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Stonewater Cove Resort provides visitors with a secluded getaway in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks. The 500-acre resort is nestled in the midst of several thousand acres of forest and overlooks Table Rock Lake. This gorgeous resort is located at 1257 Sunset Timbers Trail in Shell Knob Missouri. For more information, click here.

Let your dream vacation become a reality.As you enter a world of rustic elegance, where the great outdoors meets modern luxury. Stonewater Cove provides the framework for a completely custom vacation experience. Indulge your every adventurous whim or treat yourself to pampered bliss. Or both! At Stonewater Cove, you can set the pace!

With a plethora of activities available for all ages and abilities, unwind and revive in a world that relishes the combination of both adventure and relaxation.

The posh resort is perfect for adventure-seekers as the resort has many guided adventure activities. Including: guided ATV tours, archery, zip lines, hiking, biking and low ropes courses.

Other onsite activities include Canoes, Kayaks, Miniature Golf, Media Room with Movies, Games, Board Games, Lounge, Bar Area, Pool, Hot Tub, Lake Pool (Swim Dock), Docks, Bocce Ball, Horseshoes, Bonfires (and S’mores), 25 Miles of Private Hiking Trails, Lake Pavilion, Terraces, Gardened Walking Paths, plus Zip Line Experiences, ATV Tours, Ranger Tours, Water Sport Excursions, Leisure Boat Rides, and Sunset/Moonlight Boat Tours.

Or you can take to the water with options including fishing, boating, swimming, canoeing and kayaking. After all that fun, you can relax in the hot tub or indulge in the resorts spa services.

Each resort accommodation is unique, blending the natural environment with refined luxury. The goal of the resort is to provide guests with an outstanding experience that exceeds their expectations, every-time!

Whether you plan to stay for just a few days or maybe a week long vacation, you will love these stunning lakeside accommodations! Rooms vary from luxury rooms to  three bedroom suites, all with stunning views!

After all the activities, you can relax at the state of the art Treehouse Spa, only a short walk along a gardened pathway through the forest from the main lodge. Three individual treehouses (one meditation room and two treatment rooms) have vaulted ceilings, intricate oak and cedar woodwork, and fully windowed walls that provide sweeping views of Table Rock Lake through the forest canopy. The talented therapists specialize in swedish, deep tissue, therapeutic, sports, prenatal, and hot stone massage. Treat yourself to 60 or 90 minutes of pampered bliss. Spice up your romantic getaway with a couples massage.

Some come for the incredible adventures, while others come to relax and unwind, but everyone leaves with a smile.  Stonewater Cove Resort is the perfect place to immerse yourself in this little hidden gem of lake living and lush forest nature.  The resort is the place to enter a world where the rugged outdoors intertwines seamlessly with unbeatable luxury.

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This stunning log home is the perfect vacation home, nestled away on 42 private acres! This is a fantastic place to get away and relax, with beautiful views, a wooded acreage loaded with wildlife, and a well stocked fishing pond. This log home is located in Franklin County Kansas just 45 minutes South of Kansas City. For more information or to check availability, click here. Prices start at just $280 a night!

Whether your looking for a small wedding venue, a place to ride horses and camp out, a hunting weekend, ladies night out, family vacation, corporate retreat, family reunion, romantic getaway, workshop, team building, or staycation. This is literally the perfect place for any of those reasons.

The wooded 42 acre property is a dream come true for nature enthusiasts. The property is frequently visited by a wide variety of wildlife, including Deer, Rabbits, Eagles, and Hawks. The two acre stocked pond is great for fishing and is loaded with Bass, Bluegill, and Catfish! Catch and release only please.

This is a wonderful place for children with excellent trails to explore, a basketball court, and soccer goals! There is also a beautiful gazebo with deck, and fire-pit. Just think of the memories you can create fishing in your own private pond, star gazing from the gazebo, and eating smores around a bright burning fire in the moonlight.

The property is located just a few miles from the Flint Hills Trail which stretches for 118 miles and is ideal for cycling, hiking, and horseback riding!

The cabin has 4 bedrooms, with 6 beds and can sleep up to 10 people. There are also two full bathrooms one of which has a Jacuzzi style bathtub. The kitchen area is spacious and perfect for entertaining guests.

My favorite feature is the covered wrap around deck. This is a great place to sit and watch the sunset, or just relax after a fun filled day!

The cabin is pet friendly, and the property is a perfect place to bring horses, with fenced pastures and boarding stalls, your equine family members can enjoy vacation right alongside you.

This is a beautiful log home, and I have no doubt you and your family will have a fantastic stay!

A few weeks ago I was asked what Patrick Glory’s chances are of beating Spencer Lee in the 2023 NCAA finals. My answer was short, I said its not going to happen. But later that night, I got to thinking of how that match might play out, and I realized its much closer then I first considered it to be. So this got my thinking, who else could pull off huge upsets this college season? In this article, I will take a look at 10 guys who could shock the world. Keep in mind this is just for fun, and I don’t necessarily think this will happen, but its fun to think about, and ponder.

125 Patrick Glory Princeton

The way things stand as of now 125 is a two man race, between Spencer Lee of Iowa the 3X NCAA Champion and  Patrick Glory of Princeton a returning NCAA finalist. To the casual fan this one is a given, Lee has looked nearly unbeatable the last couple of years, and he already has two one sided victories over the Princeton wrestler. A closer look will tell you, this match is much closer then it may seem. For one, Lee missed all of last season after opting for surgery. Meanwhile Glory was working and improving. We don’t know exactly how Lee will look after his return. Will he be at full strength? Will he have some ring rust? If you look back to the last time these two met, Glory rode Lee out the last minute of the second period and the entire 3rd period. Lee still won the match, but Glory showed that he can ride like the best of them. Glory has quality wins over Nick Piccininni, Vito Arujau, and Brandon Courtney, and has been gunning for another crack at Spencer for a long time.

184 Parker Keckeisen University Northern Iowa

Aaron Brooks is a heavy favorite to win his 3rd straight NCAA title at 184 this season, but Parker Keckeisen of UNI is a solid competitor who shouldn’t be overlooked. Parker is one of those guys who has kind of slide under the radar his entire wrestling career. Coming out of high school he wasn’t heavily recruited  despite being a 2x Wisconsin state champion and Fargo all-american. He made an immediate impact once he arrived on campus, going 16-1 during his red-shirt season. He followed that up by winning the Big 12 tournament and finishing 3rd at the NCAA tournament during his freshman season. Last year he had the same results winning the Big 12 for the second time and again finishing 3rd at the NCAA tournament. These two last met in the semifinals of the 2021 NCAA tournament, where Brooks picked up a hard fought 3-2 victory. Both have made big improvements since then, and the rematch could go either way.

Heavyweight Tony Cassioppi Iowa

The truth is the heavyweight division is wide open this year (as long as Gable doesn’t return) Four world class competitors still remain. I could realistically see any of these four winning the 2023 NCAA title, and the waters are a little murky on this one. Tony has won three straight over Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet, and he also defeated NCAA runner-up Cohlton Schultz twice. At the same time Mason Parris has defeated Cassioppi three straight times but he has lost to both Schultz and Kerkvliet. If Tony ends up on the opposite side of the bracket as Parris he may be able to battle his way into the finals while one of the others takes out Parris. Everything will need to go just right for this to happen, or for any of the above mentioned four to win the title, This weight class could have a different champion every time its wrestled, its that even between the top four.

157 Levi Haines Penn State

Levi is probably the least known wrestler on this list, but that doesn’t mean his chances are less then anybody else on here. Levi is the only wrestler on this list not ranked in the top 32 for preseason rankings. However that’s only because its still unsure on weather or not coach Cael will let him start this year. If Cael does in fact let his star wrestler compete, he is right there in the mix for the NCAA title. the 157 weight class is very thin this season to start with, the current number 1 ranked wrestler being Brayton Lee from Minnesota. NCAA champion David Carr has moved up to 165, NCAA champion Ryan Deakin has graduated, NCAA finalist Quincy Monday has moved up to 165. So 157 is wide open, and who better then Levi Haines to step in and win his first NCAA title. Haines is a Pennsylvania native and 3x state finalist and a 1x state champion. At the conclusion of his junior year, he decided to opt out of his senior season in high school, and spent the year competing on the cadet world team, and entering college opens. He entered the Franklin and Marshall Open, and the Edinboro Open, winning titles in both. In the semifinals of the Edinboro Open, he ran into Ohio State’s Paddy Gallagher (who finished the season 17-3) Haines defeated Gallagher by a score of 8-3. The sky is the limit for Levi and his potential, but I can only imagine the heights he could reach being coached by Cael Sanderson.

133 Vito Arujau Cornell

Vito is currently ranked 3rd at 133 after moving up from 125, where he was a third place finisher at the 2022 NCAA tournament. 133 is currently dominated by Penn State’s Roman Bravo Young, who will be going for his third straight NCAA title. Dayton Fix also looms large, as he has been a 3x NCAA runner-up.  Almost no one expects anyone other then those two to make the finals once again. Here’s the thing, Vito has already defeated both of these men, he has also beat 2X NCAA champion Nick Suriano. Vito is in fact a world beater, and has twice won the silver medal at the world championships He is more then capable of winning the 2023 NCAA title, and Cornell has an excellent history with its wrestlers winning titles.

197 Yonger Bastida Iowa State

While still figuring out folk style, Yonger has already made an impact at the college level. After entering last seasons NCAA tournament as the number 10 seed, he ended up earning all-american honors with a 5th place finish. Bastida is already considered a world class competitor on the freestyle scene, so its just a matter of time until he makes the necessary adjustments to contend for a national title. He has solid wins over NCAA runner up Jacob Warner, and NCAA champion Kyven Gadson. With another year of college wrestling under his belt the sky is the limit.

141 Beau Bartlett Penn State

Beau entered the college ranks as a blue chip recruit, he was a 4x National Prep champion, he claimed titles at the Ironman and the Powerade tournaments. Since arriving in Happy Valley he hasn’t had the best results, compiling a 23-13 record and going 0-2 at the 2022 NCAA tournament. However that was at 149, now finally back down to his natural weight class Beau Bartlett has a fresh start and a chance to rise to the top of the podium. On top of that, 141 has somewhat cleared out with the graduation of the weights top talent.

149 Austin Gomez Wisconsin

149 is very top heavy with the presence of Yianni Diakomihalis. This weight is about as safe as it can possibly be.  Yianni is a 3x NCAA champion with only one collegiate loss to his credit. So it will take someone very special to deny him of his fourth national title. One person capable of that is Wisconsin’s Austin Gomez. This kid is dangerous, if he can get his hands on Yianni, he could put him in trouble. Austin is one of those guys who has huge throws in his deep arsenal. He used these throws to pin 2X NCAA champion Roman Bravo Young a few years ago. So he is more then capable of pulling the upset.

165 Dean Hamiti Wisconsin

Let me start by saying, 165 is completely loaded this year. Actually looking at recent history, its been loaded for several years now. This years 165 pound division, has three NCAA Champions, (two of them have won junior world titles) and two NCAA runner-ups. So its difficult to say who the favorite even is. I can say thou, Dean Hamiti, isn’t on to many peoples radar. Word out of Wisconsin is that Dean has made huge gains since last years national tournament, and at 6 feet tall he is an absolute cradle machine and can hit them from every position. He has the ability to beat anyone in the bracket on any given day, but so do several guys at 165.

174 Nelson Brands Iowa

To start its hard to say how Nelson’s recovery has been from last seasons elbow surgery. So its difficult to say what shape he will be in for the upcoming year. If 100%, Nelson has a nice blend of speed, strength, and an endless gas tank. This alone makes him dangerous, especially in a tournament setting. Combine that with finally competing in a more natural weight class, and the sky’s the limit on what he can do. He is like a bigger version of Austin Desanto. Brands has quality wins over All-Americans Taylor Venz, Sam Colbray, and Zach Braunagel, up at 184. It will be interesting to see him at 174.

The Pointe at Chateau Mountain, the newest Second Mile Rentals property, is now available for rent! This incredible vacation home is located in gorgeous Branson Missouri, and is available be clicking here. The average price per night is only $349.00!

This lake-front home is located just minutes from some of Branson’s most amazing attractions!

With 5 king suites and a bunk room, media area, and multiple gathering spaces, The Pointe at Chateau Mountain is the ideal location for your next getaway.

Come experience the breath-taking views of Table Rock Lake directly from the living room! Get comfortable on the main level deck, where there is seating for 10 at the fire-feature dining table. On the lower level deck you can relax in the conversation seating, play a round or two of pool, or make a meal on the 6-burner propane grill.

You’ll be invited inside the house by warm, modern decor, custom-built wood furniture, and fresh white bed linens and towels. The kitchen is stocked with all of the utensils, bake-ware, cookware, and dinnerware you’ll need for prepping and serving meals.

Each of the king suite bedrooms has its own 50″ smart TV, with access to AT&T streaming TV and Netflix. The basement media area features an 86″ TV with Playstation 4 and access to Playstation Now.

There is also a  community outdoor pool, indoor pool, playground, and basketball court!

The property has 3,000 feet of living space, there are 6 bedrooms, 6.5 baths, and the house can sleep up to 20 people, making this an ideal destination for a family vacation.

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The Summit Castle, is a one-of-a-kind luxury log castle, which finished construction in February 2018. Set on a 3.5 acre lot, Summit Castle is a stunning 6 bedroom, 6 1/2 bathroom mountain lodge with space for 24 and an impressive list of amenities. As you pull into the circle drive, park under the portico and walk through the double castle doors, you will be amazed at the magnificent views of the Smoky Mountains from this massive 3 story cabin! Each space in this rustic-style cabin has been beautifully designed, from the stone turret and log exterior, incredible open great room, dining area, and barn-style theater room. This incredible vacation home is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and is available by clicking here. The average price per night is $1196.

This 4,570 sq. ft. Pigeon Forge cabin has enough room for multiple families and couples. The adults will be happy with the five king bed master suites with attached full bathrooms. The kids and kids at heart will be ecstatic with their sleeping options, including a bunk room that sleeps 8, several daybeds (for kids that prefer to sleep in the same room as their parents) and futons.

Located off of Wears Valley Road in a neighborhood with multi-acre lots containing million-dollar homes, Summit Castle has numerous entertainment options. This cabin offers a barn-style theater room with comfy reclining theater seats and a massive 82″ HDTV, with premium cable and On Demand; Xbox One X; Official Pop-A-Shot Dual Shot Basketball Arcade Game; pool table; air hockey; and Multicade arcade system (containing tons of classics like Pac-Man, Galaga, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Ms. Pac-Man, etc.).

Summit Castle features a beautiful fully-equipped kitchen with natural-wood cabinets and granite counter-tops. Feeding a large group is a breeze with 2 ovens, 2 built-in microwaves, 2 refrigerators, 2 dishwashers, 2 sinks, pots and pans, cooking utensils and ample counter space to prep. All guests will be able to dine together on the 2 large log tables, kitchen peninsula, and the covered outdoor dining table just outside the dining area.

In this 24/7 world, we can rarely get away from our jobs. Summit Castle has its own mountain-view office, complete with a rustic wood desk and chairs, and fast Wifi.

If you enjoy the great outdoors, this cabin also offers your very own large hot tub and a resort-style gas fire pit. Rock your cares away in the cabin’s many rocking chairs. Each morning, you can awake to incredible mountain views that leave no doubt why they are called the Smoky Mountains.

This cabin is a dream come true, and I have no doubt your family will have the time of your life at The Summit Castle!

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