Its been ages since I last checked in. To be honest I was really hoping to get out of actively managing or running the business, but we all know that life doesn't always play out exactly as you planned. We ended life as a bed and breakfast at the end of 2013. I was persuaded by a real estate company that I would be better off as a vacation rental and they promised they would really be able to promote the health retreats that my daughter wanted to conduct at the farm. It is such a perfect location and I really wanted the health retreats to succeed. After all they had more resources than I had and I just didn't have the drive you need to start a new project.
Unfortunately it didn't work out well. Not only didn't they manage to get me vacationers, but they didn't book any retreats either. So here I am back to taking over again and trying to decide which direction is right.
After much contemplation I thought of a great idea. We should turn Haley Farm into a veterans retreat. Veterans so badly need a place to heal and get over the traumas of war. Why not let Haley Farm be that healing place? Studies have shown that working with your hands and farming are really therapeutic activities. Well we have the farm and we are surrounded by natural beauty - it's perfect. And even Haley's health retreats could be an integral part of the process.
So that's where are at the moment. In transition. Isn't life always about transition and change? We'll try and operate as a vacation rental until we can get the retreats under way. We have some wonderful people helping us to make the veterans retreats a reality, but in the meantime we have to pay the bills and so we are open for your next trip to the Deep Creek Lake area.
There are five rooms in the main house that we would like to rent out as one unit. So great for a family. The suites in the Carriage House and the Barn we can rent out separately or both together. So please come and support us in our goal of creating a haven for veterans by renting from us this summer. Don't forget there is so much to do in the area: hiking, biking, golf, horseback riding, golf, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, boating etc etc.
And don't forget the Deep Creek Lake area has lower temperatures and humidity than most areas. This is where the rich and famous used to vacation before there was air conditioning!
Kam Gillespie
