Amity Outdoors

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

I am drawn to old things, antiques, that had a whole life before they reached me.

Not because they are valuable. Because they connect me to a story I did not write, and somehow let me carry a small piece of it forward.

When I travel, I rarely bring home the gift-shop version. I look for the old book. The worn tool. The photograph of someone I will never meet. Something used enough to prove it mattered to someone before me.

I own a Bible older than any person I have ever met. There are names written inside that mean nothing to me now. But once, they meant everything to someone.

Someone held that book through ordinary mornings, hard seasons, celebrations, and loss. Eventually, across years and hands I will never be able to trace, it found its way to me.

I think that is why I am drawn to certain places, too.

A landscape can hold the same thing an old book does. Time. Meaning. Story.

Stand in the right place and you realize you are not the center of it. You are simply a guest in something that existed long before you arrived and will remain long after you leave.

Maybe that is what I have been chasing all along.

Connection.

And somewhere along the way, that became the foundation of how I think about hospitality.

The best places do more than give people somewhere to stay. They make people feel connected. To the place. To each other. To a moment they will carry home with them.

An old book taught me that.

I am still learning it.

Amity Outdoors

09/10/2026

I am drawn to things that had a whole life before they reached me.

Not because they are valuable. Because they connect me to a story I did not write, and somehow let me carry a small piece of it forward.

When I travel, I rarely bring home the gift-shop version. I look for the old book. The worn tool. The photograph of someone I will never meet. Something used enough to prove it mattered to someone before me.

I own a Bible older than any person I have ever met. There are names written inside that mean nothing to me now. But once, they meant everything to someone.

Someone held that book through ordinary mornings, hard seasons, celebrations, and loss. Eventually, across years and hands I will never be able to trace, it found its way to me.

I think that is why I am drawn to certain places, too.

A landscape can hold the same thing an old book does. Time. Meaning. Story.

Stand in the right place and you realize you are not the center of it. You are simply a guest in something that existed long before you arrived and will remain long after you leave.

Maybe that is what I have been chasing all along.

Connection.

And somewhere along the way, that became the foundation of how I think about hospitality.

The best places do more than give people somewhere to stay. They make people feel connected. To the place. To each other. To a moment they will carry home with them.

An old book taught me that.

I am still learning it.

Amity Outdoors

09/09/2026

There is a lot of opportunity in outdoor hospitality right now. But a great property is only part of the equation.

After 20+ years in property management and hospitality, I have seen how much strong operations, revenue strategy, and guest experience can influence performance.

That is the work behind Amity Outdoors. Always interested in connecting with others investing in, developing, and growing outdoor hospitality.

09/07/2026

More than 20 years in hospitality has taught me that the properties people see are only part of the business.

Behind every great stay is an operation that works.

The right rate. A healthy P&L. A team that takes ownership. Clean spaces. Clear communication. Consistent standards. And hundreds of small decisions guests may never see, but absolutely feel.

I have had the opportunity to work this business from the ground up — on-site operations, multi-property leadership, revenue management, acquisitions, development and openings, P&L and NOI performance, and guest experience.

And I have learned that occupancy alone does not define success. Neither does a beautiful property.

Strong hospitality happens when the people, the operations, the experience and the numbers work together.

That is what I believe in.

Good people. Better operations. Memorable places.

A brighter outside.

— Amy
Amity Outdoors

09/07/2026

A beautiful property can get someone to book.

It does not make them come back.

The difference is in the details. Cleanliness. Communication. Pricing. People. Leadership. Consistency.

Great outdoor hospitality creates something people feel while building something that performs.

The strongest properties do both.

That is where good hospitality becomes good business.

— Amity Outdoors

09/07/2026

We carry a lot. More than most people ever see.

Work. Family. Expectations. Change. Loss. Responsibility. The pressure to keep moving even when life feels heavy.

And sometimes, we need a little space from all of it.

Go outside. Take the walk. Sit by the water. Find the trail. Feel the sun. Breathe deeper.

You do not have to figure everything out today. Sometimes you just need to set some of it down for a while.

Nature brings us back to what matters.

Follow Amity Outdoors for a little more outside, connection, perspective, and good along the way.

09/05/2026

The way we show up matters.

In leadership. In hospitality. In our relationships. In the everyday moments no one else sees.

Be strong without becoming hard.
Hold high standards and leave room for grace.
Make something easier for someone else.
Pay attention to how people feel in your presence.
And when you have the opportunity, leave people better than you found them.

Not impressed by you.
Not dependent on you.
Just better.

We will not always get it right. But we can keep choosing to lead with intention, support people well, and leave a little good behind us.

That feels like a pretty good way to do business. And an even better way to live.

— Amity Outdoors

09/05/2026

Hospitality is more than how we welcome others.

It is how we move through the world.

Making room for people.
Offering grace before judgment.
Leading with kindness when it would be easier to harden.
Getting back up when life knocks you down.
Finding the good, even when you have to look a little harder for it.

Hard seasons change us. They are supposed to.

But they do not have to take the good out of us.

Some of the strongest leadership is simply choosing to remain grounded, generous and human — especially when life gives you every reason not to.

At Amity, we believe how you make people feel matters.

In hospitality.
In leadership.
In life.

There is still good to be found.

And sometimes, we have to be the ones willing to create it.

09/04/2026

Leadership does not always look like being out front.

Sometimes it looks like staying steady when things get hard.

Making the decision no one wants to make.
Giving someone else the credit.
Listening before reacting.
Holding the standard when it would be easier to lower it.

The best leaders I know do not need to remind people that they are leading.

You can feel it in the people around them.