John went ice fishing tonight and caught his limit of 25 bluegills. Our guests who stayed in Red Oaks over the holidays had a successful 5 days ice fishing. The largest being a 23 inch walleye!
the fish were biting strong at 5pm once the moon was up.
Scott, one of our carpenters, went fishing with John.
The family dogs loved running all around the lake over the holidays!
Deb snowshoeing with the dogs.
The dogs would play for hours outside!
Zeus the Great Dane!
First thing was to choose the bravest (and lightest) person to go out on the ice. Kendria wins! On goes the life vest and then John ties on the rope.
Next test to see if the ice is safe.
John on the other end of the rope in case Kendria falls in. Which one of these onlookers do you think would go in after Kendria if she fell through the ice!?!
Digging it out.
Bringing the turtle back to shore.
Kelly checking the turtle carcass out. The otter had a good meal of turtle.
Look for the turtle shell somewhere ion the lodge when you visit this summer.
The snow started falling on Wednesday and ended on Thursday. From a person who used to dislike the snow the Northwoods have made me fall in love with it. It is always picture perfect outside with the fresh snow. We had a total of 6-7 inches of snow. Some areas of the Northwoods had as much as 14 inches. Of course with heavy snow comes power outages. thus I had to wait until today to post pictures. 🙂 Enjoy the pictures.
The front entrance before there were any tire marks on the road.
The main drive
Looking down to the lake from the lodge
And the creek which is always gorgeous after a wet snowfall!
After two weeks of no sun and misty weather (not even enough rain to help raise the water levels in the lake) we have had beautiful summer like weather this week. 77 degrees here today. Enjoy the latest photos given to us by our guests.
Fall mist on the lake
The otters have been very active this fall.
Enjoying dinner.
Kids enjoying the last of the great weather.
Fall colors
The color didn't stay on the trees long this year due to the high winds.
We have had a family of otters playing for the last two weeks. Momma and 3 babies. They have been playing in all the ponds, in the culvert under County K and in the creek. Today has been my first chance of getting a picture. Enjoy.
Momma waiting for her little one to join her.
Here comes the little one. I was hoping to get a picture with Momma with her little one, but my daughter and niece came to watch and screamed with excitement and momma ran away.
The little one swimming off to find momma.
It’s always fun seeing the pictures our guests take during their stay here. Enjoy.
No hiding from the camera
Even Erica at nine years old swam all the way across the lake and back again. Way to go Erica!
Our friend the chipmunk
Eagle taking off
The loons were gathered on our lake last week.
Geo-caching is fun for the whole family.
Mama deer has been around a lot lately.
Excited about her catch.
Sisters fishing together
We’ve had some great pictures submitted for our digital photo frame at the front desk. I thought I would share some with you.
Great shot of the pileated woodpecker
The majestic eagle always makes for a photo opportunity
Nothing like being at the right spot at the right time. Capturing the spider and bee was amazing.
Having fun in the water.
There’s always opportunities to see wildlife at White Birch Village.
Snapping turtle along the shoreline
Watching the hummingbirds is always fascinating.
Water snake sunning himself. Thankfully they are not poisonous.
The dragonflies are hatching today. The shoreline and dock at Hideaway are full with dragonflies in different stages of hatching.
The nymph stage. The dragonfly nymph will attach to anything near the water to begin its transformation.
The dragonfly beginning to emerge.
Hanging out together.
Almost ready to fly away.
The nymph skeleton.