Poor Charlie! He really is ready to come in from the cold. He’s finally saying…..enough winter already! Even though we lucked out today and didn’t get the foot of snow they did west of us; we still got the freezing temperatures (which locked the lake up again), a dusting of snow and freezing rain. Poor Charlie has been frozen in the horizontal position for several days now. We are out-of-town this weekend, but have someone watching Charlie for us. I never thought I would have to find a “Charlie watcher” for the first weekend in May!

Believe it or not Charlie is sitting in a blizzard this afternoon. If you look hard enough you can see the shore line behind Charlie. Winter is hanging on with a vengeance this year. Not sure when Charlie will fall through the ice.  Stay tuned………

P.S. We are still ice fishing!

The snow is melting……..but it’s still going to be awhile before Charlie takes the plunge.

In fact, John and good friend Denny went out ice fishing today.

We would like to thank everyone who voted in our Ice Out Contest. A record number of you voted this year. We doubled our votes from last year; a 100 votes were cast. Who is going to be the lucky winner? With winter hanging on strong this year the March votes look doubtful. It is snowing and is 14 degrees as I write this. Below is how Charlie looked yesterday, March 20th. Stay tuned for any change in Charlie’s situation.

It’s time for a Charlie update…… be sure to cast your vote for when Charlie will fall through the ice. I’ve extending the vote date to March 20th. Send me an email at [email protected] with your date and time Charlie will fall through the ice.

8 inches of snow fell on Monday and Charlie is full of snow. You may also notice the tracks in the snow behind Charlie. We’ve had a bobcat on the property and I think Charlie piqued his interest. 🙂

Yes, you are seeing double. We thought Charlie was feeling lonely, so we let his sport show double sit on the ice with him for the day today.

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 Tax day April 15th. Last year Charlie fell through on the earliest ice out on record, March 19th. 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 fourth annual Charlie the Chipmunk Contest. Come back often as we will keep updating photos of Charlie.

Charlie getting the buoy tied to him so he doesn’t sink.

He’s all ready for you to make your guess.