Moose on Poplar Lake

Thought I'd share one of Don and Shari's great photos of their recent vacation at
Rockwood - they met one of our Poplar Lake moose! We had several of them wandering around earlier this month, now people are reporting seeing their tracks on the South Lake trail leading north from the resort, but not as many on the lake itself.

It's being a busy month around here - lots of canoes coming in and out, lots of BWCA adventures, lots of relaxing in cabins! Fishing has been uneven - typical for late July, I guess, but the evening bite off the cabin docks has been good and the ducks are growing fast. So are the snowshoe hares! There must be over a dozen of them hopping around the resort; not as many foxes around this year so I guess we have more hares?

Float plane at Rockwood

Lots of fun this week... one of our guests hired a float plane to pick them up at Rockwood and take them for a moose hunting/Gunflint Trail overview flight! They had a wonderful time and we enjoyed having the plane land and takeoff coming and going from Rockwood. The family has been very lucky in their moose viewing, the moose-that-lives-on Poplar Lake has turned up to pose for them twice this week, both times with her two young calves!

We had a heavy rain Wednesday and all the little critters scurried for cover. I came home last night to find a very excited small cat... and a very terrified small critter sitting on top of the curtain rod! Mike confined our cat to the bedroom, I ran for camera and landing net, and after posing for his picture, our little visitor was gently removed to the front deck. He didn't waste any time getting away from the house and cat!

Great week!

Well, the Poplar Lake moose with her two calves is still around - our Cabin 2 guests saw her yesterday morning over by the beaver huts. She seems to be moving from one island of our bay to the other and bringing her little ones along in tow. They're getting pretty good size!

One of our canoeing families had an interesting experience last week on Caribou. Mom and daughter started up to the "throne" and were attacked by a couple of BIG birds that looked a heck of a lot like wild turkeys! The birds were apparently nesting in the area and didn't want company around their nest - they made a determined effort to chase the newly arrived family away. Dad went up and managed to convince the birds that the two families could co-exist on the same campsite, but the birds waddled after and gobbled at him too. You never quite know WHAT you'll meet up with in the BWCA! And yes, the family checked their Birds of Minnesota book...

Moose!

I can't resist posting this absolutely delightful photo (taken by neighbor Ken Kloek on the Gunflint Trail at the entrance to our road...) I'm thinking of having a caption contest - any ideas? I rather like "Was it something I said?"

Mike's comment is that he thinks it explains why some people don't see moose around here and others see lots of them! It's all in where you're looking when you're looking, I guess.

Have a wonderful July 4th weekend!