That just might depend on where you go?

 

You might find a really nice new RV Park that at $62-$72 dollars a day, you will get about 16 days, depending on if there is a holiday in your planed dates.

Now don't get me wrong you will love what they have for you, as everything is top notch. This is the level that many campers today demand.

 

I grew up camping at a cottage on the lake with no electricity, the only running water was in the kitchen where the hand pump was. We did have a small wood stove, and there was an old gas stove in the kitchen. So we weren't roughing it my any means when compared to going out in the woods with a tent. But then again there wasn't any modern plumbing either.

 

So I don't come from the RVing background. But now that I am older, and I require electricity for my medical device (a CPAP for Sleep Apnea) that allows me to breath properly when I sleep. I now need such things when I go camping.

 

Ok now back to my Fishing Club, with Camping options.  I have a private boat launch on Southern Lake Champlain, that brings you out west of Maple Bend Island, between Buoys 18 & 22.  In addition to this small parcel on the waterfront, there is a neighboring parcel with about 7/10ths mile of road frontage on Ottenburgh Rd (or do I double that since my property is on both sides of the road?), in Clemons, NY 12819, and about 1/2 mile of frontage on Route 22, also known as the Lakes to Locks Passage, and NY Bike Route 9, that is my western border. This property is over 100 Acres. It has a long history of Fishing and Camping, including being permitted as a Manufactured home park, and campground in the past. There are about 35 sites on the property, that are in varying degrees of need. Some minor, and some major. There are three drilled wells, and a number of septics, some as recent as the late 1990s. Some in need of immediate replacement.

 

I am in the process of trying to nail down estimates for what it will actually take to get the whole place up to code.

 

What $1000.00 will get you is access to the property on a no obligation trial membership into the "Ottenburgh's Ramp Fishing Club" Member-Run Fishing Club, with camping options.

 

When you pay the $1000.00, this will be a security deposit, that is fully refundable. It is asked that you agree to certain terms and conditions. But they are pretty basic. You will abide by the rules and regulations that the club puts out for it's members, and in the event that you decide to terminate your trial membership, that you understand that the deposit may be paid to you in monthly payments of no less than $100, after a waiting period, of possibly as long as 36-48 months. This time period is set so that whether or not the member run clubs are able to make a go of things, that the owner should be done his veterans administration education program, and will be able to pay you back out of his personal funds. (after all it is good to have a back up plan). Of course it is anticipated that the property will be up and running and able to cover its own expenses prior to that time.

 

In addition to this initial deposit, the club will be coming up with their own annual or monthly fee, based on the memberships needs and desires. This could be as basic as full access to the private boat launch, storage of one boat, with trailer, and a space available tent site, or access to the boat launch for duck season, up to  something much fancier that includes dockage, a seasonal campsite, multiple boats, etc. The annual or monthly fee is primarily going to cover taxes, insurance, and other direct expenses of the property, such as utilities. Above that there may be monies that are designed to buy materials that will be used to improve the property.

 

As the property is improved, club members will have increased opportunities to use the improved areas. The membership will also be able to rent out sites, or what have you, in order to bring in more revenue, to once again buy more materials, to improve more sites, and so on.

 

The membership, or a group of members that volunteer to be on the improvements committee, will work on a plan that discusses what improvements should be done when, and how. This plan will also contain incentives, and profit sharing for meeting certain goals and objectives. Although the plan is submitted to the owner of the property, for review and approval, the owner is also a member, and although he has some say in the proposal, and approval of the proposal, he does not tell the membership what they have to do, he simply works with the membership to structure fair rewards for the membership, as well as covering the basic expenses of the property. (While continuing to pay the mortgage on the property without the assistance of the member-run club(s).

 

For $1000.00 today, ok actually this month. You just might be able to receive quite a bit.

 

If you apply for acceptance for membership in one of our member-run Clubs, and send in a deposit of $1000.00 you will be considered for membership in the club, but if certain goals are met by the end of the month, you may become part of our ADK Investment committee. You do not have to become part of this committee if you do not desire to. There will be plenty of other things for you to become part of, should your interests lie elsewhere.

 

But the whole point of this is that you will have a chance to participate in a plan that may reward you for helping make progress with the property, in addition to being able to responsiblily enjoy this wonderful property in the Southeastern corner of the Adirondacks.

 

Depending on your interests, skills, and desire to invest in the future, there will be other opportunities as we move forward.

 

The terms of the future profit sharing possibilities are yet to be worked out, but it is expected that there will be a predetermined profit sharing plan, allowing the club(s) to recoup any direct investment that they make for materials, or on select specilal projects, as well as receiving a share of future profits for three years. After this time potential for profit sharing will be reviewed on an annual basis.

 

This process will allow members, on an individual basis, or as part of a group, to submit bids on various projects that need to be done on the property. The bid request form will outline the project details, at a minimum, material costs, labor costs(if applicable), the desired terms of the bid. [applicants may request a security deposit credit for materials, as well as a certain amount of future profit sharing(fixed amount, based on labor costs or percentage).  requests could ask for reimbursement for materials, or depending on the current club budget, prepayment for materials and a request for future credit as deposit based on anticipated labor needed, or a future minimim amount of profit sharing. or what have you?]

 

As the club membership is reviewing and approving any projects, prior to start of any work, we as a club should be clear on what is expected, and what we should receive, beyond the satisfaction of improving the property for our mutual use in a safe, legal, and responsible manner.  At the risk of repeating myself, the owner is offering us the use of this wonderful property, for the cost of taxes, etc. with a chance to get much more out of the property, than I believe that you will get elsewhere. Where else will you get a chance to benefit from the future of a property, without a major investment?

 

This Offer is subject to certain conditions and goals.

 

Contact us for more information.