Letter to the Editor: Ashkay Island and Andy Bobo are great
September 23, 2019
Dear Editor,
This past summer 2019, our family spent a week at AshKay Island in Manchester (Manchester Township, Washtenaw County) for our annual vacation get away. This island experience was the best vacation opportunity we have had since we starting family vacations with our children and grandchildren. This wonderful paradise for adults and children gave us a chance to relax, enjoy laughs, have fun in the sun with all the amenities the island has to offer which include boating (pontoon), kayaking, Maumi Mat, swimming, canoeing, hiking, exploring and especially fishing. Our grandchildren ages 5-9 years were fishing from the fishing boat, the dock, the raft and enjoyed the sport throughout the day whenever they felt like catching a few fish.
Hiking the trails, engaging in the scavenger hunt our host provided and of course the Tree house was a blessing for the older children to have a safe haven for themselves during the day without adults hovering around. We knew the children were safe and enjoying life on the island! Enjoying reading a book from a favorite author,(borrowed from their in house library) while stretching out and getting comfortable on one of the islands six,(yes 6) hammocks on the island!
Andy was very thorough in vetting us as potential guests and emphasized on our first day on the island the importance of maintaining a quiet and peaceful lake without loud noises and being mindful to respect the neighboring residents privacy and peacefulness.
Andy Bobo was a perfect host to our family, visiting the island a few times during the week to ensure we had everything we needed. Andy went the extra mile to take our grandsons and their Dad out on his boat to do some serious fishing and caught (and released) 3 large pike that the boys are still talking about.
Most of our families are residents of Dexter and our daughter and her family traveled from Fort Wayne, Indiana. To have an island experience with an “up north” environment but yet close enough that our families did not have to spend hours in the car to get to, was an absolutely, huge advantage and benefit.
We highly recommend this island property experience for your next vacation and look forward to returning!
Thank you to Andy Bobo and his family for providing this opportunity to enjoy nature and family at it’s best!!
Gerrie and Joe Prochaska
Dexter, Michigan
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