Todd nelson kalahari biography of mahatma

By Rick Romell of the Journal Sentinel

May 05, 20140

Wisconsin Dells — At 14, Todd Nelson was a Sauk County farm kid and an auctioneer with the family auction business — antiques, cattle, horses, stuff they scarfed up cruising garage sales in Madison.

At 18, he was trucking Christmas trees to Florida.

Mahatma Gandhi used to speak of a secret law linking social trans- formation (changing external structures) to personal improvement.

Nelson Mandela alongside Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King while others see him as coveting accolades.

Kalahari president and owner Todd Nelson became familiar with the project after being connected to Mokgoro through a mutual friend.

Instead, we wanted to reach out to you with a reference book of what's possible; to help you create the journey you want, not some one-size-fits-all concoction.

He received the Wisconsin Dells Visitor and Convention Bureau's Life Achievement Award in He died June 29, Donald and Anita Nelson.

At 19, he bought into a popular Wisconsin Dells tavern. Then came a pizza place. A convenience store. A ski hill. A jewelry store. A card shop...

Now, at 53, Nelson, whose work history also includes stints as a beer truck driver and a laborer replacing ties on the old Milwaukee Road tracks across western Wisconsin, is among the most successful entrepreneurs in the Dells.

With his wife, Shari (they started dating when they were in driver's ed class at Wisconsin Dells High School), and their five children, Nelson owns the growing Kalahari Resorts group.

The Kalahari here features 760 rooms, 100,000 square