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2011 Ice Out Contest
Charlie the Chipmunk has made his 2nd annual trek out onto the ice. Will you be the 2011 Ice Out winner? Make a guess as to when the ice will go out and when Charlie will fall though the ice. Last year the ice went out on March 25th, which is the earliest it has gone out in many years. The norm is sometime in April, but can be as late as early May. So choose your date carefully.
When will Charlie fall through this year? It’s anybody’s guess and you could have the winning date. If Charlie sinks after dark he will be credited to the next day. John and Sue need some sleep too. 🙂
All you need to do is email us at [email protected] with your date as to when Charlie will fall through the ice. All entries must be in our email by March 20th. The contest is open to any age and the winner will get their name added to the plaque in the lodge lobby.
Good Luck and we hope you have fun with the second annual Charlie the Chipmunk Contest. Come back often as we will keep updating photos of Charlie.
I'm ready for another season on the ice, but wait something is missing.
That's what was missing. I feel better now that I have a life jacket on.
John strapping on Charlies buoy.
Charlie's home for the next few weeks.
Give the winning date and your name will go on the plaque.
Madison Fishing Expo
John and I attended our first sport show this weekend. We really enjoyed talking with people and sharing our slice of heaven with them. Thank you to all our fisherman whose fish pictures help get people excited about our great chain of lakes. We look forward to more trophy fish pictures (including bluegills) during the 2011 season.
Our exhibit booth; sharing our dream spot with others.
Ice Fishing
John’s cousin brought a friend and his son up this weekend to enjoy the Boulder Junction Winter Fest and ice fish for the first time. They entered the ice fishing contest at the Winter Fest and caught 4 perch. No success for the contest, but the next day fishing with John was a different story. They caught 24 bluegills (made for a great dinner), a 30 inch northern and a 16 inch bass. Sam, who is 8 years old, caught the northern.
The smile says it all.
John caught the bass.
Boulder Junction Winter Fest 2011
This past weekend Boulder Junction held its 3rd annual Winter Fest. The 55 degree temperatures last week caused a few minor changes in the activities, but fun was had by all who attended. In fact they doubled their attendance from last year. The snowshoe activities were hard to do since we lost so much snow on the lakes, in fact the lakes are sheer ice right now. They had 49 participants in the ice fishing contest, with the winning fish being a 25 inch Northern Pike. 36 fish were registered, so it was a successful day of fishing. Four big roasters full of complimentary chili were consumed along with hot chocolate and coffee. Other activities included: ice golf, a driving range, turkey bowling, and thanks to White Birch Village a frisbee golf course on ice.
Children bowled with a frozen chicken....
And adults bowled with a frozen turkey.
Kids had fun with snowshoeing, despite the lack of snow.
Super Bowl Party
I’m a little late getting these posted, but as the saying goes: Better late than never. With the Packers making their way to the Super Bowl, we decided it was a perfect opportunity to use the two large screen TV’s in the lodge. We invited our church to come and enjoy the game at the resort. Even though I’m not into football, it was fun watching all the fans enjoy the game. We had all ages here from 4 to 84! Lots of fun.
John and Kelly all decked out for the game. I even had to paint Kelly's nails in green with the players numbers on them.
This was the quiet room.
This was the noisy room...all the shouts and screams came from this crew.
Fallison Lake Snowshoeing
John and I went to Fallison Lake nature trail today for snowshoeing. We had heard that it was a very pretty trail and it was. The trail is on County N across the street from Crystal Lake. It’s an interpretive trail so many signposts along the way with information about the area. When you’re up here in the summer it would be a great trail to hike.
The many hills made for a great workout.
One of the interprative signs.
The stand of red pines was very impressive.
Did you know Vilas county had so many lakes?
County K after a new snowfall
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.
Bear Cub Sighting
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.
1st Annual Ice Fishing Package Weekend a success
Despite the cold temperatures everyone had fun this weekend with ice fishing. We had 4 people here this weekend; a husband and wife & a father and son. This was everyone’s first time trying ice fishing and were great troopers with the cold weather. John took them out on the ice and drilled holes for them and showed them the “how to’s” of ice fishing. The ice is about 15 inches thick right now. Friday night we had a fish fry with what they had caught (plus some that John had stock piled the week before). No need to wait for an ice fishing package, you’re welcome anytime. The fish are waiting!
Greg keeping the hole free of ice.
John showing Mark how to use the Vexilar
John and Merril dressed for the cold
Nothing more satisfying than eating fresh fish that you caught.
This is what was left over.
Cleaning the Nature Trail
John and I spent a couple of hours cleaning up downed trees on the nature trail to make it easier to get through on snowshoes. No more having to try to step over the trees.
