Moose Springs Goes in 8 Minutes
By 250 News
Moose Springs Resort courtesy of Ritchie Bros.
In just under eight minutes, the Moose Springs Resort sold today at the Ritchie Bros. Auction for just $650,000.00 dollars.
The bidding opened at 12:17 and closed at 12:24 p.m. and in those minutes, Terry and Sheila Beeton sat and watched ten years of their life go by.
It was Ritchie Bros lot number 4012 at today’s sale.
Before their "lot" came up for auction, Sheila Beeton talked with Opinion250 about how they hoped the new owner would be willing to have her and husband Terry stay on for a while and help with the transition.
Although they planned on selling the nest they had groomed over the past ten years, Sheila said she expected to have very mixed emotions at the end of the auction. "I know there will be tears, there will be a lot of mixed emotions here."
The past year had been very difficult for the Beeton's personally because of health issues, but it had also been very a successful; business year with the resort being booked solid with weddings, retreats, and hunting bookings.
As the Auction switched from heavy equipment to real estate, Terry started to pace and a friend of Sheila's brought her a box of kleenex. Sheila turned to her husband and asked for a kiss for goodluck. She sat, and he rubbed her shoulder as lot 4012 came on the block.
In 8 minutes it was all over. Moose Springs Resort, the former radar station known as Baldy Hughes had been sold for $650 thousand.
Terry took Sheila's hand, and the couple quietly left the building.
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Posted by: Marty on July 13 2006 7:46 PM
I suppose buildings over 50 years in age must require a fair bit of maintenance, which can be very costly.
I, for one, would not envy them the work and money expended to keep something like that in operation for 10 years.
If they feel sad, best they count their blessings if ill health was on the agenda in their daily lives. Perhaps now they can be relieved of the stress and work of keeping such a venture on the profit side. Expenses must have looked disastrous some months.
People never know the work and worry of keeping businesses going if they haven't been there.
Many sacrifices must be made.
Really not a lot of fun.