Halloween Day

Well, we're almost buttoned down for the winter. The water lines are drained, the canoes are stored, and the new septic system for Cabins 4 through 7 is just about in! The electrician was here yesterday, just before last night's snowfall, so the new pump is all hooked up.

We got a new camera yesterday, so I can share a photo of our new mound - Mitch and Mike really did a great job - we'll plant a few more trees and we won't even know it's there!

Putting in the new system was quite a job - the weather hasn't exactly cooperated. Lots of rain and not what you'd call warm weather didn't help. Mike did a lot of the "grunt" work so he's pretty worn out... digging trenches, filling in trenches, crawling under cabins to unhook and hook up plumbing etc. wasn't a lot of fun. He's also been working on some cabin foundations - as long as he's under there anyway, why not?

We're hoping to make our annual trip to Mountain Iron with used canoes next week, it's always a great visit with friends and Lin really likes shopping in Virginia. We'll have a whole stack of new Kevlar canoes next spring! In the meantime, isn't the little creek between Cabins 3 and 4 beautiful?

October's Here - and so is the snow!

Well, the cabins are closed for the winter, the water lines are blown and dry... and it's a good thing! We awoke yesterday morning to a light dusting of snow - no big deal, about 1/2 an inch, and it was gone by midmorning, so Jeremy and his group decided to go on out into the BWCA to fish and maybe camp. After all, our moose hunters are still out there ... have been for a week... so why not?

They - and we - woke this morning to about two inches of new snow at their campsite- and it's still snowing! They shared these photos - the first of Rockwood when they arrived back - the second of a portage on the way out this morning. At least the lake was nice and calm! And... they had a great time... lots of good memories to share for years to come!