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Three (Or Four) Ways To Write A Blog

We have been sharing our journey as we dream, plan, and build the Hazelnut Inn almost from the very beginning. It is an interesting project (if I do say so myself) and I have really enjoyed writing about it thus far!

As it turns out, I am not the only one who has been keeping the internet informed about the nuts and bolts and hard work (!) of building our little hotel. Our general and our framer have also been diligently documenting the inn’s progress on Instagram and recently our framer, Rob Span, wrote a few longer posts about the preparation and pouring of the inn’s footings.

Of course my father, Dan Sawatzky, has been keeping his legion of readers informed for a very long time. You can read his perspective (half design genius and half proud father) on the design and construction of the inn on the Imagination Corporation’s Journal.

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And (because this post’s title is a little bit of click bait) here is my two cents (if we still had pennies) on writing a blog:

  1. Have something to write about

    Possibly you should write about something other people might find interesting but definitely make sure it is interesting to you.

  2. Write about it

    It doesn’t really matter what you start with, nobody except your mother is going to read your first post.

  3. Keep writing about it

    This is the hard part but keep at it (sadly, nobody is going to read your second post either).

  4. You guessed it - keep writing

    It’s just not a blog if you don’t you write regularly.

Good Luck!

Early-Bird Booking

Construction on the Hazelnut Inn is progressing in leaps and bounds these days. We still have a long way to go but we are on track to open our first room.

Guests who would like to be among the first to book a stay can sign up for an early-bird email on our contact page. We will be taking advance reservations in the next few days so now is your last chance to sign up!

Photo Credit: Rob Span

Photo Credit: Rob Span

Farewell IAAPA

IAAPA’s 2018 Attractions Expo has come to a close and we are on our way home. We have enjoyed the warm weather and it has been great sharing our project so many wonderful people here in Florida but we are eager to get home again. Our carpenters have been busy in our absence and the North Star’s walls should be framed by the time our plane lands. 

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Theme Park Hotel

We are having a great time here at the IAAPA show! There are people from all over the world here and so many interesting companies.

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We are getting lots of compliments on the scale model and I love watching people’s jaws drop (they are literally gasping in amazement!) when we explain that it is a real hotel. We will be here for the rest of the week and then we will be coming home and getting back to making the Hazelnut Inn a reality. 

Ready for Action at IAAPA

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions EXPO begins tomorrow. The Imagination Corporation display is all set up and ready to go, complete with the Hazelnut Inn model. The attendance of the show is expected to be more than forty thousand people (not a typo) over the next four days.

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All Wrapped Up

We have been missing our scale model of the inn for the last few weeks. We packed it up and sent it down to Florida for the IAAPA Attractions Expo. It is the largest show of its kind (in fact, it’s the largest trade show of any kind I have ever seen) and people from all over the world will be attending.

The model will be on display in booth #856 with the Imagination Corporation. Hailey and I are heading down to man the booth during the show this week. Feel free to pop by and introduce yourself if you happen to be attending!

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