May 11th, 2011: The snow drifts are shrinking every day and the ice is getting rotten! We have some open water in the back bay where we should be able to land the float plane by tomorrow I think. The float plane is expected to be here in a few days so it should work out right on schedule. I don't know what our other lakes look like right now but when the freight and fuel [...]
May 8th, 2011: This is not going to be an easy start up this year. We still have large snow drifts in the yard but they've come down significantly since we arrived 3 days ago. The runway is still wet and soft so I'm probably going to have to postpone my freight and fuel haul unless the forecasted rain doesn't appear. If the rains miss us then it might still work out. We spent our first [...]
April 29th, 2011: I'm excited to get this season started! There's a couple of weather issues that I thought I should update, especially for our early guests. Right now, the ice is still holding strong. I was at my mom's cabin yesterday about 50 miles north of Winnipeg and there was still ice on that lake. Normally there's a full 2 weeks from the time that my mom's lake opens up until the ice on Bolton [...]
April 23rd, 2011: Its been a busy winter and its only going to get more exciting as we get closer to the start of the season! Ive been busy hiring staff, arranging the freight and fuel haul and picking up miscellaneous supplies for the season. I have chatted with some contacts in Norway House and Island Lake and they say that the ice is still a few weeks away from going out. Im not worried yet, [...]
February 3rd, 2011: Thats it for sportshows this season! We just finished the show in Phoenix and were back in Winnipeg to get ready for the lodge season. The shows were very productive this year, we were able to fill a lot of holes in the schedule and at every show we were able to book at least one group! Were getting ready for a busy 2011 season, now Im going to be concentrating on buying [...]
January 28th, 2011: St. Louis, Indy, Chicago and Milwaukee were all great All Canada shows again for us this year! It was great visiting with new and old guests and booking a few trips along the way made it even better!! We still have a few prime dates still open at the main camp on Bolton Lake but our outposts are full until July 31st! There are a few weeks open in August at Joint Lake [...]
January 3rd, 2011: With a hectic fall and early winter behind me, I'm excited to get started on the Sport Show Trail! Later this week I'm heading down with Tom to St. Louis, then on to Indy, Chicago and Milwaukee. After these shows, there's a bit of a break and then I do a few shorter trips to Omaha, Minneapolis and Phoenix. We might try to take a trip into Bolton Lake in between shows by [...]
November 8th, 2010: We have moved into our new house and we're seeing deer almost daily in our backyard! I've taken a couple of days for a bit of Whitetail hunting but have spent most of my time getting the old house ready to sell and setting up the new house with an office and work shop area for my outboard engines and other equipment. I managed to get a doe last week and hope to [...]
September 28th, 2010: The season is officially over at the lodge but Tom is still hanging around at the lodge looking for moose and getting a bit of work done. The water continued coming up into September but has finally started to drop over the past 2 weeks. Unfortunately the damage was done before the water dropped back down. The top of our main dock was ripped off it's cribs by the wind and waves and [...]
August 25th, 2010: Our season is almost over for another year, 2011 is shaping up very nicely already with commitments from the bulk of the staff and from most of the guests from this season rebooking for 2011!! I'm spending the next 3 weeks at the lodge taking care of the flying for our guests at Aswap Lake and getting a lot of work done around camp. It's been difficult over the past few days to [...]