Keep in touch with your White Birch Village Family
Tree Planting
In 1995 Carol and Dick let people plant trees around the newly landscaped Rec Building. you will see how much they have grown. If you planted a tree, do you remember which one is yours?
The Rec Building as it looked in the 1990’s
Mike, Betty and Amanda’s tree
Larry and Ginny’s tree
Mitch, Suzanne and Annie’s tree
Bryan, Robin and BJ’s tree
Jeanne’s tree
Ginny’s tree
Snow, Rain, Ice equals Mess
This past week has been a huge mix of rain, snow and ice, and what a mess it makes. John I took a stroll around the property on Monday to make sure no trees went through a roof. As you will see it is going to be awhile before Charlie falls through the ice. We start spring cleaning in a week…..should be interesting. Here’s what we found………
Yes, that is still how high our snowbanks are!
Front Entrance
Musky’s deck took a hit. I heard it crash during the night.
Ice laden pine.
This is the snow depth at the beach.
White Birch Village Olympics
I’m not exactly sure what year this took place, but I think it was around 1999 or 2000. I tried to figure it out by how old my kids were in the pictures. One of the weeks I was up here vacationing I organized the White Birch Village Olympics. How many of you remember all the fun?
Listening to the rules of the games.
The Competitors!
obstacle course in the ponds before they were filled with water.
Part of the obstacle course was to run while standing in a sleeping bag.
smashing the balloons
traditional egg and spoon race
balloons and snowmobile suits = fun!
Even the parents joined in the fun of searching for gummy worms in the popcorn.
Trying to keep the plastic cup in the air using water guns.
more obstacle course
The amoeba crawl race.
Believe it or not!
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!
Charlie Update
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.
Ice Fishing still going strong
Even though spring is officially here, ice fishing is still going strong. Last weekend our son Brian and John’s good friend Todd came up for some late season ice fishing.
The Polls Are Closed
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.
What a difference a year makes!
Last year at this time we were starting to get the resort ready to open…….this year snowshoeing 🙂
Seeing double?
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.
Hello from Milwaukee
We’re having a great time at the Milwaukee Sport Show. Stop by booth 330 and say hi. The big attraction this year is the 1400 pound Kodiak bear named Brody.
