Great weekend! but black flies thick! !
The Cabin was built by five brothers with the help of some very talented friends on 100 acres of the finest beaver habitat, moose pasture and Canadian Shield that one could hope for. This blog invites comments from those who have an interest in the cabin.
1st Spring Trip! May 5th 2013
Finally, got in a spring trip! Had to wait for the big flood of 2013 to drain off. Reports of 5 feet of water on the road delayed us.
Great weekend! but black flies thick! !
Great weekend! but black flies thick! !
1st Cabin trip 2013
Drove right to the Cabin with the Subaru. Only about 6 inches of snow but melting quickly.
Ice about 5 inches but hard to tell were the thin spots are.
Beavers had been working hard on a lot of tree.
2012 Annual Owner's Meeting
Attended by Doug, Murray, Rob, Barry and Shawn. Our guests where Paul and Bruce.
High lites
High lites
- Meeting only took 3 hours!
- Weather was dry and cool.
- Micro Hydro provided enough power to run everything all day, every day.
- Good supply of wood cut and stacked.(thanks to Bruce and Paul)
- West loft wall finished in pine.
- Awesome meals. Including moose stew with moose drop pudding and a hot moose milk toddy.
- Great guests who pitched in and made the jobs go quickly.
Negatives
- The meeting took 3 hours.
- No partridges flew in front of Barry and Paul's guns.
- Lucy had a "moment" and locked herself in the shower for a day.
Friday morning
Cabin Update Sept 16-17 2012
Barry and I, finally, moved the solar panels into the sun!
After much debate on where south actually was (don't laugh it wasn't where we thought, the site is deceiving and you have to allow for 18 degrees off magnetic north and daylight saving time), we built a stand from iron wood (beaver prevention) and mounted the panels.
Then we waited for sunrise.
At 9:15 am (DST Sept 17th) the sunrise clears the trees and hits the panels. Total sun exposure until late afternoon when the sun slides down behind trees in the west.
Also,simplified the battery wiring and added a volt meter.
The Beaver Wars of 2012 are over!
I extended the intake out 10 feet to deeper water and they can't seem to find it. Ran 24 hours without interruption.
I did have to shut it down because the water got too low. Also had to unplug the turbine from the grid to avoid back feed from the batteries/solar panels when it's not running.
I did have to shut it down because the water got too low. Also had to unplug the turbine from the grid to avoid back feed from the batteries/solar panels when it's not running.
8th Annual Friends and Family Cabin Camping Weekend
Thanks to everyone for making the 8th Annual Friends and Family Cabin Camping Weekend so successful!
Here Warren and Ron receive honorary Cabin shirts from Murray.
The Annual Hunter Lake Big Bobber Fishing Tournament had a record number of participants trying to capture the title of Master Angler.
And the Master Angler of 2012 is Sydney Bremner!! This is her 3rd title in 8 years!!
The Saturday night Ribfest Cook-off had seven contestants vying for top honors. Competition was fierce and voting very close. The judges left no ribs untouched in their efforts to find a winner.
The 2012 Top Chef Award goes to Rob this year. No doubt due to his "secret sauce" that he says that he gets from somebody named "Dave".
The Photo contest was held on Sunday. Winning entries will appear here as soon as I get them.
See everyone next year!
Here Warren and Ron receive honorary Cabin shirts from Murray.
Lots of fishing done on Hunter Lake and Robinson Lake. Here Emily shows off a nice Perch.
The Annual Hunter Lake Big Bobber Fishing Tournament had a record number of participants trying to capture the title of Master Angler.Despite their paddle boat being in constant danger of sinking, Team Past Glory brought it and won the Top Team award, again!
And the Master Angler of 2012 is Sydney Bremner!! This is her 3rd title in 8 years!!
The Saturday night Ribfest Cook-off had seven contestants vying for top honors. Competition was fierce and voting very close. The judges left no ribs untouched in their efforts to find a winner.
The 2012 Top Chef Award goes to Rob this year. No doubt due to his "secret sauce" that he says that he gets from somebody named "Dave".
The Photo contest was held on Sunday. Winning entries will appear here as soon as I get them.
See everyone next year!
2012 Cabin Bookings
January 1st New Years!!!
January 7th
January 14th
January 21st Barry & Doug
January 28th
February 4th
February 11th
February 18th - 20th Family Day (for some)
February 25th - Annual Owners Meeting
March 3rd - Barry and family (worst ever trip)
March 10th
March 17th
March 24th Barry & Jim
March 31st Barry & Family try for a better weekend... maybe when the snow is gone!
April 6th -9th Easter
April 6th -9th Easter
April 14th The Annual Spring Flood Trip!! - Cancelled
April 21st
April 28th Robin & friends- Cancelled due to flu
May 5th
May 12th Mothers Day Weekend
May 19th - 21st Victoria Day
May 19th - 21st Victoria Day
May 26th - Barry and family
June 2nd
June 9th
June 9th
June 16th Fathers Day Weekend - Doug, Jerry, Barry and Rob
June 23rd - Families ( Doug, Barry, Shawn)
June 30th - July 1st Canada Day- Chris & Lee
June 30th - July 1st Canada Day- Chris & Lee
July 7th
July 14th - Doug, Marcy, Robin, Shea, Barry, etc
July 21st - Lindsay & friends
July 23rd - 29th Rob/Val & family
July 23rd - 29th Rob/Val & family
Aug 4th - 6th Civic Day - Barry/Ros and Shulist Family
August 11th
August 15th to 19th - Barry/Roz & friends
August 15th to 19th - Barry/Roz & friends
August 25th
September 1st - 3rd Labour Day
8th Annual Family & Friends Camping Weekend
September 5th to 9th - Lindsay and Friends
September 15th - Barry/ Roz at the Cabin
September 22nd
September 22nd
September 29th - Aislinn and friends
October 6th - 8th Thanksgiving - Shawn with Family/ Friends
October 13th
October 14th to 21st Pete Keyser and friends
October 27th Doug & Marcy
December 1st Barry & friends
December 8th
December 15th
October 6th - 8th Thanksgiving - Shawn with Family/ Friends
October 13th
October 14th to 21st Pete Keyser and friends
October 27th Doug & Marcy
November 3rd - Owners Meeting
November 10th
November 14th -Doug, Nick, Abe
November 24thDecember 1st Barry & friends
December 8th
December 15th
December 22th
December 29th - 30th Barry & friends
Cabin Facelift and other incredible events Aug/2012
I convinced Rob to join me for a "little" project work at the Cabin. Somehow, Barry sensed a bigger project in the wind that wouldn't involve Atvs, campfires or fishing and declined to make the trip.
We had some rain on Sat night but Sunday and Monday were pretty fair days.
We heard the Loons first. They went crazy! Probably to protect their one and only fuzzy chick that was on the lake with them. At the same time the Heron went into a squawking frenzy and we saw it in full flight heading across Hunter Lake. And right above it was a Bald Eagle! just cruising in circles, low over Hunter Lake.
We had some rain on Sat night but Sunday and Monday were pretty fair days.
We heard the Loons first. They went crazy! Probably to protect their one and only fuzzy chick that was on the lake with them. At the same time the Heron went into a squawking frenzy and we saw it in full flight heading across Hunter Lake. And right above it was a Bald Eagle! just cruising in circles, low over Hunter Lake.
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I only had time for one pic before it landed in a tree across the lake. With my Cannon handheld at max zoom this is the best I could get. He sat for about 15 minutes then disappeared to the south.
Where did the Heron go? Check the pic. It is on a tree limb! I thought I was looking at the eagle across the lake until I got the telescope. This pic is through the telescope.
Then it was back to work. We had a Cabin "facelift" to finish.
June 2012
A couple of great weekends at the Cabin this June. First one was to do some spring cleaning and dock work.
The second weekend saw Barry's, Doug's and Shawn's families up for some campfire time
..... and a little more dock work.
Barry had supplied the materials and already had half of it installed so we added a couple more sections.
Jack was first to try it out.
Still have a couple of sections to add at the end for fishing/ swimming off of which will make it about 120 feet long.
Crazy weekend !! March 3rd/4th
Crazy weekend for the cabin, no happy medium, 6 deg and high winds had the road and snow in general turned to mush.
I planned on getting in early with the family and heading out to get the lumber but on Thursday night had a big water leak at Chapel. Rozz didn’t know I fixed it so she didn’t think we were going…late to leave, late to get there.
Saturday morning I started out with the van and trailer. The road was a slushy swamp over ice. Trees were down everywhere, then on the steep up hill at the old beaver pond I didn’t get up the hill… then a truck from the other direction came over the hill……….. Rozz finally walked back into the cabin knowing we would be there a while, then he got stuck trying to turn around. He went to get help but by then I had three vehicles coming in and me trying to go out and I couldn’t get up the hill or back up very far with the trailer….
That took care of most of Saturday, then a blizzard hit, so we went sledding, but the trail in and out was so soft the quad kept getting stuck.
Sunday was much better -15 and windy for Sunday, the lake was covered in an inch of ice over 3 inches of water over a foot of ice a nice combo for dock building, at least the road and trail froze-up so we could get out. Maybe next weekend?
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