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Run your own wilderness resort

Canoeing at Stehekin
National Park Service
Canoeing at Stehekin

Looking for an opportunity to get away from it all?  The National Park Service is taking bids on the contract to manage a 21-room lodge, restaurant and general store in Stehekin.  When they say it's remote, they aren't kidding; located at the end of Lake Chelan, the area is reachable only by boat, floatplane or on foot.  There's no TV, no cell phone service and just one pay phone.  

The concession contract runs for ten years.  Two years ago, there wasn't a single bidder, and the Park Service ended up asking a longtime local family to run the resort.  That contract is set to expire.

You can learn more about the resort at the Stehekin Landing site.

Dave Meyer has been anchoring KNKX news shows since 1987. He grew up along the shores of Hood Canal near Belfair and graduated from Washington State University with degrees in communications and psychology.