| Art and Charlotte Andersen |
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| David and Linda Peterson and Art and Char, salmon fishing, Lake Michigan, during the Oshkosh airshow in August. |
This years trip to Oshkosh included an afternoon of salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. Our luck was better this year, catching a lot of salmon from 15-25lbs. They started biting right at dark and continued until we had to go in. This picture of David and Linda Peterson and us shows the catch of the evening. Linda had one fish take 300yds of line out when it ran out away from the boat.
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| Owners Art and Charlotte Andersen |
Owners Art and Charlotte Andersen, with their Grizzly Cub aircraft at the EAA Airventure Show in Oshkosh, WI, August 2008. Art and Charlotte created the Longhorn RV and Motel, and are turning it into a destination lodging resort in NW Wyoming. Both pilots, Art and Charlotte met through aviation, and are active pilots and aircraft owners. Through this summer of 2009 Art and Charlotte have been flying almost every day, sometimes twice a day.
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| Charlotte and the Stitt's Playmate |
Charlotte's earliest memories are of helping her Dad build the Stitt's Playmate, a built-from-
scratch homebuilt airplane. Only 3 years old in the beginning, Charlotte loved airplanes and aviation right off and spent years with her Dad building, flying, and showing their award winning airplane.
Their Stitt's Playmate was two-time Grand Champion at the greatest airshow, the Oshkosh Experimental Aircraft show. After her Father died in 2002, Charlotte donated their Stitt's Playmate to the South Dakota Aviation Museum in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Charlotte and Art fly a lot together and hope to do more than ever in the future.
Their Stitt's Playmate was two-time Grand Champion at the greatest airshow, the Oshkosh Experimental Aircraft show. After her Father died in 2002, Charlotte donated their Stitt's Playmate to the South Dakota Aviation Museum in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Charlotte and Art fly a lot together and hope to do more than ever in the future.
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Aside from hunting, shooting, and flying, Art's previous life was spent building and operating a large grain farm in eastern South Dakota. The 4th generation family farm grew to over 30,000 acres and spread across 12 different counties in South Dakota.
While building and running the farm gave Art valuable background, it was never where he wanted to be. Art and Charlotte started downsizing the farm in 2001 and shifting focus to commercial pheasant hunting. Together they built a very successful, high-end hunting business which they really enjoyed. Not wanting to quit the hunting business, the move to Wyoming ultimately meant ending their South Dakota hunting lodge. Charlotte and Art now continue to hunt and guide with other SD lodges. The Andersen's moved their kennel of fine Pointing Lab dogs with them to Dubois.
While building and running the farm gave Art valuable background, it was never where he wanted to be. Art and Charlotte started downsizing the farm in 2001 and shifting focus to commercial pheasant hunting. Together they built a very successful, high-end hunting business which they really enjoyed. Not wanting to quit the hunting business, the move to Wyoming ultimately meant ending their South Dakota hunting lodge. Charlotte and Art now continue to hunt and guide with other SD lodges. The Andersen's moved their kennel of fine Pointing Lab dogs with them to Dubois.
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| 1943 Stearman biplane |
Both Charlotte and Art have enjoyed flying and the doors that aviation had opened to them over the years, and it's especially fitting that aviation is what brought them together. They became engaged while flying in the open-cockpit Stearman biplane.
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| Leopard taken in the Selous, TZ |
August 2007 was the Andersen's most recent trip to Tanzania, spending 3 weeks there hunting in Masailand. This trip provided the last experiences Art will write about in his upcoming book about hunting Tanzania. This was Charlotte's first safari with her own license and she took her first Cape Buffalo while there. The Andersen's are veteran's of many trips to Tanzania.
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| Cape Buffalo taken this summer in Masailand |
The Andersen's welcome you to the Longhorn RV and Motel and also invite you to come share the upcoming Lionsden and Longhorn Bar and Grill planned for early 2010.