Cabin Trip - March 30 to April 1st

Doug & Barry arrive at 6pm on Friday via quads as the road was flooded and muddy. Got a call from Justin at 10 pm that he and 3 friends were at LL and looking for a ride in. Several trips back and forth and everyone is in with most of their stuff.
Note: They passed a moose with two calves on the road.
The boys party late into the night and spend most of Sat sleeping then party again.
On Sunday the boys leave early as they ate all their food sometime Sat night. Doug & Barry hang the eaves trough back up, attach the water system (since it was raining) and cut and pile a cord of birch and maple for next year.
PS: In our spare time we blazed a new trail east and north to Lookout Rock.
PPS: Fishing was poor as the lake is still iced in!!

Latest rumor is (from Gail) that the new park is considering banning ATV traffic.

Anybody got any insight into this??

Cabin Trip March 16th-18th

Well everyone arrived as scheduled. Doug, Murray and Justin by Quad. Shawn and Curtis by Honda and Rob by snowmobile on Sat.
Highlight had to be the 16 km ski trip led by Murray on Sat to the power line, Black River and back. Wore the boys out, so Sat night was quiet.
Another first witnessed when Shawn and Curtis laced up the skates and played a little "one on one" on Hunter Lake.
Doug and Rob bush whacked by sled up the slough to the old Dickinson cabin site.
Every thing was froze up pretty good but the snow was too deep in the bush for the ATV off the trails.
Murray and Justin topped off their weekend by skiing out the power line, just because they could.
Expect deep mud on the road next time up.

Cabin Trip March 4th-6th

Dropped into the Cabin after dropping Robin back in Haliburton. The road is plowed but only one car wide!
For eight km we hoped we didn't meet anyone. Parked at Phil's and he hauled our stuff over to the cabin for us.
Clear, sunny and cold!! - 35 C wind chill on Tuesday. Cabin cosy.

January 20 2007

Great snow conditions for ATVs. We could drive almost anywhere.

Here we are at the old "Dead Man's Cabin"

Still needed the odd tow. First guy across cracked the ice. Second guy usually broke through.

Added blower fan to old woodstove to up the heat output.

-25 C outside

+30C inside :)

Cabin Trip Dec 28th- 30th

The last cabin trip enjoyed great weather with a half inch of white stuff to brighten things up. Even better, everything was froze up so we could drive in without sinking in!!

With 4 inches of ice on the lake, the ATV's were doing laps for hours. Anybody got a pic of that??

PS: Oh yeah ... we put up the new solar panels in our spare time.

2007 - Book the Cabin here!!!

June 22th (open)
- Doug, Rob & Barry plus anyone else who can make it.

June 25th- 29th (open)
- Charlie and Nicky

July 1st (open)
- Ryan & Katie and ?

July 3rd to 6th (open)

July 7th - 8th (open)
- Barry & Roz & girls
- Doug & Marcy

July 14th - 15th (open)
- Rob & Family (new sailboat to launch)

July 16th- 20th (open)

July 20th to 23rd (confirmed)
- Barry & Family (approx 10, turned out to be closer to 21)

July 24th- 28th (open)

July 28th- 29th (open)

Aug 4th - 6th
- Doug & Marcy

Aug 7th - 10th (open)

Aug 11th - 12th (open)

Aug 13th - 17th (confirmed)
- Ryan & Katie

Aug 18th - 19th (open)
- Rob, Val, Adam
- Chris, Nancy (back from their around the world tour) and friends
- Barry & Roz & girls
- Doug, Jim, Ben and Tom
- Ryan & Katie

Aug 20th to 30th 2007 (confirmed)
- Rob & Val family vacation/aniversary

Aug 31st-Sept 3rd - (confirmed)
- 3rd annual family camping and fishing derby. Everyone welcome!

September 4th to 7th - (confirmed)
- Doug & Marcy

Sept 8th - 9th (open)

Sept 15th - 16th (open)

Sept 22nd - 23rd (confirmed)
Guy and Barry will be there Saturday night after a game of FLOG.

Sept 27th - 30th (confirmed)
- Barry & Roz

Oct 6th - 7th (open)

Oct 12th -14th (confirmed)
- Murray and 3 couples
(Lesson Learned - Never turn left at Lewisham Lane)

Oct 19th -21st (open)


Oct 27th - 28th (confirmed)
Annual Owners Meeting

Paul Metcalfe and Barry for Partridge hunting, all welcome.
(Waiting on Minutes from the meeting)

Nov 2nd - 4th (open)

Nov 9th - 11th (open)

Nov 16th - 18th
Doug & Murray, Barry & Doug & girls

Nov 23rd - 25th (open)

Nov 30th - Dec 2nd (open)

Dec 7th - Dec 9th (open)

Dec 14th - Dec 16th (open)
Doug & Barry will be retrieving their ATVs from the bush.(wish us luck)

Everyone is welcome to join us. We will be hunting Xmas trees,too. (they are in season now and shotguns or chainsaws are the preferred weapons of choice)

Dec 21st - Dec 23rd (open)

Dec 28th - Dec 30th (open)
Justin & Friends, Rob, Shawn, Barry & girls (full cabin)


Dec 27th - Dec 30th (open)
Full Cabin! - Rob, Barry & girls, Shawn plus Justin with 2 friends and their girlfriends
Apparently, some training is required for the younger gang on how to turn on the lights! Good time had by everyone but nobody stayed for New Years!

Dec 31st
(no New Years Party this year)

Snow Gen is here!

The Roto Gen has been retired and the Snow Gen has been installed and tested.
Twice the HP, twice the speed!

Annual Owner's Meeting

Our Owner's meeting was a great success and the weather was awesome!

Attendees
In on Friday - Doug, Murray, Rob, Barry, Shawn, Nick,Jim and Tyler

1. Giv'er nite/ poker game - held Sat night after the meeting and Cabin funds are up $40. Completed
2. Update on the finances – Murray sez looking good! - Completed
3. Review of Hunter rental/ future rentals – Permission given to Phil to hunt on our 100 acres, Monday to friday.
4. Discussion on future power supplies – Barry to buy 2 solar panels. Doug bought one,too and all 3 installed to bring 5 on-line. - (Completed)
5. Discussion on a new front door – Add a screen door
6. Discussion on new wood stove/ glass door – not tabled due to time limit, glass door would be a plus in winter
7. Review and Discussion of "Tax Break" ( see info on Tax Break) – Doug to get more info.
8. Discussion of next year's dues – Decided that they will stay the same. - Completed
9. Winter wood supply – done, thanks to our guests. -Completed
10. Demo of Micro Hydro unit – Doug - partial sucess but not enough RPM, back to the drawing board - Completed
11. the dock – more work required this winter (Completed)
12. finish the lofts – use existing pine boards
13. new windows in the end of the loft - no decision reached
14. finish the ceiling – not tabled due to time limit
15. fill in the mud hole at the bottom of the front steps – priority, Rob to look into use of a backhoe - (Completed)
16. garbage run - not tabled due to time limit
17. New Sauna/Shower building - more details required

New Business

1. Driveway requires gravel (Murray) - Murray to look into more gravel. (Completed)
2. Tool shed (Barry) - Barry and Doug to assess requirements for a tool shed on west end of Cabin and start construction asap.
3. Second Bedroom needs to be finished (all) - white bead board suggested (Completed)
4. Fire extinguishers required (Doug)- Murray to pick up 2 for the cabin. (Completed)
5. Need more/bigger parking spots and/or a drive around. (Rob) (Completed)
6. More solar panels installed in a new location (Completed)

If I have missed an item please advise (it was giv'er night)

Mike joins us at the cabin. October 2006

Mike and I.

Otters

Marcy and I at the Cabin Sept 2006

Painting the deck.

Fish for dinner!

Visitor!

Marcy tries outdoor shower.

Road blocked on the way out. Always carry a chainsaw!

2nd Annual Family and Friends Camping Weekend - Sept/2006

The 2nd Annual Family and Friends Camping Weekend turned out great! The weather cooperated and saw the first Hunter Lake Fishing Derby.

Four teams took to the water.

All entries were carefully measured and documented.

There were some impressive entries.

Many prizes awarded.....

The Hunter Lake Master Angler award goes to .....

Emily!!

See everybody back next year!

Nick at the cabin - Aug 2006

Nick

Stained the rail.

July Holiday

Critters at the Cabin

Porcupine tried to move in under the cabin but we encouraged him/her to move on.