The trees started coming down at 7AM today. Fifteen trees were cut down today before they came tumbling down on their own. Northern Tree Service out of Woodruff does a great job.

The first one to come down this morning was right next to the lodge deck.

The spider is a great machine.

For those who saw the pileated woodpecker hole studded tree it is now gone. All that remains in it’s place is a stump where a bench will be built by the shuffleboard court.

The back of the lodge looks a little bare with the birch and pine tree gone. Never fear we are going to plant lilac trees in their place.

Cleaning up.

We have decided that September is a great wedding month and are creating a spot along the flowage for ceremonies.

Trimming up the branches and then we’ll take down the fences.

Eventually there will be a gazebo over looking the flowage.

The large tree that came down along the creek in the wind storm this is how the center looked.

A big oak tree between Woodside and Hillcrest came down.

Only 3 inches of the tree was still alive.

Time to move the portable John Deer tractor canopy.

Many hands make for light work.

Bill and Diane Schneider, long time summer guest of WBV, made their way up north to experience what winter is like. They had a blast trying snowshoeing for the first time. Bill headed out onto the lake with John for the first time in many years to go ice fishing. They weather was perfect Valentine’s Day weekend for them. They brought friends with them and said that they are definitely going to make this an annual event. We loved having them. This winter has been cold, but beautiful!!! We thank them for sharing their photos with us.

Snowshoeing

Bill checking out the creek.

Our archway at night with the lights.

John and Bill heading out to ice fish.

Snowshoeing the nature trail, right behind the barn.

We hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving, spending time with family and friends. Between family obligations, deer hunting and the holidays, we were on the road the entire month of November. the weather in October was not very cooperative for picking up leaves. Between the rain and the snow there are a lot of leaves that will be waiting for spring to be picked up.

I was given some great fall pictures from a couple of our guests that were here in October. Enjoy!

The first sign around the resort that fall has arrived is the pulling of the raft 🙂

On July 9th the demolition of Cattail and Heron Haus took place.  What takes so long to build comes down very quickly in the hands of a tractor.

At the end of the day all that remains is the building extension that houses the well head. Thankfully this part of the building was untouched by the fire as the well provides the water to Timberwolfe and our staff housing.