Resort Life Archives - Page 6 of 13

Raft makes its way to the water

Getting ready for Memorial Day Weekend means getting the raft into the water. Here’s the pictures from winter home to summer home. It takes an hour to move the raft as our tractor moves slowly.

Winter home in Bobcat. We slip the pontoon trailer underneath to bring it over to the lake.

Creeping along.

It’s a tight squeeze near the horseshoe area

Crossing County K. We position people at our entrance and the curve before the creek road to stop traffic as we cross the road.

Pushing the raft down the creek road.

Final stretch to the boat landing.

We slip a boat underneath the raft and Andy sits and holds it in place as John motors the raft around the point.

Cruising to the final destination.

Does it really take two people to find the buoy and clip to hook the raft up?

In place and ready for use.

Raft makes its way to the waterwhitebirchvill2012-05-24T10:34:40+00:00

16th annual Journey’s Marathon

The 16th annual Journey’s Marathon took place this past weekend. this race is a pre-qualifier for the Boston Marathon. White Birch village Resort has the honor of hosting the starting line for the full marathon. It was a beautiful morning on Saturday for the race. Much better than last year with the freezing rain. The race starts at 8AM and it is a hub of activity from 7:15 – 8AM. By 8:15 AM you would never know anything had taken place. It’s a fun morning.

Final Stretching

Friends and family wishing the racers good luck.

Five minutes before race time.

The race announcer begins the race each year with the traditional Irish Blessing:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

The wheel part of marathon gets a three minute head start.

And the race begins

Even a snapping turtle was trying to see what was going on.

16th annual Journey’s Marathonwhitebirchvill2012-05-14T13:37:18+00:00

Docks Go In

The sure sign spring is here is Dock Day! With the warmer than normal spring we are having, the day was beautiful to put in docks. The water temp was a balmy 60 degrees!

All the posts get stored at the playground for the winter.

Main dock going in.

Floating and ready to be placed. Each section has a number with corresponding numbered posts.

John waiting for the next sections to arrive.

Our rowboats have more uses than to fish from.

I got a kick out of this picture…….beach chairs out and ready for use, just to look at dock sections. 🙂

Docks Go Inwhitebirchvill2012-05-09T11:51:03+00:00

Where to go with the snow?

John has spent the last two days cleaning up the snow. He’s running out of places to go with it.

For those of you who stay in Musky we have the entrance pretty well blocked.

How long will it take for the pile at Loon to melt?

Where to go with the snow?whitebirchvill2012-03-02T09:48:39+00:00

Frozen Snapping Turtle

Over the holidays when family was here we found a snapping turtle in the middle of one of the ponds near the barn. John wanted to get his hands on it because he thinks it would make a great addition to the Fireside Room or the front desk. The problem: Is the ice thick enough to walk on?

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.

Frozen Snapping Turtlewhitebirchvill2012-01-07T22:21:30+00:00

Summer’s over

The sign of summer coming to an end……..

The paddle boat is hitching a ride to the garage for the winter.

Summer’s overwhitebirchvill2011-09-13T16:00:15+00:00

Well fed chipmunks

We broke a new record this season for peanuts sold. Over 120 pounds of peanuts were sold in our store this year!

One of the happy customers.

Well fed chipmunkswhitebirchvill2011-09-10T16:42:04+00:00

Summer fun – photos from our guests

Water frisbee?

Fun on the tubes.

New friends.

Summer fun – photos from our guestswhitebirchvill2011-09-10T16:39:59+00:00

Wedding Bells

Romance is alive at White Birch Village….two engagements this summer and today the first wedding at the Resort. Dave (past employee) and Talitha had their wedding ceremony at our picnic pavilion this afternoon. The weather cooperated with beautiful sunshine and 80 degrees.