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!

Summer is here!

We've been having a great week... lots of old friends, lots of new friends... and plenty to keep us busy!

Here are some new AND old friends - most of the guys from Boy Scout Troop 505 from Houston, who canoed from Cross Bay to Rockwood last week... I gather they had a good time! We really enjoyed seeing them again.

Another old friend showed up this morning with her new family - I guess when I walk out on the dock and a mama duck does a u-turn and comes flying back to meet me that she remembers enjoying Rockwood hospitality the year before? She was willing to share her bread crumbs with the family, though!

Rockwood's Cabin Diaries

Each of our seven cabins has a diary for people to write about their experiences, recommend places to visit or restaurants, and just for fun.

We were looking through this year's entries yesterday and found this account (four pages of Chinese with one GREAT illustration) of one group of three's visit to Rockwood. According to our student assistants (also from China), the group had a wonderful time and hope to come back!

Busy week

Well, here we are in June... the fox down the road has had its kits (they seem to be playing IN the road, silly kits!)... our international students have arrived and are working hard and learning fast... and we've launched a lot of canoes the past few days! (Parking is getting a little tight :) ) The new fishing license machine and I are actually on speaking terms - most of the time. The new one doesn't like Mike any better than the old one did, but at least we can do licenses for our guests and neighbors!

We're actually getting some rain, too, on the way back from town Wednesday I was thrilled to see the "fire danger" sign at our nearby fire station read "Fire Danger LOW" - that's the first time it's dropped below "HIGH" since the ice went out in April! Now... if the rain would stick to falling at night? Nah, we're still glad to see it, anytime. Fishing has been pretty good, despite the rain!