Charlie is a little sad. He hasn’t gotten many guesses this year for when he’ll take the plunge. It’s not too late send us an email at [email protected] by March 17th with your date and time.

It’s that time again! Charlie made his trek out onto the ice today.

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 19th. Last year Charlie fell through REALLY late, May 6th. The ice can go out as early as late March and as late as the first of 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 fifth annual Charlie the Chipmunk Contest. John and Sue leave town on February 28th and not back home until March 17th. We’re heading off to sport shows. Our carpenter will be keeping an eye on Charlie for us. If there is any change during our absence he’ll get the pictures to me and I’ll update you. Otherwise, come back often after March 17th  as we will keep updating photos of Charlie.

As you will see Charlie had fun getting ready for his trek this year!

Sue has me all ready for the contest.

Look there’s two of me! Guess which one of us gets to go out on the ice? The other one gets to stay warm and head off to the sport shows!

Wasn’t that nice of them to feed me before I headed out onto the ice. Is this my last meal?

I decided it might be more fun to head out to the lake on a snowmobile.

Instead they gave me a piggy back ride.

Here comes my chair.

How many people does it take to get me situated?

I told John and Sue they better leave me a shovel with all the snow we’re getting this winter.  Enjoy the contest!

Another summer season of Charlie hiding around our property has come to an end. He has gone into hibernation until February where he will come out to sit on the ice.

The Swart family who was here this last week had two special Charlie moments.

First: Xander is our youngest Charlie finder in the four years Charlie has been hiding at the resort. Way to go Xander! We have determined he had some help from mom. 🙂

Second: Bodie was our final finder of Charlie for the year.

Here’s Charlies final hiding spot. Can you guess where it is?

Here are some of the final Charlie photos.

Here’s the latest finders of Charlie. He’s getting sad because his time of fun is soon coming to an end with all the kids going back to school.

Year after year Charlie continues to have fun hiding on our property. His following is growing. As you will see we have all ages searching for Charlie. We had several Charlie sleuths this summer who found Charlie 3 times in a week. Enjoy the pictures. 🙂

It didn’t take Charlie long to move a couple of times on his first day of hiding.

Congratulations to Emmy and Molly….first time guests and the first finders of Charlie in 2013

Kira is also a first time guest. Congrats.

And the hunt begins. Charlie went into hiding today. He has found himself sandwiched between two parking spots. When will he be found?

Charlie decided that his adventure wasn’t over yet. After falling through the ice, and before we could get a boat in the water to retrieve him, he decided to go floating around the lake. It proves that the life jackets work! Charlie, chair and all, enjoyed a romp floating around the lake before John retrieved him this morning. He ended up over in the north bay.

This is the shoreline Charlie ended up on

John retrieving Charlie

Charlie’s ride in the canoe

Thanks for the ride, John

Drying out before he goes into seclusion for the summer

Sometime in the wee morning hours Charlie took the final plunge into the cold waters of White Birch Lake. As you will see he is still somewhat being held up by ice, but we are officially calling May 6th as the day he took the plunge. Congratulations to Lynn Heeringa who had the foresight to choose May 7th. Lynn was out only May guess. Way to go Lynn! Lynn’s brother, Randy won the second year of the contest. They are keeping it in the family. 🙂

Charlie is still be supported by some underwater ice.

Charlie is flanked by remnants of this winters ice fishing trails.