>2008-11-03T16:01:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:04:43.739-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><title type='text'>Bedtime at Arrowhead</title><content type='html'>Goodnight Elroy, goodnight Frosty, goodnight Hank Jr., and a good night to all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d195cb833aedd488" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param 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href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=d195cb833aedd488&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=d3bfe01dab626429&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=f247ecb357de30c9&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5501848037756966671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5501848037756966671' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5501848037756966671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5501848037756966671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/11/bedtime-at-arrowhead.html' title='Bedtime at Arrowhead'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-9218703304975621278</id><published>2008-10-18T15:25:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T15:29:01.456-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crystal'/><title type='text'>It's All About Joey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SPpHARAxB6I/AAAAAAAAABg/Cc-4k6yVfyM/s1600-h/IMG_2085.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258593584800663458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SPpHARAxB6I/AAAAAAAAABg/Cc-4k6yVfyM/s320/IMG_2085.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It seems that this blog has been all about Joey lately. Well, Dixie and I are revolting. Not that we're revolting, but we are staging a revolution. And we're running for Vice President. Both of us. You can vote for me at &lt;a href="http://www.minimares.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.minimares.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;. Vote early and often, and be sure to pass it along.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-9218703304975621278?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/9218703304975621278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=9218703304975621278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/9218703304975621278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/9218703304975621278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-all-about-joey.html' title='It&apos;s All About Joey'/><author><name>Crystal the Miniature Horse</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15583562756408417197</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://www.crystaltheminiaturehorse.com/crystal9030002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SPpHARAxB6I/AAAAAAAAABg/Cc-4k6yVfyM/s72-c/IMG_2085.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5879746167020547806</id><published>2008-10-04T10:56:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:14:53.773-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><title type='text'>Joey Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRqEF2LI/AAAAAAAAAbo/4dQEA8I7ELY/s1600-h/IMG_2064.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRqEF2LI/AAAAAAAAAbo/4dQEA8I7ELY/s320/IMG_2064.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Here are the latest pics of our little boy. He is growing fast. His colors are changing, but not his playful attitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRt0lr3I/AAAAAAAAAbw/P8YF6R_t4P4/s1600-h/IMG_2063.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRt0lr3I/AAAAAAAAAbw/P8YF6R_t4P4/s320/IMG_2063.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRncRt2I/AAAAAAAAAb4/4IlnMN9NJT8/s1600-h/IMG_2053.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRncRt2I/AAAAAAAAAb4/4IlnMN9NJT8/s320/IMG_2053.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Still teething!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRwbUgoI/AAAAAAAAAcA/IlhSrwhwlHM/s1600-h/IMG_2045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRwbUgoI/AAAAAAAAAcA/IlhSrwhwlHM/s320/IMG_2045.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Still has his skunk tail. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253329075364519218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeS9fFVXTI/AAAAAAAAAcI/6ZQodN5_cV4/s400/IMG_2044.JPG" border="0" /&gt;You can really see his new colors here- he has striking white socks on the back, topped with just a little black that fades into his golden tan. On the front he has one leg all black below the knee, including the hoof. The right leg has a short white sock below the black. His eyes have stayed dusky gray so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5879746167020547806?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5879746167020547806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5879746167020547806' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5879746167020547806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5879746167020547806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/10/joey-update.html' title='Joey Update'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SOeSRqEF2LI/AAAAAAAAAbo/4dQEA8I7ELY/s72-c/IMG_2064.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7795892841327364396</id><published>2008-09-07T10:42:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:37:35.796-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><title type='text'>North Central Texas Seasons</title><content type='html'>Our friend and co-blogger Chris was here this weekend for a surprise visit. He lives in NJ now and is excited about the change of seasons. We really do have them here, we just don't always pay them their due. In the hospitality industry we call this time of year the shoulder season. I like that description. This is the time when there is not a drastic change in the weather or our business level, just a slight adjustment. We're rubbing shoulders with summer on one side and winter on the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nights are cooler. The grass is green, but not quite the rich green of Spring. "Heat of the day" doesn't describe the hours between 9 am and 9 pm like it did just a few weeks ago. We have a breeze sometimes. The air is clear and makes you want to drink it in. Acorns and pecans are raining from the trees. Squirrels are in a frenzy of activity that we haven't seen since the peaches ripened in June. Sailboats drift across the lake each afternoon, slowly replacing the frantic pace of Summer &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jetskiers&lt;/span&gt;. The fish are biting again. The fawns are becoming difficult to distinguish from their mamas as they tiptoe through the lower pasture. The constant splashing and laughter of children in the pool has quieted and the horses are starting to grow a slightly longer coat, mostly on their shoulders, oddly enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's our change of seasons. Please come enjoy it with us if you can.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7795892841327364396?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7795892841327364396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7795892841327364396' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7795892841327364396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7795892841327364396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/09/north-central-texas-seasons.html' title='North Central Texas Seasons'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-645820373748066035</id><published>2008-08-17T14:55:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-17T15:30:39.454-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joey'/><title type='text'>Awesome Pictures</title><content type='html'>I apologize in advance for bombarding you with more pictures of the new horse; it's just that he's so cute. These were taken by Kristy Hinton, who has some real talent with a camera. &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiJXC9XX7I/AAAAAAAAAak/rxNiQo7QAmo/s1600-h/IMG_0382.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235585595842453426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiJXC9XX7I/AAAAAAAAAak/rxNiQo7QAmo/s400/IMG_0382.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiJXp-havI/AAAAAAAAAa0/1CEDnOWS6d8/s1600-h/face.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235585606316288754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiJXp-havI/AAAAAAAAAa0/1CEDnOWS6d8/s400/face.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGZY-j9eI/AAAAAAAAAaE/baZ7C6ff19c/s1600-h/IMG_0338.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235582337577907682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGZY-j9eI/AAAAAAAAAaE/baZ7C6ff19c/s400/IMG_0338.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGZuHMZPI/AAAAAAAAAaM/pGpEc-Wm9rY/s1600-h/IMG_0345.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235582343251256562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGZuHMZPI/AAAAAAAAAaM/pGpEc-Wm9rY/s400/IMG_0345.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here is the kangaroo look that earned him the name Joey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGZ1PiJOI/AAAAAAAAAaU/sul_OcnZNtw/s1600-h/IMG_0376.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235582345165284578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGZ1PiJOI/AAAAAAAAAaU/sul_OcnZNtw/s400/IMG_0376.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Kisses for his friend Dixie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGaKHA0eI/AAAAAAAAAac/ECRLLzPb7To/s1600-h/kisses.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235582350766690786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiGaKHA0eI/AAAAAAAAAac/ECRLLzPb7To/s400/kisses.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kisses for his new friend Kim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235586446544784146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiKIkEmyxI/AAAAAAAAAa8/6D0LY5lSre8/s400/kisses2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-645820373748066035?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/645820373748066035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=645820373748066035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/645820373748066035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/645820373748066035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/08/awesome-pictures.html' title='Awesome Pictures'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKiJXC9XX7I/AAAAAAAAAak/rxNiQo7QAmo/s72-c/IMG_0382.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6989506624914272908</id><published>2008-08-13T11:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T11:43:56.964-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crystal'/><title type='text'>My Thoughts on the New Guy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3Gqi33I/AAAAAAAAAA4/KS2ZEijWxDc/s1600-h/IMG_1904.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3Gqi33I/AAAAAAAAAA4/KS2ZEijWxDc/s400/IMG_1904.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Crystal here with some more pictures of the new guy. Isn't he adorable? His mother doesn't really care for Dixie and me. She charges the fence everytime we get near. Poor Dixie is OBSESSED with the little fellow. She barely stops staring at him long enough to eat!  You know my thoughts on that. He's cute, but eating comes first!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234041744032298946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SKMNPCycd8I/AAAAAAAAAZ8/S_kMcz8HsA4/s400/IMG_1919.JPG" border="0" /&gt;I have decided that I like Dixie a little better now. I've even been sharing my hay with her. Little horses like us have to stick together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3cC3X1I/AAAAAAAAABA/1CqsLJha38I/s1600-h/IMG_1903.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3cC3X1I/AAAAAAAAABA/1CqsLJha38I/s400/IMG_1903.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;I heard Mel calling the new guy Joey. That's cute, I guess.  Something about him looking like a kangaroo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3n-pl7I/AAAAAAAAABI/nZ0NkQvNllQ/s1600-h/IMG_1912.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3n-pl7I/AAAAAAAAABI/nZ0NkQvNllQ/s400/IMG_1912.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;He puts everything in his mouth. He even bit Dixie on the nose one day before his mom could chase him away from the fence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3-eDZlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/0hs9Y7gVx9Q/s1600-h/IMG_1907.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3-eDZlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/0hs9Y7gVx9Q/s400/IMG_1907.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;He's growing fast. He is already way taller than we are. I have one request for all of my fans out there. If you come to Arrowhead to see the new guy, please don't forget to say hello to Dixie and me. We're starting to get a little jealous of the attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6989506624914272908?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6989506624914272908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6989506624914272908' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6989506624914272908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6989506624914272908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-thoughts-on-new-guy.html' title='My Thoughts on the New Guy'/><author><name>Crystal the Miniature Horse</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15583562756408417197</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://www.crystaltheminiaturehorse.com/crystal9030002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3m4j4adpET8/SKMM3Gqi33I/AAAAAAAAAA4/KS2ZEijWxDc/s72-c/IMG_1904.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-17227534812742966</id><published>2008-08-02T09:30:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:15:11.407-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><title type='text'>It's a Boy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvkShJ-pI/AAAAAAAAAZc/-TCrkMq4pbs/s1600-h/IMG_1892.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvkShJ-pI/AAAAAAAAAZc/-TCrkMq4pbs/s400/IMG_1892.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alyssa has a new horse. He was born about a week and a half ago in Stephenville, but he and mom are here at Arrowhead for an extended visit. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvkujzCGI/AAAAAAAAAZk/3z0Gkem7qDE/s1600-h/IMG_1888.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvkujzCGI/AAAAAAAAAZk/3z0Gkem7qDE/s400/IMG_1888.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alyssa thinks he is a champagne buckskin. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvk9Z3GzI/AAAAAAAAAZs/ZZs6XDrbJFc/s1600-h/IMG_1889.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvk9Z3GzI/AAAAAAAAAZs/ZZs6XDrbJFc/s400/IMG_1889.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Mom's name is Rose. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvlPIiU_I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/UBc6DoCvu6E/s1600-h/IMG_1890.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvlPIiU_I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/UBc6DoCvu6E/s400/IMG_1890.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm calling him Bud for lack of anything more original. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-17227534812742966?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/17227534812742966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=17227534812742966' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/17227534812742966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/17227534812742966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-boy.html' title='It&apos;s a Boy!'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SJRvkShJ-pI/AAAAAAAAAZc/-TCrkMq4pbs/s72-c/IMG_1892.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6853487368459238290</id><published>2008-07-28T09:38:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:14:03.969-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><title type='text'>Arrowhead "Beach"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SI3Z_gGcQQI/AAAAAAAAAZE/5I3JecZkfB4/s1600-h/IMG_1872.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SI3Z_gGcQQI/AAAAAAAAAZE/5I3JecZkfB4/s320/IMG_1872.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"&gt;We are always careful not to call our shore a beach. We go out of our way not to mislead people. The lake is currently in a downward trend and we are just now seeing the result of last year's flood on the topography of our shoreline. Low and behold, it's a beach! The flood waters must have washed a considerable amount of sand into the lake from the river and deposited it below us. We have had several vacationing families during the past 10 days that made extensive use of the new beach. One family brought beach chairs and umbrellas. Another two groups brought pop-up shade awnings. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SI3Z_77CxII/AAAAAAAAAZM/wUgmIO_rB_Q/s1600-h/IMG_1874.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SI3Z_77CxII/AAAAAAAAAZM/wUgmIO_rB_Q/s320/IMG_1874.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can see in this picture that beaching boats is safely and easily accomplished as always. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228078297688968818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SI3dgx-uDnI/AAAAAAAAAZU/56PENBGNEMs/s320/IMG_1878.JPG" border="0" /&gt;This is the view looking back up to the cabins from the shore. All of this was under water one year ago!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6853487368459238290?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6853487368459238290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6853487368459238290' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6853487368459238290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6853487368459238290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/07/arrowhead-beach.html' title='Arrowhead &quot;Beach&quot;'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SI3Z_gGcQQI/AAAAAAAAAZE/5I3JecZkfB4/s72-c/IMG_1872.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6376591903494747175</id><published>2008-07-18T08:01:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:37:15.319-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='B and B'/><title type='text'>B&amp;B Cabins</title><content type='html'>We've recently decided to convert all four of our Deluxe cabins into B&amp;amp;B cabins. What's in it for you?&lt;br /&gt;1. Gooey cinnamon rolls included.&lt;br /&gt;2. OJ in the fridge.&lt;br /&gt;3. Wine glasses provided.&lt;br /&gt;4. Specials posted on &lt;a href="http://www.bandb.com/"&gt;B&amp;amp;B.com&lt;/a&gt;. Check out September's Wine Lover's Package. The specials can also be applied to our other cabins, so stop by often. Our page is &lt;a href="http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/texas-whitney-arrowhead-resort.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;5. Special offerings on &lt;a href="http://www.bandb.com/"&gt;B&amp;amp;B.com&lt;/a&gt;, like their current offer of a $50 rebate for online bookings made before Sept. 1.&lt;br /&gt;6. Still no extra charge for the spectacular views of the lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'd appreciate any of our past guests visiting our&lt;a href="http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/texas-whitney-arrowhead-resort.html"&gt; page&lt;/a&gt; to give us some reviews.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6376591903494747175?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6376591903494747175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6376591903494747175' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6376591903494747175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6376591903494747175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/07/b-cabins.html' title='B&amp;B Cabins'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7061013610696887789</id><published>2008-07-06T15:58:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:16:52.944-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire safety'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><title type='text'>We Have Some Awesome Cabin Guests</title><content type='html'>We want to say thank you to a handful of our cabin guests this weekend who went above and beyond the call of vacation duty by helping save the resort. We had an incident with fireworks that started three separate fires in the pasture. Had it not been for quick reactions by some of our guests, it could have quickly gotten out of control. Thankfully all three fires were out before any wind gusts fanned the flames and spread the fire. From the bottom of our hearts we say thank you. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220011011616872866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SHE0W7cNGaI/AAAAAAAAAYs/ONpo463K_Vo/s320/IMG_1815.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220011020559846370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SHE0XcwYC-I/AAAAAAAAAY0/mbFjxJxSgbQ/s320/IMG_1817.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7061013610696887789?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7061013610696887789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7061013610696887789' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7061013610696887789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7061013610696887789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-have-some-awesome-cabin-guests.html' title='We Have Some Awesome Cabin Guests'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SHE0W7cNGaI/AAAAAAAAAYs/ONpo463K_Vo/s72-c/IMG_1815.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6863443593017630017</id><published>2008-07-04T14:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:15:30.491-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><title type='text'>All That's Missing is You</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SG55Q8ZXvkI/AAAAAAAAAX8/qTAWF3wKlUI/s1600-h/IMG_1746.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SG55Q8ZXvkI/AAAAAAAAAX8/qTAWF3wKlUI/s320/IMG_1746.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;I took this on Wednesday evening. This is typical of the beautiful sunsets we enjoy here all year. 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Wow, what a month we had!  We are so thankful that this year's weather has been perfect for lake activities. We still have plenty of opening throughout the summer, and special weekday pricing on many of our cabins make a visit to Arrowhead ideal for a cheap mini-vacation. Come on down; the water's cool and inviting!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2706923847272069335?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2706923847272069335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2706923847272069335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2706923847272069335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2706923847272069335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/06/looking-back.html' title='Looking Back'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2507084988150918880</id><published>2008-06-04T14:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T09:40:21.554-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Specials'/><title type='text'>2008 Summer Weekend Specials</title><content type='html'>We have special pricing for a few cabins on select weekends:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Double Cabins&lt;/strong&gt; $149.00 per night June 6 &amp;amp; 7 or June 27 &amp;amp; 28. Two night minimum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Family Cottage&lt;/strong&gt; $189.00 per night Thursday &amp;amp; Friday June 5 &amp;amp; 6. Two night minimum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bird's Nest Cabins&lt;/strong&gt; $99.00 per night June 6 &amp;amp; 7, July 18 &amp;amp; 19. Two night minimum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You must ask for the special pricing and stay the minimum number of nights to receive the discount.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2507084988150918880?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2507084988150918880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2507084988150918880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2507084988150918880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2507084988150918880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/06/2008-summer-weekend-specials.html' title='2008 Summer Weekend Specials'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8205298345825946765</id><published>2008-05-31T08:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T08:17:54.884-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Activities'/><title type='text'>OMG It's Summer</title><content type='html'>How did it sneak up on us? It seems like one day we were enjoying Spring rains and cool nights, then suddenly the sun came out. Memorial weekend was one of the busiest on the lake in quite sometime. It's great to see that people are getting away, even if it's only for a few days at the lake. There were TONS of boats on the water. The great thing about Lake Whitney is that there is plenty of recreation that isn't hard on the pocketbook. &lt;br /&gt;Here's my top ten list of cheap entertainment at the lake for summer:&lt;br /&gt;10. Firefly catching&lt;br /&gt;9.  Swimming in the lake or in our pool&lt;br /&gt;8.  Fossil hunting&lt;br /&gt;7.  Fishing&lt;br /&gt;6.  Canoeing&lt;br /&gt;5.  Geocaching&lt;br /&gt;4.  Biking&lt;br /&gt;3.  Photography&lt;br /&gt;2.  Sunset watching&lt;br /&gt;1.  Just hanging out with people you love&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8205298345825946765?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8205298345825946765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8205298345825946765' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8205298345825946765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8205298345825946765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/05/omg-its-summer.html' title='OMG It&apos;s Summer'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-130049394764108207</id><published>2008-05-04T18:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:14:35.727-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dixie'/><title type='text'>Meet Dixie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SB5InvdYnnI/AAAAAAAAAWw/i3LkGFahyX4/s1600-h/IMG_1601.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SB5InvdYnnI/AAAAAAAAAWw/i3LkGFahyX4/s320/IMG_1601.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Crystal has a new friend! Her full name is Dixon's Slick Charlotte. We thought we'd call her Charlotte, but after meeting her this afternoon we are thinking Dixie suits her better. She's almost 12, the same height as Crystal, but a little thinner. Okay, a lot thinner. She needs some TLC, but we have plenty of that around here. We'll post updates as we get to know her better. &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-130049394764108207?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/130049394764108207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=130049394764108207' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/130049394764108207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/130049394764108207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/05/meet-dixie.html' title='Meet Dixie'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SB5InvdYnnI/AAAAAAAAAWw/i3LkGFahyX4/s72-c/IMG_1601.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8324733879594926927</id><published>2008-04-17T15:30:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:12:00.478-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hoover'/><title type='text'>Tribute to Hoover</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAfSiYEoqlI/AAAAAAAAAV0/vQ9NfXaMLZs/s1600-h/hoover903.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190348583587064402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAfSiYEoqlI/AAAAAAAAAV0/vQ9NfXaMLZs/s320/hoover903.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; For all the goofy things you did, for all the times you made us laugh, or brought a smile to a child's face we will miss you buddy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190350104005487234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAfT64EoqoI/AAAAAAAAAWM/QPSVbX4WHHI/s320/roseanna.JPG" border="0" /&gt; Hoover came to us in July 2000. We think he was almost 20 then. His first night here he scared me to death when I literally stumbled on him laying down in the dark. We have never had a horse that liked to lay down quite so much. He instantly fit right in with Shy and Dottie, happily letting them boss him around . He taught them to lay down for naps (as well as every other horse we've ever had.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190594766817503922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAiycIEoqrI/AAAAAAAAAWk/pEt28CZphGs/s320/HOOVER.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was a born follower and Alyssa had to spend a great deal of time at first teaching him to leave the property to go on trail rides alone. He finally gained enough confidence in Alyssa to go anywhere she wanted him to go. He loved to do new things and was curious about everything that went on around him. He sometimes met other horses he did not like... &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Leggit&lt;/span&gt; at first and most recently little Tex. I think he actually preferred the company of people. He especially loved children. He would stand for hours at the front office allowing the smallest of children to pet and brush him. He almost seemed to delight in showing off for kids by pulling my plants out of pots or slurping Coke from their hands. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190586808243104418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAirM4EoqqI/AAAAAAAAAWc/nPG22Yio3k8/s320/PB230127.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Of all the horses we had here with Hoover he liked Jack the best. Shy and Dottie's &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;passings&lt;/span&gt; did not seem to really phase him much. But Jack's sense of discipline suited Hoover perfectly. Here was another horse he could respect, but who would let him lay in the sun for an hour if he felt like it, one old guy patiently standing guard while the other rested. When we lost Jack last August Hoover never seemed to recover his spirit. There was no one to lead the way, no one standing watch while he slept. He laid down less and ate less. He felt the need to try to lead Chloe and Crystal around which did not really suit him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190350984473782930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAfUuIEoqpI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GgpN5xNT0Go/s320/IMG_0337.JPG" border="0" /&gt; I could tell stories about my friend Hoover for days. Maybe someday I'll write a book about him and all that he meant to people whose lives he touched here. In the mean time, ask me about him and I'll be happy to tell you about Hoover the Mover. We think he loved his life here and was loved by many. Thank you, old guy, for all that you meant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Unfortunately without Hoover and Jack, we are discontinuing pony rides. We will still bring Crystal out for kids to love on, brush, and braid. We hope soon to have another miniature horse to keep her company. In the meantime, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Chloe&lt;/span&gt; is here for a few more weeks until she leaves for her new life with the Brown family.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8324733879594926927?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8324733879594926927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8324733879594926927' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8324733879594926927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8324733879594926927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/04/tribute-to-hoover.html' title='Tribute to Hoover'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAfSiYEoqlI/AAAAAAAAAV0/vQ9NfXaMLZs/s72-c/hoover903.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6476579889600328396</id><published>2008-04-13T12:31:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T14:15:16.777-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wildlife Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peacock pictures'/><title type='text'>Kristy's Pics</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Kristy Hinton took these beautiful pictures yesterday. We've been trying to get pictures of our elusive bluebirds for a couple of years, but they don't usually pose long enough to get a good shot. This colorful guy sat on the top of a sign post enjoying the sunshine long enough for Kristi to work wonders with her zoom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDd4EoqiI/AAAAAAAAAVc/rXG61U5r-B0/s1600-h/DSC02356.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDd4EoqiI/AAAAAAAAAVc/rXG61U5r-B0/s320/DSC02356.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDeYEoqjI/AAAAAAAAAVk/bzgzVMod0dk/s1600-h/DSC02361.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDeYEoqjI/AAAAAAAAAVk/bzgzVMod0dk/s320/DSC02361.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDcoEoqhI/AAAAAAAAAVU/OAoV4Vs-MLA/s1600-h/DSC02350.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDcoEoqhI/AAAAAAAAAVU/OAoV4Vs-MLA/s320/DSC02350.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6476579889600328396?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6476579889600328396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6476579889600328396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6476579889600328396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6476579889600328396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/04/kristis-pics.html' title='Kristy&apos;s Pics'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/SAJDd4EoqiI/AAAAAAAAAVc/rXG61U5r-B0/s72-c/DSC02356.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7863845048354806373</id><published>2008-04-08T19:31:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T19:41:10.202-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Specials'/><title type='text'>Wildflower Special</title><content type='html'>It's officially wildflower season and we want to help you find an excuse to head this way to see the colors. For the next two weeks we're offering the following specials:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All two night stays in Double Cabins come with a $25 gift certificate to be used on store purchases, boat rentals, or in the restaurant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All stays in the Family Cottage come with free movies and free canoe rentals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Regular Singles are off peak price of $79&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7863845048354806373?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7863845048354806373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7863845048354806373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7863845048354806373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7863845048354806373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/04/wildflower-special.html' title='Wildflower Special'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1320021265383826915</id><published>2008-04-01T08:45:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T08:49:29.149-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants'/><title type='text'>Comments from a Motocross Mom's Blog</title><content type='html'>We stumbled across this on  moto mom's blog about her family's visit to Lake Whitney Motorcross Park for the recent Spring Nationals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We went to the market and then we drove to see Lake Whitney. It was so beautiful... a huge lake and a perfect day to be on it. [89 degrees]&lt;br /&gt;After we left, I said let's get some Chinese food at&lt;br /&gt;[are you ready for this?] &lt;br /&gt;at the Shell Gas Station!!!  A Chinese family runs a Chinese food, mini market, gas station right by the track.  I had to go there a few days ago and the food looked really good.  You know its good when the locals are in there eating it.  [They also served fried catfish, clams, burgers etc... but everyone was eating the Chinese food]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OMG!!!!!!!!!! That was the BEST Chinese food I have EVER eaten!!! I swear...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sam groaned "Oh Great now I will have to hear you say... The best Chinese food I have ever had came from a Shell Gas Station deep in the heart of Texas"&lt;br /&gt;I said "Would I be lying?"&lt;br /&gt;he laughed "No... it was really good"&lt;br /&gt;The weirdest part tho was hearing a Chinese person say&lt;br /&gt;"Thanks for coming, Ya'all!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1320021265383826915?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://journals.aol.com:80/slyracing1/Motomom/' title='Comments from a Motocross Mom&apos;s Blog'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1320021265383826915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1320021265383826915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1320021265383826915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1320021265383826915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/04/comments-from-motocross-moms-blog.html' title='Comments from a Motocross Mom&apos;s Blog'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6719337278000553011</id><published>2008-03-30T10:35:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:16:33.475-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><title type='text'>Sights and Sounds</title><content type='html'>This was a quiet week following the crazy Spring Break week and Easter weekend. I went for a walk to let the horses out this morning and thought I'd share a few things along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4187eabe6b220262" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4187eabe6b220262%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330304673%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D25E634F90A8F97532348BE9AAA4729F188E64129.8628A2E99158778E29165DF96A4510D1E30645F9%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4187eabe6b220262%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DjeArwYTkY_nQEA8jMiA0TyXiDZw&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v18.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4187eabe6b220262%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330304673%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D25E634F90A8F97532348BE9AAA4729F188E64129.8628A2E99158778E29165DF96A4510D1E30645F9%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4187eabe6b220262%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DjeArwYTkY_nQEA8jMiA0TyXiDZw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6719337278000553011?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=4187eabe6b220262&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6719337278000553011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6719337278000553011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6719337278000553011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6719337278000553011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/sights-and-sounds.html' title='Sights and Sounds'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5225339231467044332</id><published>2008-03-23T10:52:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:36:52.301-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wildlife Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildflowers'/><title type='text'>The First Weekend of Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6vaVbb62n94/R-Z9yQ8EpfI/AAAAAAAAAC8/eKc8XWyewWM/s1600-h/spring2008_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180966723830195698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px" height="175" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6vaVbb62n94/R-Z9yQ8EpfI/AAAAAAAAAC8/eKc8XWyewWM/s320/spring2008_3.jpg" width="265" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ....and how odd that it is also Easter Weekend. Mother Nature could not have provided a more beautiful window into the early equinox season. So beautiful and peaceful was it at Arrowhead Resort that I was forced - - yes &lt;em&gt;FORCED&lt;/em&gt; - - to deploy my hammock on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. I just had to share the view from the hammock, but more importantly, I wanted to let everyone know that it is time to get out of the house and start enjoying all of the gifts that Springtime in Texas offers to those who appreciate this time of year. There were a few boaters on the lake this weekend - not many, but a handful who were enjoying the weekend &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;afloat&lt;/span&gt; on beautiful Lake Whitney. &lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6vaVbb62n94/R-Z_dQ8EpgI/AAAAAAAAADE/GIlJaMYJyTw/s1600-h/bluebonnet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180968562076198402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="190" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_6vaVbb62n94/R-Z_dQ8EpgI/AAAAAAAAADE/GIlJaMYJyTw/s320/bluebonnet.jpg" width="211" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The birds are absolutely singing their hearts out, and there is a woodpecker in the distance that helps them to keep their beat. And, yes, I have seen the goats. (They were not singing, however. I am not sure what THAT sound was.) With the first weekend of Spring, everyone knows what is next. I went on a hunt for Texas' state flower here on the property and I did not have to walk far before I found a lone Bluebonnet.....no doubt an early riser.... on the north side of the property. The picture isn't great because all I had was my cell phone with me to take the photo with. We have had a pretty rainy spring, so I would expect that this is only the beginning and we should very soon see that blanket of blue spread across many of the acres here at Arrowhead. There was no where else on earth I would have rather been than at Arrowhead this weekend. And, if you are like me, you are somewhat startled by the incredible gas prices we are seeing around Texas. If the price of gas and travel have taken the beach or Disneyland off of your vacation calendar this year, why not stay closer to home and spend a week at Arrowhead on Lake Whitney? You will be glad you did.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5225339231467044332?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5225339231467044332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5225339231467044332' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5225339231467044332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5225339231467044332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-weekend-of-spring.html' title='The First Weekend of Spring'/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10463969849495102582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6vaVbb62n94/SPlDdxuqnMI/AAAAAAAAADY/QguWdtUdqYY/S220/06_Dodge_ChargerSRT8_24.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_6vaVbb62n94/R-Z9yQ8EpfI/AAAAAAAAAC8/eKc8XWyewWM/s72-c/spring2008_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1037565308100041095</id><published>2008-03-19T13:37:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:16:14.253-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goats'/><title type='text'>Visiting Pygmies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R-FdX4pUJCI/AAAAAAAAAVA/SYaF3gvJcco/s1600-h/IMG_1501.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R-FdX4pUJCI/AAAAAAAAAVA/SYaF3gvJcco/s320/IMG_1501.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have some interesting visitors from Stephenville for a few weeks. These are Alyssa's goats. Left to right, Gizmo, Smoke, and Socks. They came to help clean up the small pasture, which has too many acorns, pecans, and stuff the horses don't need to be eating. They have made themselves right at home in the red shed that used to be Crystal's house. They are a little timid so far, but I suspect that will change once they get used to the place. &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1037565308100041095?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1037565308100041095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1037565308100041095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1037565308100041095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1037565308100041095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/visiting-pygmies.html' title='Visiting Pygmies'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R-FdX4pUJCI/AAAAAAAAAVA/SYaF3gvJcco/s72-c/IMG_1501.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6755740289728900136</id><published>2008-03-18T10:26:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T18:03:43.425-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire safety'/><title type='text'>Fire Safety</title><content type='html'>After another late night last night because a guest had a fire going and we were afraid to sleep, we decided it was time to explain ourselves a bit in regards to campfires. We have also created a &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/fire.htm"&gt;fire safety&lt;/a&gt; page on the website to help you know what is ok and what IS NOT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what you need to know about fire danger where we live.&lt;br /&gt;1.) Our firefighters are all volunteer and often take more than 30 minutes to respond to calls in rural areas like ours.&lt;br /&gt;2.) There's no fire hydrant nearby.&lt;br /&gt;3.) Our cabins are wood structures, surrounded by trees.&lt;br /&gt;4.) Our property consists of 22 wooded acres, surrounded by federal land that is densely wooded and/or brushy and cannot be mowed or trimmed in any way to lower the fire risk.&lt;br /&gt;5.) Your weather is not our weather. We often get far less rain than areas both north and south of us.&lt;br /&gt;6.) Our county lives under a burn ban about 70% of the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we ask that you not have fires, it is not only for your safety, it's for the safety of those around you and for the protection of our livlihood.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6755740289728900136?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6755740289728900136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6755740289728900136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6755740289728900136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6755740289728900136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/fire-safety.html' title='Fire Safety'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2170670387757801963</id><published>2008-03-11T16:41:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:29:10.290-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bunkhouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><title type='text'>Cabin 16 (The Bunkhouse) is Finished</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b-YYpUJBI/AAAAAAAAAU4/gMYhEKVmxn0/s1600-h/IMG_1492.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176604516595016722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b-YYpUJBI/AAAAAAAAAU4/gMYhEKVmxn0/s320/IMG_1492.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b90opUJAI/AAAAAAAAAUw/Kex_WIXSCwY/s1600-h/IMG_1491.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176603902414693378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b90opUJAI/AAAAAAAAAUw/Kex_WIXSCwY/s320/IMG_1491.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8mIpUI9I/AAAAAAAAAUY/VQDa1IEBIvY/s1600-h/IMG_1498.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8mIpUI9I/AAAAAAAAAUY/VQDa1IEBIvY/s320/IMG_1498.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8n4pUI_I/AAAAAAAAAUo/oede43EqYqA/s1600-h/IMG_1494.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8n4pUI_I/AAAAAAAAAUo/oede43EqYqA/s320/IMG_1494.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8m4pUI-I/AAAAAAAAAUg/5k_2OdW5VOU/s1600-h/IMG_1497.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8m4pUI-I/AAAAAAAAAUg/5k_2OdW5VOU/s320/IMG_1497.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8lYpUI8I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/FQddxfemba8/s1600-h/IMG_1499.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b8lYpUI8I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/FQddxfemba8/s320/IMG_1499.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both"&gt;The Bunkhouse now features a fully accessible shower with safety bars and an ADA approved toilet. Not to mention the facelift the whole bathroom got! In case you forgot what it looked like before, the pre-destruction pictures were posted in February. Click on the Bunkhouse link to the right to see how different it looks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2170670387757801963?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2170670387757801963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2170670387757801963' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2170670387757801963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2170670387757801963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/cabin-16-bunkhouse-is-finished.html' title='Cabin 16 (The Bunkhouse) is Finished'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R9b-YYpUJBI/AAAAAAAAAU4/gMYhEKVmxn0/s72-c/IMG_1492.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4542786345495817914</id><published>2008-03-09T10:20:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-09T11:00:54.615-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><title type='text'>Finding the Perfect Place to Stay</title><content type='html'>Many of you know that Gary &amp;amp; I travel when we aren't here at Arrowhead hosting travelers. Of course that doesn't happen often enough, so when we can't travel, we read about traveling. We read blogs, message boards, magazines, and online reviews. We scour the Internet for interesting places to stay, near us and far flung.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are our recent observations:&lt;br /&gt;1) We should find ways to travel more- even if it's just for a couple of nights at a time.&lt;br /&gt;2) More businesses should build blogs so you feel up to the minute about what's going on at their location.&lt;br /&gt;3) We should all remember that a few pitfalls serve to make your journey a better story to tell.&lt;br /&gt;4) It's rare for two travelers to see the same place or event in the same light. A good example of this was found in a review I recently read about scuba diving in Belize. The reviewer was not pleased with her dive trip because it involved a one hour boat ride to get to the dive site. Gary and I have been fortunate enough to have been on that same trip. The diving was fantastic, but that boat ride was the icing on the cake! Tiny islands dotted the ocean, some with one palm tree, some with nothing but sand. It was the ride of a lifetime. Maybe the reviewer was just having a bad day.&lt;br /&gt;5) It's easy to build a great website; it's hard to build a great hospitality business. &lt;br /&gt;6) There are some really interesting places to stay in Texas; we've got lots of competition to keep us on our toes.&lt;br /&gt;7) We sometimes stay at those look-alike highway hotels for convenience, but life is really too short to &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; stay inside the box. We usually enjoy our travels more when we step outside the Comfort/LaQuinta zone.&lt;br /&gt;8) Research, research, research. See observation #5.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4542786345495817914?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4542786345495817914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4542786345495817914' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4542786345495817914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4542786345495817914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/finding-perfect-place-to-stay.html' title='Finding the Perfect Place to Stay'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5222176426492015297</id><published>2008-03-04T12:59:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-03-09T11:01:30.656-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><title type='text'>What a beautiful day at Arrowhead. We weathered yesterday's storms-no snow here. This weekend looks like a great one, so come on down and forget about all those politcians and news people talking about politicians.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5222176426492015297?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5222176426492015297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5222176426492015297' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5222176426492015297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5222176426492015297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-beautiful-day-at-arrowhead-we.html' title='What a beautiful day at Arrowhead. We weathered yesterday&apos;s storms-no snow here. This weekend looks like a great one, so come on down and forget about all those politcians and news people talking about politicians.'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7109275590505161718</id><published>2008-02-25T08:43:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:16:27.450-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bunkhouse'/><title type='text'>Getting Close to Completion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R8LUDvGFCuI/AAAAAAAAAUI/T1rQd_II8m8/s1600-h/IMG_1464.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R8LUDvGFCuI/AAAAAAAAAUI/T1rQd_II8m8/s320/IMG_1464.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;The wheelchair accessible shower for #16 is in- we're down to finish work which should be done this week. This has been a bigger job than we really anticipated. Anytime you start ripping out old stuff and replacing it with new things get complicated. The biggest complication was creating a bigger shower in the space where a small one used to be. It sounds simple, except that all the DIY stuff at Lowes and HD is designed to certain specs that would not fit. Anyway, we now have a custom shower that we think everyone will love! I suspect people with reunions may now fight to stay in the Bunkhouse just because of the shower. If you are thinking of planning a reunion, come by for a look at the new bathroom and we'll give you a tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another note, the purple martins are here! We talked about them yesterday and this morning here they are. I saw six sitting on a wire next to the big bird condo by the pool and saw several more flying near the smaller house at the Bunkhouse. They looked tired, but excited to be back in their warm season home. &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7109275590505161718?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7109275590505161718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7109275590505161718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7109275590505161718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7109275590505161718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/02/getting-close-to-completion.html' title='Getting Close to Completion'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R8LUDvGFCuI/AAAAAAAAAUI/T1rQd_II8m8/s72-c/IMG_1464.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1317119486539693624</id><published>2008-02-21T10:07:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-21T10:49:41.089-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='employment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Staff'/><title type='text'>Arrowhead Seeking Work Campers</title><content type='html'>What is work camping? Simply put, it's living from an RV while working or volunteering. Arrowhead has utilized the strengths of work campers in the past and hopes to do so again this season.&lt;br /&gt;We are currently seeking a couple with the following combined abilities:&lt;br /&gt;1) physically fit enough for heavy maintenance work like tree-trimming, and grounds work, and floor maintenance&lt;br /&gt;2) people oriented enough for guest relations&lt;br /&gt;3) food oriented enough for restaurant work&lt;br /&gt;Total hours to be worked would be approximately 15-20 paid hours per week at $8.50 per hour, plus 10 hours traded for site. The trade hours are a benefit to both of us because no taxes are due on those hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do we offer?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full hook up RV site&lt;br /&gt;free use of laundry facilities&lt;br /&gt;free meal on Friday night&lt;br /&gt;free wi-fi&lt;br /&gt;year end completion bonus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interested? &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/contact.htm"&gt;Contact us&lt;/a&gt; and we'll talk.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1317119486539693624?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1317119486539693624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1317119486539693624' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1317119486539693624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1317119486539693624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/02/arrowhead-seeking-work-campers.html' title='Arrowhead Seeking Work Campers'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6591693510237481623</id><published>2008-02-15T11:03:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-15T11:11:35.261-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Specials'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><title type='text'>Not Too Late</title><content type='html'>It's not to late to celebrate a little romance this weekend. This weekend is PERFECT for couples. Our weather is supposed to be slightly better than most of North Texas, with lower rainfall totals and warmer temps expected. We still have one &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/cabins.htm"&gt;Deluxe Single&lt;/a&gt; and one &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/cabins.htm"&gt;Regular Single&lt;/a&gt;, either one perfect for a cozy weekend. We offer free video rentals anytime it's raining, and we have our 15% off special good through the 16th on all two night stays. The discount is on your entire bill-- dinner, souvenirs, everything!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't find a sitter for the kids? The &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/cabins.htm"&gt;Family Cottage&lt;/a&gt; is available-- complete with DVD, satellite TV, full kitchen, and gas fireplace. Come on down and have a fun weekend with your family.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6591693510237481623?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6591693510237481623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6591693510237481623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6591693510237481623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6591693510237481623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/02/not-too-late.html' title='Not Too Late'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4329138359731481357</id><published>2008-02-13T10:27:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T10:34:23.941-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wildlife Watching'/><title type='text'>We See the Strangest Things Here</title><content type='html'>Here's proof that you should always carry a camera with you when you are at Arrowhead. (Advice I should follow myself.) Yesterday evening Gary &amp;amp; I were preparing to close up the office when he spotted a deer through the restaurant windows, just below the building. We both carefully moved closer to the windows to get a look. A single doe was standing near the fence watching something at the base of the building, with great attention. Suddenly she bolted across the road and into the woods. At the same time we saw movement below us on the ground-- one of the pea hens was running in the direction of the spot where the deer had been. As soon as the deer ran away, the hen turned around, satisfied that she had chased away a viscious predator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peacocks with attutude! Maybe that explains why the deer keep their distance from the cabin areas-- that's peacock territory.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4329138359731481357?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4329138359731481357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4329138359731481357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4329138359731481357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4329138359731481357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/02/we-see-strangest-things-here.html' title='We See the Strangest Things Here'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-3940950407008099798</id><published>2008-02-08T10:15:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T10:26:03.499-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasons'/><title type='text'>Spring is Spreading Its Wings.</title><content type='html'>Wow! Have we had Spring weather or what?! Of course that means the wind has been blowing a bit, but most days this week it has been hard to believe that it's February. Yesterday morning on my walk to work I was greeted by a pair of bluebirds, numerous mockingbirds, wrens, and a cardinal. All were waiting patiently in line for a drink at the office bird bath. I guess it's time to clean out the martin houses; they should be arriving soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides the birds, we have had a virtual parade of deer for the past couple of weeks. There's a group of four to seven that pretty much call the fringes of our property home. We have seen them everyday and at all times of the day. On Wednesday of this week Gary and I went for a walk at dusk and startled a young deer silouetted against the fading night sky right in front of cabin #1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven't been across the road to check on blue bonnet growth, but will do that next week. It would be hard to top last year's display, but conditions have been pretty favorable this year.&lt;br /&gt;I will keep you posted.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-3940950407008099798?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/3940950407008099798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=3940950407008099798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3940950407008099798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3940950407008099798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/02/spring-is-spreading-its-wings.html' title='Spring is Spreading Its Wings.'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4423441337451822787</id><published>2008-02-02T10:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T10:15:15.329-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bunkhouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><title type='text'>Changes in the Bunkhouse</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SYBPi7tPI/AAAAAAAAAS4/w29_MlgaT6I/s1600-h/IMG_1412.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SYBPi7tPI/AAAAAAAAAS4/w29_MlgaT6I/s160/IMG_1412.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZGvi7tQI/AAAAAAAAATA/bPARrNd2cQ0/s1600-h/IMG_1416.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162419413994681602" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZGvi7tQI/AAAAAAAAATA/bPARrNd2cQ0/s200/IMG_1416.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big changes are underway in the Bunkhouse. Here's the bathroom as it was before. I barely got these pictures made before the destruction began. In fact you'll notice that the light switch cover is already missing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the destruction phase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZz_i7tRI/AAAAAAAAATI/56QANjZAWsU/s1600-h/IMG_1418.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162420191383762194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZz_i7tRI/AAAAAAAAATI/56QANjZAWsU/s200/IMG_1418.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZ0fi7tSI/AAAAAAAAATQ/zL20ePAIfxo/s1600-h/IMG_1419.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162420199973696802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZ0fi7tSI/AAAAAAAAATQ/zL20ePAIfxo/s200/IMG_1419.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZ0vi7tTI/AAAAAAAAATY/Y6W4E-RaYOA/s1600-h/IMG_1422.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162420204268664114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SZ0vi7tTI/AAAAAAAAATY/Y6W4E-RaYOA/s200/IMG_1422.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And the do-over begins! We'll keep you posted with more pictures as we make progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4423441337451822787?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4423441337451822787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4423441337451822787' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4423441337451822787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4423441337451822787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/02/changes-in-bunkhouse.html' title='Changes in the Bunkhouse'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R6SYBPi7tPI/AAAAAAAAAS4/w29_MlgaT6I/s72-c/IMG_1412.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2378643830725245811</id><published>2008-01-31T14:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T14:21:14.231-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Specials'/><title type='text'>Valentine Specials</title><content type='html'>Just a quick reminder about our specials good from 2/01/08 to 2/16/08. All 2 night stays are eligible for a 15% on the total bill. That means you can order flowers for the room, cookies, wine, rent videos, or take a canoe ride all at a discounted price! Call us today at 888-412-3044, ext 5 or click &lt;a href="http://www.availabilityonline.com/availtable.asp?un=gmcrow"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to check availability.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2378643830725245811?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2378643830725245811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2378643830725245811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2378643830725245811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2378643830725245811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/01/valentine-specials.html' title='Valentine Specials'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1937780466949341279</id><published>2008-01-14T10:10:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:18:35.806-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crystal'/><title type='text'>Feeling Pretty Perky</title><content type='html'>Crystal here. Could we ask for better weather or what? I remember that ice storm from last winter. Whew! Glad we haven't had any of that! I am loving this weather. My friend Chloe is here for awhile so that we can fatten her up. She hurt her leg back in November and had to take so much medicine that she quit eating! OMG! I can't imagine EVER being that sick. Anyway, it's fun having her here. I'll show her how to EAT. Hoover and I really miss Jack, but we've had plenty of company lately. Over Christmas it was a real zoo here. Leggit and Chloe came home from college and they brought this new guy named Tex. He's kind of cute, but I let him know right away that I was the only miniature allowed to post on the blog. Here's some video of him on YouTube.&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FOF_rXC60QY&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FOF_rXC60QY&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1937780466949341279?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1937780466949341279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1937780466949341279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1937780466949341279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1937780466949341279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/01/feeling-pretty-perky.html' title='Feeling Pretty Perky'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7702385132514753344</id><published>2008-01-03T10:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T10:58:57.407-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comments'/><title type='text'>A Note From a Customer Over the New Year's Holiday</title><content type='html'>I hope I have cared for your cabin in the way you'd hope. I enjoyed my stay and have plans to come back. Thank you for this quiet place to escape the city world. Bring me back to my roots. May this year be such a blessed ans awesome shared gift for the many that come and stay. I thank you for the welcome of the candle lit and the cabin warmth upon arrival. The charm of it all was great.&lt;br /&gt;Debbie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7702385132514753344?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7702385132514753344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7702385132514753344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7702385132514753344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7702385132514753344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/01/note-from-customer-over-new-years.html' title='A Note From a Customer Over the New Year&apos;s Holiday'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2873076002156435718</id><published>2008-01-03T08:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T10:24:13.965-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Specials'/><title type='text'>Happy New Year</title><content type='html'>Wow! It's really here! We are excited about 2008, and hope that you are too. Why? There's a feeling of completeness when you put one year to rest and begin another, especially when a year brings challenges like those we faced in 2007 with not so great weather and poor media coverage of our flood control here at Lake Whitney during the past summer. Add to that the changes we had in our lives in 2007 like a daughter at college, our first year without our long-time friend and Assistant Manager Mark, the building of Dad's shop, and the loss of our horse friend Jack, and we were quite ready to see the end of the year. But we are geared up and ready for whatever 2008 has in store for us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We checked the weather forecast for the weekend and decided it was time for the year's first special. Saturday's high temperature is going to be in the 70's, so we're celebrating with a 15% off weekend! The discount applies not only to your cabin rental, but to your entire bill: food, gift shop purchases, canoe rentals, pony rides, all of it, when you rent any cabin for Friday or Saturday night, or both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just call 888-412-3044, ext. 5, ask for the special and we'll fix you up with the perfect cabin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2873076002156435718?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2873076002156435718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2873076002156435718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2873076002156435718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2873076002156435718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2699100393184917968</id><published>2007-12-17T09:24:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-12-17T09:42:11.265-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crystal'/><title type='text'>Crystal's Baby</title><content type='html'>This is a hard post for me to write. I've already put it off for two weeks. I think what makes it hardest is that we didn't lose a horse, but the promise of new life. Crystal lost her foal early this  month. Luckily she was in Alyssa's capable care while we were on vacation. She handled everything like a pro, making sure that Crystal had no complications. There was no indication of a reason; these things just happen. Apparently with miniatures it often happens late in pregnancy. We are sad that we won't have a little one around to raise this spring, but thankful that our chubby friend is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ok&lt;/span&gt;. It's funny to watch her now with more energy than she's had in months. We had gotten used to the slowed down version of Crystal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life doesn't always bring what we expect, but we do our best to find the bright spots in what we do get. Please join us when you can.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2699100393184917968?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2699100393184917968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2699100393184917968' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2699100393184917968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2699100393184917968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/12/crystals-baby.html' title='Crystal&apos;s Baby'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6377451493448812158</id><published>2007-11-27T14:22:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:19:11.936-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wildlife Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Turkey Day at Arrowhead</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R0x-Pl4DCMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/zpN6cpEMNFI/s1600-h/IMG_0830.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137620081253222594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R0x-Pl4DCMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/zpN6cpEMNFI/s320/IMG_0830.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a shot of Gary doing his thing last Thursday. He only had 4 turkeys to fry this year, which is fewer that normal. We fry a turkey or two for our own family and friends that are having dinner with us, plus any turkeys that our cabin guests want fried. The weather wasn't perfect, but there was some sunshine for afternoon walks before the Cowboy game. If you missed Thanksgiving at Arrowhead this year, think about it for next year. We always have a few families that meet in the middle here when half live south and half live north.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another note, we saw a bald eagle soaring over the dam yesterday. It was a spectacular site. We'll be looking for them in the big cottonwood now that all the leaves are falling.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6377451493448812158?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6377451493448812158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6377451493448812158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6377451493448812158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6377451493448812158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/11/turkey-day-at-arrowhead.html' title='Turkey Day at Arrowhead'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R0x-Pl4DCMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/zpN6cpEMNFI/s72-c/IMG_0830.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-3349264161115424123</id><published>2007-11-14T17:37:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:51:42.360-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cabin 4'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><title type='text'>Ta Da!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuGx3AGwnI/AAAAAAAAAIA/gzKKEOqW9dQ/s1600-h/IMG_0822.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuGx3AGwnI/AAAAAAAAAIA/gzKKEOqW9dQ/s320/IMG_0822.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'd like to introduce you to the new Cabin # 4. It took a little over two months, and we still have about a day's work of finish work, but here are the results of our labor. &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132847148823921298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuJSXAGwpI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/hfG524jcbgQ/s200/IMG_0817.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuIAnAGwoI/AAAAAAAAAII/6LloVhVcWgg/s1600-h/IMG_0821.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132845744369615490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuIAnAGwoI/AAAAAAAAAII/6LloVhVcWgg/s320/IMG_0821.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The list of what's new includes: new 2 person Jacuzzi tub, new vinyl flooring in bathroom, new carpet, new comforter, new curtains, new light fixtures over tub and in bathroom, new wall coverings surrounding the tub, new wiring and plumbing for tub (duh!), new cabinet for fridge, microwave, &amp;amp; TV, and a whole new way to enjoy the lake. &lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuKmHAGwrI/AAAAAAAAAIg/JLrStFRJZeY/s1600-h/IMG_0820.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132848587637965490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" height="218" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuKmHAGwrI/AAAAAAAAAIg/JLrStFRJZeY/s200/IMG_0820.JPG" width="250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;A big thanks to my dad for all his hard work. We could have never done it without him! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Visit the cabin page at &lt;a href="http://www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/cabins.htm"&gt;www.arrowheadatlakewhitney.com/cabins.htm&lt;/a&gt; to check availability and book your stay in the new Jacuzzi Cabin today!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-3349264161115424123?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/3349264161115424123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=3349264161115424123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3349264161115424123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/3349264161115424123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/11/ta-da.html' title='Ta Da!'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzuGx3AGwnI/AAAAAAAAAIA/gzKKEOqW9dQ/s72-c/IMG_0822.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-239832312158188385</id><published>2007-11-09T17:29:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T15:19:49.926-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><title type='text'>Blue Man Group Paints Arrowhead Swimming Pool</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzTx4_rxSgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/LmT0wDxHa8k/s1600-h/IMG_0810.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130991836951824898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzTx4_rxSgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/LmT0wDxHa8k/s320/IMG_0810.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The picture above is after the scraping, but before the new paint. Below is the completed and filled pool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R0x3AF4DCKI/AAAAAAAAAIo/hF8bd1IG5V0/s1600-h/IMG_0839.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137612118383855778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/R0x3AF4DCKI/AAAAAAAAAIo/hF8bd1IG5V0/s200/IMG_0839.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, so it wasn't the Blue Man Group. It was just Gary &amp;amp; Mel and we weren't totally covered in blue paint, but let's just say that there was paint that didn't make it onto the pool surface. In case you are curious, here are the stats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days it took to scrape, sand, and grind the old surface: 10 we think&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of times the pool got washed: 5 at least&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of gallons of paint: 10-- 1 to prime, 1 to trim around the tiles, 2 on the walls, and 6 on the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time available to get each gallon of epoxy on the wall after it gets mixed and before it turns to rock: 60 minutes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of hours required to paint the final coat: 3.5 we think-- time flies when you're having fun with epoxy fumes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of days we will pray for no rain: 5 at least, but 10 would be better&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pairs of shoes going in the trash because they are covered in blue paint: 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Number of times that we wished Mark was here to help: lost count.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Years that Arrowhead guests can enjoy the pool before we do it again: 4 or 5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a really good look at the sparkling clean pool watch the video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-464c5844a92c1859" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D464c5844a92c1859%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330304673%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D7E9024638E84B0A48F7054108DD32D11A496F27E.3826DF5403DD8C8B886E2E30A4A47FB49D9A3788%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D464c5844a92c1859%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DxXUroDHnW7C5UzI3x8uNJlPjxr4&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v12.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D464c5844a92c1859%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330304673%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D7E9024638E84B0A48F7054108DD32D11A496F27E.3826DF5403DD8C8B886E2E30A4A47FB49D9A3788%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D464c5844a92c1859%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DxXUroDHnW7C5UzI3x8uNJlPjxr4&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-239832312158188385?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=464c5844a92c1859&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/239832312158188385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=239832312158188385' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/239832312158188385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/239832312158188385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/11/blue-man-group-paints-arrowhead.html' title='Blue Man Group Paints Arrowhead Swimming Pool'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RzTx4_rxSgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/LmT0wDxHa8k/s72-c/IMG_0810.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-9010861410996706492</id><published>2007-11-05T07:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T08:05:45.356-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><title type='text'>Cabin 4 Almost Finished</title><content type='html'>We are very close to being finished with the complete makeover of #4. We'll have photos later this week, but we can let you in on the secret now: Deluxe Single #4 is becoming Deluxe Jacuzzi Single. Where the kitchen was, there is now a beautiful corner tub. The room has new carpet and bed linens, and is supplied with lush premium towels and even Arrowhead's custom bath salts. Stay tuned for pics, but don't wait too long to make your reservation for a warm way to enjoy Lake Whitney this winter.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-9010861410996706492?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/9010861410996706492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=9010861410996706492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/9010861410996706492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/9010861410996706492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/11/cabin-4-almost-finished.html' title='Cabin 4 Almost Finished'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-2771989994537598816</id><published>2007-10-10T20:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:38:49.003-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wildlife Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Activities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stars'/><title type='text'>Night and Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Autumn at Arrowhead is a treat for sunflowers and night owls alike. Daytime temps are moderate, mostly in the upper 70s to low 80s with a big ol’ bowl of blue sky upturned overhead. That’s Chamber of Commerce weather, for sure. Perfect for just about any kind of outdoor activity you can think of—like holding down a lawn chair and letting Mother Nature entertain you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October is a superb time for bird watching, even for amateurs like me. Here’s a sneak peak at my favorites from Mark’s master bird list. All of these have been spotted at Arrowhead right about this time of year:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eastern bluebird&lt;br /&gt;Red winged blackbird&lt;br /&gt;American goldfinch&lt;br /&gt;Canada geese&lt;br /&gt;Great blue heron&lt;br /&gt;Bald eagle&lt;br /&gt;Red-tailed hawk&lt;br /&gt;Whooping crane&lt;br /&gt;Great horned owl&lt;br /&gt;Ruby-throated hummingbird&lt;br /&gt;Red-headed woodpecker&lt;br /&gt;Scissor-tailed flycatcher&lt;br /&gt;Ruby-crowned kinglet&lt;br /&gt;Northern cardinal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’re more nocturnal, grab a light jacket (temps often drop to the mid-50s) and check out the exquisite night sky. Jupiter is waving goodbye for the season in the deepening sunset, while the always-lovely Venus rules over the dark hour before dawn. October constellations include the swan in the west at sunset, with Pegasus and Andromeda overhead. Closer to midnight, Perseus, Taurus, Gemini, and Orion are on the rise. On towards dawn, you can see Orion, Taurus and Gemini overhead, while Leo is rising in the east at the feet of Venus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 20, look for the Orionid meteor shower in the pre-dawn hours. Astronomers predict that as many as twenty meteors per hour may be spotted if we get a clear, dark night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now then. Wouldn’t a nice, quiet weekend getaway be perfect right about now, before the holiday season sets in? No phones, no traffic jams, just a couple of peaceful, golden autumn days? Go ahead. Pull up a chair, switch off your cell phone—Mel’s already got the soup pot on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-2771989994537598816?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2771989994537598816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=2771989994537598816' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2771989994537598816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/2771989994537598816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/10/night-and-day.html' title='Night and Day'/><author><name>Cindy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02745313520623456265</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6950631924632295996</id><published>2007-10-09T19:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-09T20:23:29.508-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expectations'/><title type='text'>Expectations, Part 3</title><content type='html'>Today we received an email from a woman who said she found the language in our website "unfriendly." I can only assume she was referring to our policy page. She felt it was sarcastic.  Both Gary and I have been accused of being sarcastic before. Really. We have found that if you can't smile and make fun of the world, things can get nasty. We realize that not everybody appreciates sarcasm the way we do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thanked the woman for her comments-- we value feedback from customers and potential customers. But I have one concern-- that she saw sarcasm in our policy page. It wasn't intended to be funny. We mean every single word on that page. Had she said the language was harsh I would agree. It is harsh. We don't run an entitlement program. The great thing about the American Dream is that with a few legal restrictions, we get to choose our customers. We don't have to deal with dishonest, disrespectful people if we don't want to. The catch is that we have to figure out who those people are before they arrive here to cause us grief.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have determined that our abilty to judge character is difficult when we deal with potential guests primarily on the phone or via email. Our policy page is simply a means of pleading with unscrupulous people to choose another facility, and of making sure they realize that we have very little patience with people who set out to cheat us or disrespect our property or our rules.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure that we lose a few potential guests with our harsh policy page,  hopefully only the ones we didn't want in the first place. If we offend a few others along the way, we sincerely apologize.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6950631924632295996?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6950631924632295996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6950631924632295996' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6950631924632295996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6950631924632295996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/10/expectations-part-3.html' title='Expectations, Part 3'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1524746978560218867</id><published>2007-10-02T11:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T11:42:41.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cabin 4 Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RwJ1AAXKPvI/AAAAAAAAAHw/K-gfLHsksds/s1600-h/IMG_0708.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RwJ1AAXKPvI/AAAAAAAAAHw/K-gfLHsksds/s320/IMG_0708.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, has it been a month since we tore out the kitchen in #4? Time has really flown. The bathroom and area that was the kitchen have new floor structure and subfloor. As you can see we have added insulation to the exterior wall. More photos and details will follow soon. We feel like we are on the home stretch now.&lt;div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'&gt;&lt;a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'&gt;&lt;img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1524746978560218867?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1524746978560218867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1524746978560218867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1524746978560218867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1524746978560218867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/10/cabin-4-update.html' title='Cabin 4 Update'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RwJ1AAXKPvI/AAAAAAAAAHw/K-gfLHsksds/s72-c/IMG_0708.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7525723309164484091</id><published>2007-09-23T08:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T09:09:56.907-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><title type='text'>Expectations, Part 2</title><content type='html'>I have commented here before about guest expectations and how the attitude that you bring with you affects your time with us.  Today I've been thinking about what we expect of our guests. I get a little baffled by guests who come here thinking that we don't have expectations other than getting paid. Of course, we do expect our guests to pay for staying here, but in order to maintain the "magic" of Arrowhead we have to ask a little more of you than that. Little things like courtesy to other guests, respect for our property, supervision of children for their safety, and civility when we must enforce policies that help keep the chaos in check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's nothing more exihilirating than freedom from your day to day reality. You pull out of the driveway and feel like shouting, "Hurray!" We're happy to be here helping to make your freedom possible, just don't leave home without your manners.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7525723309164484091?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7525723309164484091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7525723309164484091' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7525723309164484091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7525723309164484091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/09/expectations-part-2.html' title='Expectations, Part 2'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8518815494944987977</id><published>2007-09-04T08:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-04T14:26:31.858-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Big plans for #4</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rt1XY2vSi2I/AAAAAAAAAHo/MtoRfIn-4KM/s1600-h/IMG_0637.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rt1XY2vSi2I/AAAAAAAAAHo/MtoRfIn-4KM/s320/IMG_0637.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remodeling began this afternoon on Deluxe Single #4. The kitchen cabinets were removed. Stay tuned for more pictures and the plans for improvement. &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8518815494944987977?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8518815494944987977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8518815494944987977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8518815494944987977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8518815494944987977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/09/big-plans-for-4.html' title='Big plans for #4'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rt1XY2vSi2I/AAAAAAAAAHo/MtoRfIn-4KM/s72-c/IMG_0637.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-196554960009992991</id><published>2007-08-28T16:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:53:42.937-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><title type='text'>Sad Day at Arrowhead</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RtSlcGvSi1I/AAAAAAAAAHg/jrn6RUiJfZ4/s1600-h/jack903.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103886179981495122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RtSlcGvSi1I/AAAAAAAAAHg/jrn6RUiJfZ4/s320/jack903.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Our friend and companion Jack the Tennessee Walking Horse completed his work with us today. He came to Arrowhead in July 2003 for semi-retirement after 27 years with his previous owner. At that time he was very thin and jumpy around everyone. He immediately fell in love with our &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Appaloosa&lt;/span&gt; mare, Dottie, and slowly with the humans here. He learned to trust Alyssa and soon became a favorite of children visiting the resort. With her help he gained weight and his health improved. He gave many trail rides in his first three years here, and though his companion Hoover gained statewide fame for doing the same thing, Jack never complained. He had a little fame of his own because this picture of him was featured in our ad in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for more than two years. We thought he might not make it after Dottie's passing in 2005, but his broken heart healed and he settled down with the rest of our boys and little Crystal. This past summer he was restricted to pony rides, but he gave those with pride. He was an elegant, well mannered horse to watch and ride and maintained his status of leader of the herd until the very end. Earlier this month when 3 year old Quarter Horse &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Leggit&lt;/span&gt; came home from college for a few months of R&amp;amp;R, Jack let him know right away who was the boss of Arrowhead's pastures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are thankful that he simply left in his sleep, gracefully, the way he lived. He will be missed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-196554960009992991?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/196554960009992991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=196554960009992991' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/196554960009992991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/196554960009992991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/08/sad-day-at-arrowhead.html' title='Sad Day at Arrowhead'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RtSlcGvSi1I/AAAAAAAAAHg/jrn6RUiJfZ4/s72-c/jack903.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-8543464758921284151</id><published>2007-08-04T07:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-04T07:52:12.632-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crystal'/><title type='text'>This is Elvis</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RrR19-88GRI/AAAAAAAAAHA/QyrzjEFUpZQ/s1600-h/CIMG1318.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RrR19-88GRI/AAAAAAAAAHA/QyrzjEFUpZQ/s320/CIMG1318.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Finally we get a look at Elvis. Nice eyes, but that is some hair! Crystal what were you thinking? &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-8543464758921284151?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/8543464758921284151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=8543464758921284151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8543464758921284151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/8543464758921284151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-is-elvis.html' title='This is Elvis'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RrR19-88GRI/AAAAAAAAAHA/QyrzjEFUpZQ/s72-c/CIMG1318.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7163390281736717346</id><published>2007-07-30T08:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T08:59:28.150-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horses'/><title type='text'>Great Weekend Just Passed, and Another One on the Way</title><content type='html'>The Murray Family stayed with us this weekend in the One Bedroom King Cottage. They brought a beautiful cherry red ski boat and spent the entire day on the lake. I think there were some shoulders in the bunch that matched the boat when they left! They said it was the best day of boating they have EVER had. Not very many boats out and water like glass all day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And no rain, just a few passing clouds to cool things off for a bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I keep telling you that the Dallas weather forecasters don't really consider us part of their territory (unless something bad happens, of course) so don't rely on their rain predictions to be accurate here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The horses and cattle egrets have been enjoying the weather as well. This one has taken a liking to Shiloh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rq3uE-88GQI/AAAAAAAAAG4/9_QqhmjHElQ/s1600-h/IMG_0592.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092988523011381506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rq3uE-88GQI/AAAAAAAAAG4/9_QqhmjHElQ/s320/IMG_0592.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7163390281736717346?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7163390281736717346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7163390281736717346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7163390281736717346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7163390281736717346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/great-weekend-just-passed-and-another.html' title='Great Weekend Just Passed, and Another One on the Way'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rq3uE-88GQI/AAAAAAAAAG4/9_QqhmjHElQ/s72-c/IMG_0592.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4486690249899714469</id><published>2007-07-26T09:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:54:48.587-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><title type='text'>Almost back to normal</title><content type='html'>The Corps is reporting that selected boat ramps will open this weekend. We are currently only 7.91 feet over normal, which is really not all that high. Chance of sunshine is 60% this weekend with temperatures only in the upper 80's. Sounds like the perfect weekend to visit Lake Whitney!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4486690249899714469?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4486690249899714469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4486690249899714469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4486690249899714469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4486690249899714469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/almost-back-to-normal.html' title='Almost back to normal'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4104182762228068919</id><published>2007-07-24T21:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-24T21:12:14.058-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>Thanks Steve and Shelly</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RqaxEO88GPI/AAAAAAAAAGw/DB55HmjqfOM/s1600-h/IMG_0585.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RqaxEO88GPI/AAAAAAAAAGw/DB55HmjqfOM/s320/IMG_0585.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just wanted to publish this picture of folks having fun here at Lake Whitney. The boat belongs to a family that comes here frequently. The only part of their weekend that wasn't fun was when Shelly fell skiing and hurt her ribs. The folks carrying the kayak are new to Arrowhead. We think they had fun too. We're still hearing the rumors about doom and gloom, but we sure haven't seen any of it. &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4104182762228068919?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4104182762228068919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4104182762228068919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4104182762228068919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4104182762228068919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/thanks-steve-and-shelly.html' title='Thanks Steve and Shelly'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RqaxEO88GPI/AAAAAAAAAGw/DB55HmjqfOM/s72-c/IMG_0585.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-1192345089406138954</id><published>2007-07-18T17:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T18:06:57.918-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>Mowed down by water</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6atIQF_hI/AAAAAAAAAGY/UTI3eIwlWbw/s1600-h/IMG_0582.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6atIQF_hI/AAAAAAAAAGY/UTI3eIwlWbw/s320/IMG_0582.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;I thought this was an interesting perspective of what the water did. The level today is 549, which is still 16 feet above normal, but a full 8 feet below the crest. This is our lower pasture where the water stood for a week. You can see that there are no tall weeds left below the water line, just a few sparse green shoots of hardy grass (King Ranch Bermuda?) It looks like a mower cut a nice neat path across the the pasture, but it was just the water. As the lake level continues to drop, the area that has been under water the longest has the least amount of live vegetation. You can see in the pictures below the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sumacs&lt;/span&gt; that died, as well as the small brush below our fence. All of this looks like a severe fire &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;hazard&lt;/span&gt; in the making as the real heat of summer continues to dries things out. On a brighter note, the fireflies are back! We haven't been seeing them lately, too wet I guess. But I saw the first ones two nights ago. It feels kind of like a dove with an olive branch to us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6bSYQF_iI/AAAAAAAAAGg/f9HzHkDVXDI/s1600-h/IMG_0583.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088675369025142306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6bSYQF_iI/AAAAAAAAAGg/f9HzHkDVXDI/s320/IMG_0583.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6cDoQF_jI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ucBdmWSppDw/s1600-h/IMG_0584.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088676215133699634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6cDoQF_jI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ucBdmWSppDw/s320/IMG_0584.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-1192345089406138954?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/1192345089406138954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=1192345089406138954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1192345089406138954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/1192345089406138954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/mowed-down-by-water.html' title='Mowed down by water'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Rp6atIQF_hI/AAAAAAAAAGY/UTI3eIwlWbw/s72-c/IMG_0582.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5998834958360659999</id><published>2007-07-13T09:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-13T09:52:20.375-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>Water levels are dropping</title><content type='html'>The water level is down 3.57 feet since the crest last week. We are now dropping roughly 10-11" per day, but that should speed up as we lose surface area. (Remember the funnel effect.) We should see more than 7 feet over the next week. People are still finding places to launch boats. We have a guest here this weekend that Gary helped find a great launch spot for a deep v-hull ski boat. That same spot will be gone however, with 7 fewer feet of water. The most difficult thing to explain to people is how and where they can launch is an ever-changing thing. We cannot tell you what the launch conditions will be like next week; all we know is this week. What we can tell you is that during the lake rise, there were people launching boats EVERY day. There was never a day that it was impossible to launch boats, but a lot of things factor into your decision about where to launch. How big is your boat? How long is your trailer? How long is your truck? The best thing is to make your plans to come to the lake, but include in your plans the possibilty that you may find it difficult to launch. A word to non-boaters: now is the best time to come enjoy the peace and quiet at the lake, before the boaters come back in full force later in the season.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5998834958360659999?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5998834958360659999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5998834958360659999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5998834958360659999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5998834958360659999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/water-levels-are-dropping.html' title='Water levels are dropping'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4591939382220947142</id><published>2007-07-11T11:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:55:21.853-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The good life'/><title type='text'>Row, row, row your boat</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RpUAbPg5aEI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/GIaiugBzaiI/s1600-h/IMG_0573.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RpUAbPg5aEI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/GIaiugBzaiI/s320/IMG_0573.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we watched the lake rise over the past 15 days we kept thinking that we have the perfect conditions for canoes: calm waters, shorelines protected by trees, and ease of launching. With that in mind, today we christened Arrowhead Queen 1 and 2. Gary took them out for a maiden voyage and left them tied to the lower walkover for our guests to rent. Just one more thing to do during your stay at Arrowhead!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4591939382220947142?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4591939382220947142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4591939382220947142' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4591939382220947142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4591939382220947142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/row-row-row-your-boat.html' title='Row, row, row your boat'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RpUAbPg5aEI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/GIaiugBzaiI/s72-c/IMG_0573.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-4406826082170412570</id><published>2007-07-09T19:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T19:32:38.676-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>We just came in off the lake!</title><content type='html'>Gary and I just put the pontoon boats in and docked them. We made a quick trip out into the lake to scope out safety issues and to check on our neighbor's wooden boat that's in a marina with no power to keep the bilge pump running. It was thrilling to get out on the water and see that it's still the same old lake we love. A few things look a little odd, but we felt good enough about the safety aspect to resume our boat rentals starting tomorrow. Here's how that will work: the boats are docked courtesy of our wonderful friends at Cliffview. The docks are not close to shore however, so there's no easy access to them. Gary will row or peddle to the boats and drive them to the shore where renters will board. There is about a 1/4 mile walk down to the shore from the parking lot, then you will have to wade through a little shallow water to reach the boat. You will then drop Gary off back across the cove at the dock so he can return the canoe to shore. It is best not to plan on bringing lots of coolers, and water shoes of some sort are a must. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have if you'd like to call. 888-412-3044&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-4406826082170412570?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4406826082170412570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=4406826082170412570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4406826082170412570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/4406826082170412570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/we-just-came-in-off-lake.html' title='We just came in off the lake!'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-7863295097434430238</id><published>2007-07-09T08:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T09:19:15.516-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>And a few more things...</title><content type='html'>I want to address the issues of media sensationalism and old fashioned rumors. Look at news stories like the couple on the jetski going over the spillway at Lake Lewisville. When a story like that is provided with no further explanations or disclaimers, like the fact that spillways are clearly marked with buoys or that they probably should not have been traveling at such a high rate of speed on a lake that is flooded, it is absorbed by the public and leaves them thinking that lakes are dangerous places right now and should be avoided. Then there are the issues of rumors and half truths by public officials. We have heard that the Corps can't let any water out of the lake, that the bacteria levels are high, and that there is a boating and swimming ban. The first two issues can be addressed simply by studying the Corps reservoir release report online which currently shows a release rate of 20,520 cubic feet per second. That's a lot of water flowing through the dam, and when water flows, bacteria levels don't rise. Lakes the size of Lake Whitney rarely have a high bacteria count in the main body of water, but even then it is far more likely in drought conditions than in conditions like these. The Corps doesn't allow septic systems to be built low enough to cause problems, so there really is no source for potential large scale contamination.  The third rumor can be laid to rest with a call to the Corps. But be careful how you word your questions, don't ask "Is the lake closed?" Their facilities are closed, so the likely answer will be yes. Ask instead if there is a boating ban, or ask if they know of any private facilities open on the lake. They should be referring those calls to the Lake Whitney Chamber.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me stress again that there are safety issues in boating on Lake Whitney, and that we neither encourage nor discourage that activity. What I am saying is that potential visitors should weigh the &lt;strong&gt;facts&lt;/strong&gt; and not rely entirely on media reports or even on supposedly reliable sources like the Corps of Engineers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-7863295097434430238?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/7863295097434430238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=7863295097434430238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7863295097434430238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/7863295097434430238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/and-few-more-things.html' title='And a few more things...'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6912600049850905905</id><published>2007-07-09T08:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T08:18:16.992-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>Monday Report</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RpI1Nvg5aDI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Y6nE16585Gw/s1600-h/IMG_0561.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RpI1Nvg5aDI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Y6nE16585Gw/s320/IMG_0561.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's this morning's picture. The lake level is 556.39, the gauge was stuck for a couple of days so we could not chronicle the drop. This morning we actually have a slight rise since yesterday morning, but those little increases are to be expected along the way down. We are hoping to resume boat rentals today by docking the boats on a long term basis. We had a little shower yesterday and I saw a rainbow for the first time in ages. I'm taking that as a good sign. Let Summer begin! &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6912600049850905905?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6912600049850905905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6912600049850905905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6912600049850905905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6912600049850905905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/monday-report.html' title='Monday Report'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/RpI1Nvg5aDI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Y6nE16585Gw/s72-c/IMG_0561.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6393799947961731016</id><published>2007-07-07T14:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T08:23:22.940-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><title type='text'>Blue Skies and blue water</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Ro_udvg5aCI/AAAAAAAAAGA/sJ8J3uMINJI/s1600-h/IMG_0557.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Ro_udvg5aCI/AAAAAAAAAGA/sJ8J3uMINJI/s320/IMG_0557.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just took this picture of a boat and jetski out on the lake enjoying Lake Whitney's famous blue water. And there's so much more of it to enjoy! Having said that, let me add a couple of disclaimers. There are hazards to be aware of and launching must be accomplished from roads that are accessible, because public ramps are submerged. We here at Arrowhead Resort are not a party to what you do on the lake, good, bad or otherwise, except when we rent you a boat. If you wish to bring your own watercraft and enjoy the lake that is up to you; we neither encourage or discourage you from doing that. The picture is intended simply to show the world that the lake is not "closed." &lt;div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6393799947961731016?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6393799947961731016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6393799947961731016' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6393799947961731016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6393799947961731016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/blue-skies-and-blue-water.html' title='Blue Skies and blue water'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WL06fn5x7XI/Ro_udvg5aCI/AAAAAAAAAGA/sJ8J3uMINJI/s72-c/IMG_0557.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-6503066972486315500</id><published>2007-07-06T14:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:56:14.710-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><title type='text'>Friday Report</title><content type='html'>Sorry to be so tardy with our resport today; Internet was down all morning. The lake crested yesterday at 4:00 at 556.88 and has started slowly going down. We are not yet celebrating because it is a VERY slow drop-- only 1.44 inches in the past 24 hours, but it's a start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you thinking of boating, the news is still very cautious. Boat ramps are closed, but there is no ban on boating if you can find a place to put in. People are launching on roads, which are impossible to predict the slope of from one day to the next. The best suggestion is to plan on other activities during your stay at the lake in the event that your boat cannot be launched.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned and I will try to post photos of other areas of the lake tomorrow morning. Right now it's time to go cook for the masses and make sure cabins are ready for guests to arrive.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-6503066972486315500?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6503066972486315500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=6503066972486315500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6503066972486315500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/6503066972486315500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/friday-report.html' title='Friday Report'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121653594850369527.post-5380448653388159719</id><published>2007-07-05T17:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:56:41.235-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flooding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2007 review'/><title type='text'>A little perspective</title><content type='html'>Click on Weather in the discussion list to the right. Scroll down through the posts to Chris' post titled "And then there was rain." Looking at the top picture, look for the three trees in the middle ground of the shot near the dirt road. The tree on the right now has only the top 3-4 feet showing above water. Probably about a 28' high tree, so it will most likely be gone completely by the time we crest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also would like put a few other things in perspective: people who lost their homes, lives of loved ones, pets, belongings, etc. are at the top of the list of losses caused by the flooding around the state. Next would people who have physical damages to businesses upon which they depend for their livelihoods. Business owners can't just go back to work on Monday after a disaster and expect a paycheck on Friday. Next would be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;businesses&lt;/span&gt; without great amounts of physical damage, but who are suffering the effects of lost revenue because of the flood. Then there are those who lost or will lose vacation time because of closed boat ramps. Since we fall into the next to last spot on the list, I agree not to whine, but rather to continue to speak positively about how lucky we are to be here on dry ground (well not DRY, but not flooded), and how proud we are to be a part of the Lake Whitney community. If you do come to the lake to check out the high water and the beauty of our life saving dam, be sure to eat lunch somewhere, buy a tank of gas, and take home some groceries from &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Brookshires&lt;/span&gt; or David's.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5121653594850369527-5380448653388159719?l=arrowheadresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5380448653388159719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5121653594850369527&amp;postID=5380448653388159719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5380448653388159719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5121653594850369527/posts/default/5380448653388159719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/2007/07/little-perspective.html' title='A little perspective'/><author><name>Melinda Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242576381374589439</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
