Febuary Cabin Trip

Doug, Barry and Jerry arrived Friday night (in the dark ..for those that need to know).
The only complication getting in was finding moose on the trail who wouldn't get off! First trip in with Jerry we followed a bull calf for 2 km because he wouldn't get off the trail. All the way from the sand flats to the Robinson Lake cutoff.
Then on the return trip to pick up Barry, I  ran into the Mother Moose! and I mean almost RAN into her. It was very dark and I was moving briskly on the snowmobile when there she was. On the trail!  This time the moose wanted by me so we jockeyed a bit before she bolted by me on the sled.


Ryan,Katie,Lyra and Will came in on sleds behind the snowmobile on Saturday for a day of fun.

Lyra shows Grampa how not to get stuck

Will and Lyra

Moved a wall and put up the fishing poles

First trip with Yamaha VMAX 600DX

Barry and I took the Yamaha up for it's first run to the cabin. There was over a foot of new fluffy snow on top of the base so we mostly plowed our way in and across the lake. The Yamaha ran great but don't ever get it stuck!

First Ski Trip 2017

Everyone had big hopes that we would just drive in because most of the snow had melted south of Orillia.
Murray and Bruce arrived first and discovered that Washago was buried in snow. So, they skied in . They used a "Polaris Blowjob" to get Rob's snowmobile started which was stored at the cabin and drove out to pick up Rob.
Doug and Barry made the trip on a "borrowed" snowmobile and arrived after dark...

Weather was great and there was only a skiff of snow on the lake ice.

I shot this deer when I was leaving after the owner's weekend (only with my camera)

Can you see it?

Annual Meeting 2016

Annual Meeting 2016
Attended - Doug,Murray;Rob.Barry,Shawn and Lindsay

Another successful Annual Meeting in the books. We decided that we can afford to keep the cabin one more year,at least.

Friday was a beautiful day. T-shirt weather. We decided that several trees around the cabin had to come down so we dropped a dozen on the driveway/parking lot. We just had to keep moving the cars...Lol!

The highlite had to be Barry pulling down a 55 ft poplar hung up in a pine with his ATV and 60 ft of rope. Luckily, he had it in reverse when it came down because the 55 feet was only an estimate...Lol!!

 Lucy showed up in her new outfit, appropriate for her Cabin Security job.

 

Saturday was wet but still warm and with Lindsay running the atv/trailers and the log splitter we managed to put in a huge pile of wood for next year. Thank you, Rob, for bringing a log splitter.

Shawn was also the winner this year of the prestigious Technical Innovation-Total Solution (TITS) Award for the introduction of the Playhouse/Tree Fort that was a big hit with the kids this year. 

And thanks to Shawn for an excellent steak and baked potato dinner Saturday night.

Sunday was whiter and a lot colder so we finished putting stuff away for winter,cleaned up,packed up and headed home.

Thanks to everyone who made the trip. Lots of bodies make short work of a big job. 

 PS: We arranged for and installed our 911 number.

 1177 Black River Rd,Kawaratha

Moose Season Oct 19th 2016

Got a call from the hunters at the cabin. Pete says a severe storm went through Monday afternoon and the cabin took a direct lightning hit on the roof right over the door. Pete was standing there at the time and ended up on the floor. 

He says he's ok just a few more grey hairs.

He thinks there is a hole in the steel roof over the porch that wasn't there before! 
The inverter got smoked and the charge controller at the solar panels is not charging batteries or there are fuses blown.
We will have to do a trip up to assess damages.


Update ... Replaced the inverter. Nothing else seems touched .

Thanksgiving Weekend

Shawn and family had their annual overnight at the cabin on Thanksgiving weekend.
Shawn says he heard some loud foot steps down towards the dock so he went to investigate with Scotia beside him.
Halfway down the path he met a bull moose coming up the path. They both stopped and stared at each other. Shawn was thinking this might end badly.
Then Scotia barked and the moose did an about turn and tore off through the bush making his own trail.


Update: A week later the moose hunters didn't see a moose all week.

2016 Annual Family and Friends Camping Weekend and Fishing Derby

Well attended this year with 16 adults and 12 kids ( under 7 years old).

It was a full house!

 

Frog hunting seemed to be popular.

 

As was swimming!

 

and of course the Fishing Derby! 

Hailey's Heroes didn't win but  

 Gavin's Gang did with "Most Fish" "3 Largest" and "Biggest Fish" by fishing off the dock.

 

So a great weekend for everyone complete with Fireworks on the lake!