Jennifer was a spectacular hostess. The pictures really do not do justice to how beautiful the view is from the property. She was exceptionally accommodating, friendly, and timely with communication.
The Little Dipper is located directly next to Stardust Marina, so the convenience of that was incredible. Mostly because we drove 10hrs from Milwaukee, so we wanted to keep driving to a minimum.
The staff at Stardust we extremely friendly. We had planned to get a party pontoon for Thursday and Saturday, but Serena at the marina offered me $100 off to rent one for Friday as well. Southern hospitality was at it’s finest for the entire trip EXCEPT Archer’s grocery store. The cashier was extremely unpleasant to all four of us who checked out separately. We were in shock how someone could be rude to some polite folks from the Midwest that collectively spent about $50 at her grocery store! The husband and son in the meat area were extremely friendly though. Maybe the woman was just having a really bad morning, but it certainly made us boycott Archer’s for the rest of the trip.
We took the pontoon to Bubba’s Brew’s on Thursday. I highly suggest it. It was a bit of a haul since the party pontoons are gigantic, and do not go very fast, but we’re glad we made the trip.
You’re going to want to commit about 2hrs to get there, and 2hrs back.
We went to Sugar Hollow Marina on Saturday since Shanghai Marina was too full to dock our boat. It was their first day open since the whole pandemic lockdown, but beware of the service. We ordered one drink and the whole procedure of getting it, getting our check, and getting our cards back took over an hour. Everyone looked new and lost. Our time on the water was precious, so we were pretty irritated. The food smelled good though!
We grilled a lot at the Little Dipper. It was a perfect setup for grilling, and we do a lot of grilling where we are from. The patio was sensational.
My three friends did not have cell service during the trip, but I did. My service provider is AT&T. I knew going into it that we would probably not have service, but I’m glad I did. Especially for navigation on the pontoon. It is a very big lake! Even with the paper map, we caught ourselves getting disoriented at times.
I brought fishing gear, we bought live bait, bought fishing licenses, but didn’t really do any fishing. That is my biggest regret. Overall, we had a great time! Thank you Jennifer!