Last night the winds picked up and blew and blew and blew! By 2 AM the power was out and didn’t come on for 12 hours. Thankfully only two units were booked so we were able to help them out and let them put their food in our freezer….running off the generator. It’s amazing what nature can do…take a look at the picture!
The top of a birch tree came down and planted itself in the ground.
This morning Mr. Porcupine was sleeping in a tree. We interrupted his sleep to get his picture.
He wasn't too sure about John and I talking to him.
Our rustic road, County K, is beautiful in the summer and the fall but winter after a new snowfall rivals for top billing. With all the snow on the smaller pine trees it is truly a winter wonderland! We had 6 inches of snow last night and it is pretty outside.
The winter tunnel
Snow sitting on the pine trees near the White Sand Lake wayside.
This isn't on County K, but on our nature trail snowshoeing today.
Coming home from church today we encountered a bear cub on County K right by the White Sand Lake wayside. We thought our eyes we deceiving us as the cub should have been hibernating at this time of year. The only reason a bear would be out at this time of the year would be because they had not stored up enough fat for the long winter hibernation. We sure hope this little guy is able to find some food and make its way back to the den with momma.
The cub let us watch him for quite a while. Wouldn't let a good look at his face though.
It was snowing again today. That makes about 12 days out of the last 2 weeks that it has snowed. The snow is beginning to be replenished after the rain around the new year. It sure does help keep it looking beautiful here when it snows everyday. Here are some pictures from snowshoeing on our nature trail around White Birch Lake.
This is one of my favorite spots along the trail. It has such a cool tunnel feel to it.
Some blue sky trying to peak through
Otter Crossroad. They sure have been busy, I came across at least 10 otter runs.
Our local otter made an appearance today near our boat landing. At first we thought it was 2 otters playing on the ice. Upon taking a closer look we saw that it wasn’t a playmate, but his turtle dinner. He was so focused on eating that he didn’t even notice me sneaking up on him to take his picture.
Enjoying dinner!
With the cold temperatures that have arrived in the Northwoods the lake has begun to freeze. Hopefully the cold temperatures forecasted this weekend we will get a good hard freeze of the lake before more snow falls.
Yesterday morning we awoke to the first snowfall of the season. It’s hard to tell how much came down as it was melting throughout the day. Even so, it’s so pretty with the first snowfall and everything is white. We have our snowshoes ready and hopefully we’ll blaze in a trail around White Birch Lake to use this winter. Keep your eye posted on the blog as later this week we will have our winter packages listed for January and February.
Looking out the front door of the lodge.
Sorry it’s been so long since I had a post on the blog. John’s dad died on November 1st and we haven’t been in town much. On our way to Green Bay for the first visitation we saw these swans down the road on Little Star Lake. Had to stop and get a photo.
When we stopped the car they were all looking in our direction, but they didn't like our intrusion and started swimming away.
This past week Mother Nature has done quite a clean up job! The winds began on Tuesday and it didn’t take long for the power to go out. By 9:30 AM it was gone. The winds continued to blow well into Wednesday night and it took a toll on the trees. John stopped counting at when he hit 75 trees down. The hardest hit area was near Timberwolfe. At first we were told our power wouldn’t be back on until Saturday as over 10,000 people were without power in the Northwoods! Thanks to the generator we didn’t lose any food, had water and heat, and one outlet and extension cord that we used. We also have a gas stove so we could still cook dinner by candlelight! The nights were very peaceful, got a lot of reading done and realized how well you can do without TV, computers and other electrical appliances. Thankfully, the power came back on Thursday night (earlier than anticipated) especially since we had people renting one of the suites for the weekend! The guys had the grounds just about picked up for the fall and now you would never know it. There are truck loads of debris to pick up. Here are some pictures from all the trees that came down.
So much for the new deck by the musky bell!
Uprooted at the ponds.
At least it fell towards the ponds instead of the Rec Building!
Tree down next to Oriole.
Common sight everywhere!
Shows the power of the wind!
Hardest hit area was up near our burn pile.
Big pine tree came down near Timberwolfe. Thankfully very little damage was done to the building.
Yes, that is snow in the picture!
One less tree at Timberwolfe's deck.
The chain saws have been busy!
Tree's crossing roads are everywhere up here right now. This picture is our road near the burn pile. As you drive down County K there are trees on the side of the road every few yards.
It's good the polish staff have already gone home, hard to get to their housing right now.