May 2015 - White Birch Village

White Deer Triathlon

The First annual White Deer Triathlon took place in Boulder Junction on Saturday, May 16th. It was a huge success. White Birch Village was a gold sponsor of the event and John was on the planning committee for it. My sister-in-law Debra Malmgren, who runs in marathons, had never done a triathlon and got a large group together to participate in the race. Her brother, Joe Ritchie, joined in the effort. Team Ritchie had quite a few participants. We would like to thank Ritchie Propane for being the platinum sponsor of this inaugural event, in memory of their son Jeremy. All the hard work paid off for Deb and her friend Jill as they took second place in the kayak team division.

Thanks to my brother, Brad, for sharing all his wonderful pictures that he took during the triathlon as I was holding down the fort at the resort!

The first leg of the race was a 3K paddle across Boulder Lake to Camp Manito-wish. You could either kayak, canoe or paddle board. Kayak’s were the preferred boat.

The start of the race at the boat landing at Boulder Lake.

The day was started with the singing our national anthem.

Strategy planning before the race.

Brian, from Team Ritchie, getting some practice strokes in.

Dan and Taylor from the Aqualand Ale House getting their kayak ready for the COED team division.

Deb and Jill are ready to begin.

Work those arms girls!

The paddle portion of the race took place on Boulder Lake and headed to Camp Manito-wish.

Deb and Jill finish the paddle portion of the race.

Racing out of the water.

The run from the boats to the bikes.

The second leg of the race was a 23K bike ride.

Deb and Jill riding their bikes.

The final leg was a 6.5K run that ended at the Boulder Junction Community building.

Brian was part of Team Ritchie and stayed here at the resort.

Dan and Taylor from the Aqualand Ale House.

Deb and Jill crossing the finish line.

Team Ritchie, who stayed at the resort, includes my sister-in-law Deb.

I love this action shot at the finish line.

The BJ Lions club provided a post race brat party.

After race fellowship.

Awards Ceremony.

Deb is soooo excited she and Jill took second place in the team division.

Deb is soooo excited that she and Jill took second place in the team division.

Theresa’s last event as the chamber’s executive director. We’re going to miss you!

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Docks are in!

The spring ritual of putting the docks in took place in snow showers. It never fails, whatever day we schedule for docks the weather turns nasty. The guys braved the snow and cold temps to get the docks ready for this weekend.

There were snow showers on and off all day.

Lodge dock going in.

John supervising from the boat 🙂

This is usually where someone gets wet. The lodge dock sits in the deepest water.

Beach dock going in.

One of the 78 sections of dock being lifted into the water.

The sun tried to peek out for a little bit.

The loons were keeping a watchful eye on what was happening.

Enjoying a bowl of hot chili after being in the cold water.

We’re ready for you to arrive 🙂

Docks are in!whitebirchvill2019-01-25T21:31:52+00:00

Journeys’ Marathon 2015

The 19th annual Journey’s Marathon took place this morning with the start line at White Birch Village. It’s a fun morning for us. WE enjoy all the activity and seeing the runners get ready and their families here to support them. Be sure to check out our Facebook page as I posted a couple videos from this morning.

7:15 AM the start line banner goes up.

Stretching and warming up for the race in the rec building.

Gathering for the start of race at 7:50 AM.

7:59 AM the race is about to start.

By 8:23 AM everyone is gone.

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A beautiful day for canoeing!

Last night after a full day of spring cleaning John and I went canoeing. What a beautiful night it was. The temperature was 75 degrees with wind to keep the bugs away. The water levels are high in the flowage/Bob’s Lake and the water plants haven’t started yet, so we could get around easily. We were entertained the entire time with all the wildlife. Enjoy all the photos.

Water, wonderful water!

We saw several mergansers.

Neat bunch of pine cones.

The beaver dam at the back end of the flowage.

There are a lot of new branches and logs in the dam. The beaver have been busy! That is White Birch Creek flowing. in the distance.

There are a lot of new branches and logs in the dam. The beaver have been busy! That is White Birch Creek flowing over the dam. The creek continues flowing into White Sand Lake.

The view of the flowage from the beaver dam.

Two swans was the special treat of the night. We happened to be out canoeing as they were migrating through.

It was fun watching the swans and goose.

It was fun listening to them trumpet.

An active beaver dam.

The opening to Bob’s Lake with mud hens swimming.

You can tell we were in a marsh with all the red-winged blackbirds flying around.

Looking at the shoreline where the our nature trail is.

We were able to navigate along the shore line where our nature trail is. This is the view of the bog area that you can see from the nature trail.

A muskrat lodge.

The view of the wedding site from the water.

Mama goose laying on her nest.

Great view of the Fish Hatchery. Look at all that water flowing!

Ended with a great sunset from the deck of the Barn.

A beautiful day for canoeing!whitebirchvill2015-05-03T20:56:08+00:00

Getting ready to turn water on!

The snow piles are just about gone. Yipee! But there was one left in the main parking lot that was getting in the way of turning water on. So John decided to help it along 🙂
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Last snowbank on the property. Can you guess where it is.

Getting ready to turn water on!whitebirchvill2015-05-02T16:10:16+00:00