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Charlie Update

Hello all my faithful Charlie hunters. Sorry it took me so long to get your pictures posted.

Week of June 23-30

Week of June 30 – July 8

As you will see the week of July 7-15 was a very busy week for Charlie. The teams kept changing, but all the kids had a blast with Charlie!

The week of July 14-22 a was a little quieter for Charlie.

Toby was the youngest finder this summer. He found Charlie with the help of his aunt.

Week of July 22-29

Week of July 28 – August 5 was another quiet week for Charlie.

The week of August 4-12 was another week of team work and business for Charlie. In fact all the findings happened between Sunday and Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

Calandra did such a great job of hiding Charlie he stayed hidden for a whole week and I had to give 4 clues before he was found.

Week of August 11-19

 

 

Grace is the last person to have hidden Charlie and he his still hidden there. Will he still be there next year? Stay tuned!

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Charlie’s Feet

It seems the local wildlife want to join in the search for Charlie. All day yesterday and this morning kids went in search for Charlie. All they came up with was Charlie’s feet. It seems a local critter thought Charlie would make for a good dinner. All they left behind was Charlie’s feet. Quinn and Tucker were great hunters as they found the feet. We all hope whoever took Charlie has a tummy ache. 🙂

This is called determination. To search the woods for these tiny feet! Way to go Tucker and Quinn!

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Charlie Update

It’s been a very busy start to the season this year, so I haven’t posted the Charlie pictures. This year’s Charlie is a little smaller, so there have been some fun new hiding spots chosen.

Congrats to Abigail, Joshua, Sarah and Hannah for finding Charlie on May 30th.

This was Sam and Abby’s first time at WBV. They had fun finding. The battle for the best hiders went back and forth between them and Niko, Lexi, Liam and Landon the week of June 2-10.

Niko, Lexi, Liam and Landon’s turn at finding Charlie.

Rachel and Kyle are also first time vactioneers who had fun looking for Charlie. They found him on June 11th.

Cousins Emily and Hannah taking thier turn on June 12th.

More cousins Anneke and Maddie took their turn on June 12th.

Kaylee and her brother Derek took turns hiding Charlie the week of June 16th as they were the only two looking for Charlie.

Derek was the last to find Charlie on June 21st.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of Charlie’s hiding spots.

 

 

 

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Ist Charlie find of the year

And the hunt has begun. Charlie was found today for the first time this season.

Congratulations Steven and Jenni for finding Charlie.

 

Can you tell where he’s hiding?

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Charlie Falls Through

Charlie didn’t make it until Tuesday. He went through the ice late Monday night, March 19th!  Congratulations to Gene Wengert, this year’s Ice Out Winner. He chose March 19th at 4PM. Is March going to become the norm for ice out?  2 out of 3 years now Charlie has gone swimming in March. The average date for ice out here is mid-April.

John, Kelly and I were in Green Bay when the event happened. (We took Kelly to the Lambeau Field tour for her birthday).  Thanks to the watchful eyes of our carpenters we have the picture for you. By the time we arrived home tonight Charlie was lying along the shore. He broke free from his chair.

Charlie this morning at 7AM. I left the carpenter's on Charlie watch while we were gone and as you can see at 7 AM this morning most of the ice was gone. Unbelievable how fast the ice went out this year.

 

Charlie must have been tired of his chair as he broke free and floated to the shoreline.

 

It made for an easy retrieval.

 

John will have to get his waders on to retrieve the chair.

 

All the ice is gone. We even saw fish jumping at the surface of the water tonight.

 

Charlie drying off.

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Charlie’s leaning

The warm weather continues to aid in Charlies early swimming date. Will he last until tomorrow?

How much longer can I hang on?

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Charlie is still holding on……

Hello all….sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything. We had a very successful sport show in Milwaukee. Thanks to all our guests who stopped by our booth to say hello. It was good to see you. Makes us ready for the season to start and to have the sound of vacationers back again. I tried blogging from my phone while we were at the show, but it wouldn’t let me. Then our internet went down and I’m finally back up and running. So for all of you curious how Charlie is surviving these warm temps, here you go.

Despite all the warm weather Charlie is still holding on, but the question is: “For how long?”

Fifty people made guesses this year for the ice out contest. Another year with an early spring. It’s hard to believe that most of the snow is already gone. Was it really only 2 weeks ago that there was 35 inches of snow on the ground! Here’s the pictures of Charlie in the last week.

Charlie was still surrounded by snow on March 11th.

St. Patrick's Day brings Charlie sitting in melting ice.

Charlie is sitting about 70 feet off shore just beyond the end of the main dock.

With the temperatures in the 70's today Charlie is starting to lean.

Here are some pictures I took around the property today. Most of the snow is gone and John is already outside getting the grounds ready for your arrival!

The ice is beginning to melt at the shore line.

The ice has completely left the boat landing area.

The piles of snow are still lingering by Loon and Mallard.

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2012 Ice Out Contest

Charlie the Chipmunk has made his 3rd annual trek out onto the ice. Will you be the 2012 Ice Out winner? Make a guess as to when the ice will go out and when Charlie will fall though the ice. Two years ago Charlie fell through on March 25th, which is the earliest it has gone out in many years. Last year Charlie chose tax day, April 15th.  The ice can go out as early as late March and as late as early May.  So choose your date carefully.

When will Charlie fall through this year? It’s anybody’s guess and you could have the winning date and time.  If Charlie sinks after dark he will be credited to the next day. John and Sue need some sleep too. 

All you need to do is email us at [email protected] with your date and time of day as to when Charlie will fall through the ice. All entries must be in our email by March 15th. The contest is open to any age and the winner will get their name added to the plaque in the lodge lobby.

Good Luck and we hope you have fun with the third annual Charlie the Chipmunk Contest. Come back often as we will keep updating photos of Charlie.

Securing Charlie to his chair.

 

Charlie's keeping an eye on the resort.

 

Charlie's waiting to see who will guess correctly.

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Final Charlie pictures for 2011

We went through 3 Charlies this year during the great Charlie hunts!

Cousins and friends worked together to find Charlie. Congrats, Bailey, Evan, Katie, Clayton and Karlee.

Calandra hid Charlie so well before she left, It took several days for him to be found. Joel, Anthony and Stephanie were the ones who succeeded in finding Charlie.

Kayla and mom found Charlie right before they went home.

Ashley joined in the fun.

Clara had fun searching for Charlie.

Haley and Alissa were not going to miss out on the fun.

Grandma helped Izzy find Charlie.

Way to go Havana!

This was Savannah's first time at WBV and she had fun searching for Charlie.

Estella was so proud she found Charlie.

Besides feeding the chipmunks, finding Charlie was top on the list of "to do's" for Brice and Kayla.

The last finders of the season are Michael and Meredith.

Can you guess where Charlies last hiding spot is?

Final Charlie pictures for 20112011-09-09T16:26:59+00:00
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