About Your Innkeepers
Marie and Doug Botcher are the owners/operators of the Meadows Inn. With occasional help from their adult daughter, they operate and manage all aspects of “The Meadows”. Both Marie and Doug are native residents of the area, both born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Marie hails from Mabel, Minnesota, just 22 miles south of Rushford on US-43, while Doug comes from Houston, Minnesota 12 miles to the east on US-16. They have two adult children, Peter and Nicole, also both born in La Crosse, who both make proud parents out of Marie and Doug. Pete and Nikki both live in Minneapolis.
Marie has lived in this area all of her "39" years with the exception of a five-year span from 1995 to 2000 when Doug hauled her and Nikki to Columbia, Missouri for his job (Pete was out of the house by then). The much older Doug was in the Navy from 1964-1967, lived in Phoenix, Arizona for a short time, before he married Marie, and in Missouri from 1995 to 2000. Other than those few occasions, they have lived in southeastern Minnesota their entire lives.
No doubt, many of you are curious how or why we became owners/innkeepers at our own B & B. The reason is that Marie had a long-standing dream to be an innkeeper at her own B & B. She visited “The Meadows” prior to becoming the owner and fell in love with it, saying that if we ever ventured into a B & B operation, she wanted one like this. Being the dutiful husband, Doug embraced the idea (after a little coaxing) and here we are.
Due to the unfortunate passing of the original owner, Nancy Johnson, Meadows Inn became available in November 1999. The Botchers were able to purchase the property from the daughters of Nancy, relocate from Missouri to Minnesota, reopening “The Meadows” on March 1, 2000. The rest, as they say, is history.