Hello from Black Bear Lodge. The family and I arrived at camp late Tuesday night. The camp seemed to weather the long cold winter pretty well. Aside from a broken water line under the main lodge and a frozen line to our cabin, opening the camp began pretty much as normal. We used the nice weather to our advantage and we got the trailer unpacked, buildings unboarded, and vehicles started. We even got some of the water running, which allowed us to clean the main lodge and kitchen and even take a hot shower (big treat!). But as in typical Red Lake tradition, if you don't like the weather, just wait a minute it will change. We woke up this morning to a snow covered camp. Yep that's right, I said SNOW. We got a good 3 inches of wet snow. This is not going to help us with opening camp or with the ice out. And speaking of ice...here is what we are seeing...our bay is 60 percent open right now and I predict it will be completely open by tomorrow. The main lake is a different story however. At last check in town ther was still considerable ice coverage and I would be surprised if it is off by this Saturday's opener. Warmer weather is in the forecast, however.
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| The day we arrived. |
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| What we woke up to this morning. |
Keep the updates coming. Can't wait to get up there. Hopefully that white stuff is gone in 30 days.
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