Location...Location

When we started our search we opened it to the whole U.S.A. We searched in places we never ever heard of. Talked to agents all over the country. Looked at endless amount of web-sites and written materials. Then we realizes that it is not very practical. There is no way to really asses a property if you cannot physically visit it.

Pictures over the net can do a lot of justice or injustice and there is also this vague thing called feeling. You visit the place, does it make you feel good. If you do not like it, how can you convince some else?

So we narrowed our search to an area within a day travel (back and forth). We also decided that even if it is going to be a motel we are not interested in a regular "on the road" place. We want a place that people will choose as a vacation spot and optionally stay more that one night. We want vacationeres, who will come to see the area and that we can direct to the different attractions. We wanted a place that have some open land around it yet with good visibility. You might think that this is easy, none of it was. Formulating the things that were important to us took a lot of time and thought. Finding the right place took even more.