Cedar Lodge

AN EASE AND NATURAL FRIENDLINESS

Posted on 24. Sep, 2007 by mjo in Accolades

I am very pleased to write a testimonial about Cedar Lodge, where together with the other members of the Board of Directors of the Saskatchewan Soccer Association, I spent this past weekend, September 24-26, 2007, engaged in a very successful and pleasant strategic planning retreat.

I don’t think there is any other retreat locale (and I have been to a number of them) quite like this one. Cedar Lodge is a wonderfully rustic complex that overlooks scenic Blackstrap Lake and its beautiful surrounding woodlands.

The rooms are well appointed and very clean; all of the normal amenities are provided. What is really striking about the place, however, are the staff and the menu. There is an ease and natural friendliness in the manner of the staff, who make every effort to meet one’s needs, including providing specially requested meals, meals at odd times of the day, and snacks (home-made cookies or muffins, for example) at mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

The food tastes as if it were cooked by your mother (or father!) and there is much variety in the meals (and snacks) served from day to day. It is no exaggeration for me to say that I haven’t had Yorkshire pudding (the real thing!) like that in years!

The retreat meeting space was a spacious room with large windows overlooking Blackstrap Lake. We all found ourselves staring out those windows from time to time throughout the weekend and this brought a contemplative and peaceful atmosphere to our work, which turned out to be of a very high quality.

I cannot thank the staff enough for all of their efforts to make our weekend a success. They are truly wonderful people who treat their visitors as friends, putting them at ease from the start and making their stay a memorable one.

My warmest regards to all the staff at Cedar Lodge.

Cheers
DCS

Don Story
Chair, Governance Committee
Board of Directors
Saskatchewan Soccer Association