Cosmo resumed his post as camp defender and has already been put to the test! Last week before our guests arrived we had a visitor of sorts. Travis and I were outside the main lodge working on something in early evening. Cosmo was loungingaround as per usual when all of a sudden his ears perked …
We want to wish all our friends and family back home Happy Memorial Day! Up here in Canada they refer to it as the “American Long Weekend”. However you slice it, the guests up here are feeling nice and settled in to their vacation week. With a fairly full day of rain yesterday everyone was …
It is opening day here at Eagle Falls Lodge. Whether we are ready or not. I think Travis would agree that given the circumstances we did a bang up job. He also may be wobbly with slurred speech when you ask him. That guy. He stayed up all night getting the camp in ship shape. …
Well, since we are burning the midnight oil tonight I thought I would share this little gem from earlier this evening. Yeah, that happened. Lets recap, shall we… 1. We need boats on Red Lake so you can, you know, FISH 2. Mother nature dealt us a heavy blow, making 2014 the latest ice out …
Good morning folks. In efforts to keep it real on this blog, it is safe to say that today will be a long one. The ice is hanging on in all its frozen glory. So at 24 hours before our first guests arrive we have had no access on Red to bring in supplies, our …
No, the ice isn’t out yet. We were hoping to make a town run today, but a north wind has pushed the remaining ice on Red Lake to our shoreline leaving us boxed in. Hopefully tomorrow it will be out so we can get the barge out with some much needed fuel and supplies for …
If you’re coming to the lodge late in the summer you are probably getting sick of ice-out updates. But, we are still getting plenty of questions on the ice status from the folks coming in May & June so here is today’s update. Rain and wind did some great work on the ice today. Here …
You came back! (If you missed the first installment you can catch up here). Sorry to have left you hanging, but who doesn’t like a little suspense? So we left off with Cosmo now soaking wet – soon to be freezing – but at least all cargo was safely back in the boat. Travis idled …
This was the view when we woke up last Wednesday morning: It just screams spring, doesn’t it? Anywho… Despite the picture above we can tell you the ice is melting. We’re pegging the ice out date on Parker Lake as May 16th. We are still waiting on Red Lake. The bay where the …
Greetings from up north! We are well into our first week of Canadian wilderness and it is proving to be an adventure! We crossed the border last weekend and played the waiting game until Tuesday, when we decided to attempt crossing Parker Lake. We wanted to make it an honest challenge, so we waited until …