Our Story - Western Legends literally changed our lives forever
John has been an entrepreneur his whole life. He has always had something going on and when our kids were younger we spent lots of years at Festivals doing activities for kids. From inflatable bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals, and on.
One of these was the Wild West Shoot Em' Up game. Which we finally brought to Kanab in 2015 after years of a friend telling us that was the place for us. We had put it off 'cause it was a 4-hour drive from our home in Central Utah.
We loved the event but mid-mornings are always slow so we had time to visit with our surrounding booth operators one of whom was Sue Markham.
Sue was a genuinely beautiful, open, friendly person. When I asked her what was Kanabs' main industry was she quickly answered "Tourism, I have a guest house. It's a great business. Wanna' see it? You should do it!".
John and I had considered a "Guest House" several years earlier (pre-Airbnb). But we had been looking at Moab, Utah, and decided it was already getting too busy for us.
We had a great weekend at the Festival and with Sue. We went home. Didn't talk too much about it for a few weeks. But the idea kept nagging at both of us. I finally told John "We are going to Kanab, get a hotel, get a Realtor, spend three days and see what we really think".
We did.
First day was fun looking all around.
Second day we wanted nothing to do with it all. There were only three houses in our budget and they all needed a lot of work.
Third day we put an offer in on the worst house and bought it.
We Started our renovations on the Western Star Bungalow on Jan 1, 2016, and completed the inside exactly one year later Jan 1, 2017. Had our first booking first of February and have pretty much loved it ever since!
Sue became our best friend in Kanab, our mentor, our tour guide and more. We lost this lovely lady 2 years ago to cancer and we still miss her tons.
So that's our story and I'm stickin' to it.
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