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August 07, 2008: Beautiful weather the next few days. Clear skies and mid-70s. We have a bit of room.You can book with us online in real-time. A few clicks, a little typing,and you're done. You'll receive a confirming email immediately, followed by an actual letter if time allows.



Online Discounts: This year we're offering some discounts and promotions to help save/leverage guest travel dollars Click Here for details.

Near-term Availability: One room still open tonight. One summer cabin open tomorrow night. Preview it Here.

Low tide is the best time for tidepooling. Check the Area Tide Tables

Complimentary Wireless and a Guest-Use Computer: We're wireless everywhere except for the Outback cabins; there's one hardwired location for the less teched-up, and we've revived an iMacG3 for guest use

Kitchen Privileges: Our family-size "Cedar" suite now has kitchen privileges. See the Guestrooms page for details.

Seattle Magazine: This month Seattle Magazine has published an "Ultimate Coast Guide". We're pleased to be a featured lodging (see page 78).

We're for Sale After a 10 year run, the Manitou Lodge is for sale. Individuals interested in a lifestyle shift coupled with a solid and still growing business Click Here.

Our Media Valentine. Maria Dolan/Seattle Times. Check out this lovely article.

Guest Testimonials. We've shied away from these as it's not our style to be self-aggrandizing. However, some standouts just have to be shared. Click Here to read.

New...Local RiverCam. Brought to you courtesy of our friends at the Quillayute River Resort just a mile downstream. Click Here.

"Humorous" map of the Washington Coast. Download a PDF Here. It's a bit of a whopper (6mb), but worth the wait.

Regional Webcams: Courtesy InsideOut Marketing Click Here
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Gift Certificates: Available online. View our Sample Gift Certificate











Olympic Peninsula Bed & Breakfast Lodge for Sale

Manitou Lodge

$980,000

Are you looking for a business opportunity or lifestyle shift? Consider the Manitou Lodge on the west side of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, surrounded by the Olympic National Park, and enjoying the cleanest air on the continent (it arrives scrubbed by the Pacific Ocean, and you breathe it first!). Here are a few particulars:

  • Well-established and well-known business - 35 years continuously in operation as a lodging establishment.
  • Very profitable year-round business peaking in the summer months.
  • Draws its clientele from among visitors to the Olympic National Park.
  • Close enough to NW urban centers for weekend getaways (theirs and yours).
  • World-class steelhead and salmon-fishing helps draw winter guests
  • Owner-transition facilitated by an extensive training program
  • This will be a "turn-key" sale.


The Lodge: We're situated on 11 forested acres west of Forks, WA. Rialto Beach, one of the most magnificent of the Park wilderness beaches, is just 3 miles away. There are five guest rooms in the main lodge building, and two additional guest rooms in a detached cottage. In the summer we open up two small cabins for a total of nine guest rooms. We also operate an in-lodge Northwest Arts shop. Owners/management will be able to live comfortably in a 3 bedroom/2 full bath on-property private residence. The lodge website can be visited by following any of the links on the top and bottom of this page. Here are some additional Lodge, Guest Room, and Owner's Residence photos


Why do people come here?
  • The Olympic National Park draws several million visitors each year to its mountains, rainforests and wilderness beaches. The Hoh Rainforest, Rialto Beach, Shi Shi Beach, Sol Duc Falls, and Hurricane Ridge are just a few of the most popular nearby venues within the Park. During the summer months, our place is filled with these visitors. NW urban centers such as Seattle and Portland provide a reliable and steady year-round stream of guests. Olympic National Park Scenery
  • Victoria, BC and the world-famous Butchart Gardens are just a ferry-ride away from Port Angeles, WA, 1 hr east of us. Many of our guests either arrive from Victoria or are headed there. The nearby North Olympic Peninsula towns of Port Angeles, Sequim, and Port Townsend all provide scenic and shopping
  • opportunities.
  • Similarly, a host of NW scenic spots such as Mt Rainier/Mt. St. Helen's, the San Juan Islands, the North Cascades, the Columbia River Gorge, and Seattle itself all attract visitors. Many of these folks incorporate us into a NW tour
  • In the winter months, hardy folks come to fish the Sol Duc, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Hoh rivers for wild steelhead.
The world's geography is continously in transition, but we're not expecting the Olympic National Park to move elswhere soon or quickly. Hence, it can be relied on to attract visitors for some time to come.


Interested? Interested individuals are asked to first call our representative, Richard Watson, at 206-390-0284 for preliminary details. He can also be found on the web at

www.homeswatson.com

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