Summer
is winding down and it is time to think fall foliage!
Plan to join us for our 2nd annual Pig Roast and Pumpkin Carving
Contest October 10-12th!!
Time to plan a trip to visit us for
fall which is one of the prettiest seasons for camping!
We are making plans again for our fall BBQ and pumpkin carving
contest! So put aside the weekend of October 10-12th and come
camp with us or rent one of our many cabins and enjoy the local Apple
Butter Festival along with our celebration. We have enjoyed seeing a lot of repeat
visitors
this year coming into our 3rd camping season since we bought Happy
Acres. We have made so many new changes over the last year that
the resort hardly looks like the same place, and we are receiving lots
of compliments on the positive changes!! As usual though Gene has
lots more plans to make our resort even more beautiful so watch here as
I post the newest ideas he has come up with!!
Our new managers are in place. Jeff and Joy Smith
and their son Nick moved in in July and brought with them a variety of
"critters" from an assortment of fish to their cats Shadow and Sparrow
and their dog Dakota. We are proud to have them on
our staff and look forward to a long relationship of Happy times
as they make Happy Acres their home!
Our Yurt, named the Owl's Nest is now finished and already becoming a
popular rental!
We've had an
interesting variety of pets come stay with
us this year with our first pet goat, our first horses and even Peyton
the
cat! Click on our pets page to
see pictures of the various animals such as Rufus
Swartley the goat. His owners say all they have to do is pull out
the
camper and he gets excited knowing he is going camping! You can
also see Buck and Skip who took their owners, the Massaro's, on a
beautiful mountain trail ride. They parked their horse trailer
for the evening and took an early morning ride, stopped back to eat at
the restaurant and went out for an afternoon ride. We are so glad
people are bringing pets and as they do we are finding out how creative
people can be on vacation with pets and that there is so much to do
around here such as horse back riding! We have
had lots of dogs from the tiniest little Yorkies to an extra
large Great Dane, and it seems
like the animals have as much fun as the people do! If you come
visit us and bring your pet be sure to stop by the office and let us
know so we can get a picture to put on our pets page!
Our playground is busy with young and old enjoying the basketball and
shuffleboard along with the horseshoe pits. Our
cabins are a big hit with our newest one the Elk Ridge now into the
rental program. The Yurt should be up and running by August. We also added a dump
station and moved a lot of dirt around to make some of our sites bigger
so they are ready for you to put your camper
or even a cabin on. Our
managers home is almost complete and the landscaping should really
finish it off. Our parking area by the office is much bigger now
making it easier to get in and out of the resort. Click here
for pictures of the managers new
home and the progress we are making with the landscaping.
The
Dam at Little Pine State Park is busy with fishermen as are the
streams. We also had many people canoing and kayaking,
thankfully the
water has been high and the weather is bright and sunny! The
wildlife has
been active with the eagles, deer, bear and turkeys spotted around the
campground. So much to see, so much to do - so make some plans to
come relax and enjoy one of the prettiest mountain areas of
Pennsylvania!
We look forward to a peaceful summer and hope you
come visit!
Kim and her restaurant
staff found that the warmer weather has
brought many campers into the restaurant to not only enjoy her
wonderful meals but to feast on her delicious ice cream cones and
sundaes.
Her food and service are getting rave reviews and we know you will be
happy when you enjoy a meal with her!!
The Happy Acres General Store is now stocked up with food and supplies
for campers, fishermen and other
outdoor enthusiasts. She offers ready to go sandwiches, salads,
deli items, and other snack food. The store also has live bait,
and other needs for fishing, hunting and camping. Along with all of
these items there are groceries, souvenirs, and collectibles. See
the restaurant page for more information
on the Happy Acres General Store and Restaurant.
Click here for
hours, pictures and
information
regarding the Happy Acres Restaurant and General Store
The
wildlife has
been active with the eagles, deer, bear and turkeys spotted around the
campground. So much to see, so much to do - so make some plans to
come relax and enjoy one of the prettiest mountain areas of
Pennsylvania!
The
Elk Ridge Cabin
This brand new cabin has just been put into place and is now
ready to rent. It is one of the
Cozy Cabins that we offer not only to rent but also to buy, for those
that want to have their own vacation home. I have posted
more pictures of this cabin on our picture
gallery. This cabin has one
bedroom with a jacuzzi tub in the bedroom. It also has one large
loft and one small loft for sleeping. It is a full service cabin
with a full kitchen and full bath, pull out sofa in the living room,
electric fireplace, gas grill on the deck TV with DVD, heat and air
conditioning. Click here for more
pictures.
The
Owl's
Nest
This is our newest rental
called a Yurt. A Yurt is a circular, peaked roofed dwelling
with
wooden lattice walls, covered in canvas. These innovative walled
tents, adaptations of an ancient shelter used by nomads
for
centuries, are
creatively engineered and aesthetically pleasing in our mountain
setting. The Owl's Nest is now in the rental program and already is
becominng a popular rental. The inside is beautiful with 1
bedroom with a queen
size bed, a full bathroom complete with a jacuzzi tub and
circular shower, a
kitchen and living area with a pull out sofa. The yurt will be
available year round and will be heated!! The Happy Acres crew had fun
learning how to erect this structure and you can click
here for pictures of the
progress. Watch
our picture gallery for new pictures of the Owl's Nest.
HAPPY ACRES
RESTAURANT AND GENERAL STORE
IS
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT!
We are proud to announce that
the Happy Acres Restaurant and General Store is under new
management. They are
now open 7 days a week with a full menu. We are excited to
be welcoming Kim Zell and
her staff as they bring new ideas, and wonderful food to our
restaurant. This is a family
style, non-smoking,
BYOB restaurant.
Their new phone number is: 570-753-8585
Keep reading for information on specials and click
on the
link below for information regarding menu and hours!!!
Click here for hours, and
information
regarding the restaurant
Weddings
We are proud
to announce that Rachel and Mark were married on Saturday August 16th
at our Happy Acres Lodge. This creative couple walked over the
covered bridge and were officially married while their guests watched
from the deck of the Lodge. After the ceremony the couple and
their friends and family celebrated with a reception at the Happy
Acres Restaurant! It was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding
and we are so happy they chose to have a Happy Acres Wedding!!!
You can go to our wedding page to see pictures of this wedding
and also of Tina and Skip's reception that they held at our Lodge
back in the spring of 2006. It seems the
Lodge turned out to be a perfect setting for their "big day" and they
enjoyed it so much they are making it a yearly vacation spot !!
Click here to
see some wedding pictures from both weddings. We would be thrilled to work with
you to
plan a mountain wedding for
you. Our restaurant has the facilities to hold banquets and Kim
can work out a perfect menu with you for your special occasion.
We have many settings to pick
from
for a beautiful outdoors wedding ceremony. If you wold like more
information please call our office and set up an appointment to meet
with us to discuss the possibilities.
Pig
Roast and Pumpkin Carving Contest
Our Pig Roast and Pumpkin contest was a huge
success. With about 75 guests joining us outside the office we
had an evening full of great food and lots of laughs!! We had 16
"artists" show us their talent by carving and or decorating a pumpkin
that we supplied for them. We had a variety of art work from
intricate Witches on Brooms and Trick or Treat carved out of a pumpkin
to a very creative dog house pumpkin, and a glitter face
pumpkin!! All our contestants went away with prizes and the grand
prize winner was 7 yr old Rayson Raffensberger, tied for 2nd runner up
were Devon Donahue and Ruth Raffensberger, 3rd runner up was Dean
Berkheimer. You can see pictures of this event along with the
winners by clicking here on our Pig Roast
Page. We are so glad everyone came out to have fun and will
make this a yearly event.
NEW!!NEW!!NEW!!
New Generators are in place
that will guarantee if you stay here you will ALWAYS have running water
and a hot shower!! We are so happy to have this new equipment set
up and running to insure a safe and comfortable stay at our
resort!!
Our Bathhouse has a new roof.
This is another big step in the improvements we are continually doing
to our resort. We now have a new green metal roof on our
bathhouse. We extended the roof to cover over our office door and
also our soft drink machines so you won't have to stand in the weather
anymore.
Along with the new roof we have
added a pay phone located just outside our office door. We
realize that without cell phone coverage up here in this mountainous
area there is a great need for a public phone on site so you can call
home etc... so we added one for your convenience. Another
improvement that will make your stay more comfortable.
BUY-BUILD-OR
BRING
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN BUYING A
VACATION HOME READ THIS.... . Have you dreamed of owning a
vacation
home in the mountains and just could not afford it?? Land up here
is becoming scarce and VERY EXPENSIVE but we are so happy that we can
offer you a rental site in our resort. You are welcome to bring
or build your own vacation home on the site you pick out. Your site
comes with year round access to your property with our managers living
on site to watch over it. Our bathhouse and laundry are open year
round. Also you receive free local cable, road maintenance, trash,
water and sewer, and access to our pool in the summer.
If you are thinking of joining our permanent site family and
placing a cabin on one of our sites, we are offering a line of cabins
in a variety of shapes and
sizes made to order from the same company that manufactured our Elk
Ridge Cabin and our Bear
Hugs Cabin. It is a very exciting opportunity for
people to buy a
quality cabin at an affordable price. These rustic cabins come in
all shapes and sizes and can be custom ordered to fit your families
needs. Both the Elk Ridge Cabin and the Bear Hugs
Cabin were
designed by Gene and you are welcome to come to our
resort and view these cabins
to see the quality of the structure and talk to Gene about designing
your own home!
Please call for more information.
Attention
Hunters and Fishermen
With the weather warming
up and opening day of trout season behind us we are ready for
those of you that want to come and try you hand at catching trout in
one of the best areas in Pennsylvania for stocked and wild trout.
The Pine Creek and its many tributaries are stocked and the water is
plentiful with the wet spring we have had. Take a look at our trophy page
for a few new pictures of campers, Mike and Patrick, that caught some
trout on opening weekend. They all seemed to have a great time
and there is plenty of spring and summer ahead to come and enjoy the
fishing. And remember if you do get a "big one" stop by the office and
make sure we get a picture to put on our trophy page!!
We had a wonderful turn out
for bear season last year and even though the weather didn't cooperate,
one of
our guests, Dave, shot his bear on opening day. We had our
first resort guest bag a buck this season during archery season, and
now we have had another guest get a buck in the regular buck season.
You can see pictures of
Doug and Henry with their bucks along with Dave and his bear on our
trophy page.
Last year three of our
resort guests
each killed a
bear and
1 of our deer hunters took home a buck. Make sure you book your
cabin ahead for next season. It will be here before you know it!!
To take a look at the
pictures on our Trophy Page just click here on the
word Trophy to see pictures of the men and
their game they took home!!
OUR
POOL AND OUR BRIDGE ARE FINISHED!!!!
I now have some updated
pictures of our pool, so click on this link
called POOL PAGE for pictures. Our
pavilion by the pool will be the perfect place to have a picnic or pool
party while you are staying with us. While we are doing the
landscaping by the pool we will be adding a BBQ Grill next to the
pavilion for your use. We also have added a sink and counter top
inside the pavilion. We have finished
rebuilding a brand new wooden bridge over to the pool. It was
quite a process to take out the old
steel bridge and replace it with a brand new wooden
footbridge. See pictures of the bridge on the pool page.
OTHER NEW
ADDITIONS******Our
horseshoe pits are ready to use and our basketball court along with our
shuffleboard
court up and ready for
those of you who want a little competition on your vacation!!
We have also added some new items in our camp store for sale. You
can now purchase Happy Acres Resort t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, polo
shirts, magnets, note pads, and the cutest little smiley face antennae
toppers . Come in our office and see our new
display case full of goodies!!
We are working on more updates and, as those of you who are familiar
with Happy Acres know, it is a work in progress!! Gene has
many new ideas as we revamp the campground into a high quality resort
for all to enjoy. I encourage you to watch our website for these
updates. We will be putting new pictures up as the projects are
finished.
Gene
and Irene Feerrar &
Inky and Cocoa too!!
Happy
Camping!!
Permanent
Sites Available
Seasonal
Sites
Campsites
Available
Cabins for Rent
Rooms
for Rent
Bathhouse
Laundry
Ice
Propane
Pool
Playground
Firewood
Happy Acres Resort
3332 Little Pine Creek Road
Waterville, Pa 17776
Ph: 570-753-8000
Fax: 570-753-8030
www.happyacresresort.net
email:info@happyacresresort.net
Gene
and Irene Feerrar: Property
Owners
Jeff and Joy Smith: Property Managers
