Today my best friend and life partner turns another year older. This one is a milestone. I really shouldn’t say how many years, but we’ve been in Ignace 25 years and she is twice as old now as she was 25 years ago. Do the math.
Together we’ve raised three fine kids.
She tackles life head on, and manages to keep a grasp on the business end of our business. She ensures I don’t eat pizza for supper every night.
And she is still playing hockey!
Happy Birthday hon!
We have published our 2009 newsletter and yearly recap on line. The link is here. Newsletter
It is time to start think about your 2010 fishing trip with Ignace Outposts. Drop us a note and we’ll get you set up for your summer adventure.
We look forward to hosting you for our 25th season in Ignace. It is hard to believe that this summer we will have been serving our friends and guests in Ignace for a quarter century.
Our rates will remain the same for 2010. Our sport show circuit for 2010 is posted on our web site. Check out the newsletter for details.
South of the Canada/US border, our American friends are gathering for a Thanksgiving Dinner.
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on our blessings. There is so much more to Thanksgiving than football and turkey. As your families gather over the holidays, keep in mind the freedom you have to do so.
Happy Thanksgiving from Ignace Outposts!
LOG ON: Making the woodstove hotter
LOG OFF: Don't add more wood
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on your rod tip
DOWNLOAD: Getting the fishing gear off the Otter
MEGA HERTZ: When you’re not careful getting into the boat
FLOPPY DISK: What you get from lifting a cooler full of beer
RAM: coming into the dock too fast
FLASH DRIVE: The ride to Ignace while anticipating your fly in trip
HARD DRIVE: Getting home after a great fishing trip
PROMPT: What makes you think about fishing in Ignace – like Brad’s blog
WINDOWS: What to shut when it’s raining
SCREEN: What to shut when it’s mosquito season
BYTE: What them dang black flies do
MEGA BYTE: What the walleyes do
CHIP: Munchies for the cabin
MICRO CHIP: What’s left in the munchie bag
INFRARED: Where the Micro chips go; Fred eats them
MODEM: What you must do to your lawns before you come to Ignace
LAP TOP: Great place to get fish slim off your hands
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the keys
SOFTWARE: Those darn plastic forks and knives
MOUSE: What tries to join you in the cabin
MAIN FRAME: Holds up the cabin roof
PORT: Fancy Wine
ENTER: Northern slang for “c'mon in y'all”
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: Why you can’t member what you paid for your new fishing rod when your wife asks
INTERNET: Where you want that big northern after a 20 minute fight
BACKSPACE: The upright part of the boat seat.
CABLE: The type of fishing line a rookie brings on a fly in trip
WIRELESS: The style of spectacles most men over 40 need to tie their lure to their line
BLACKBERRY: Cousin of the raspberry. Not related to the blueberry but still very tasty.
WEB: The result of not paying attention when trolling crosses one or more angler’s line.
Those who have followed our adventures here in Ignace for a while, know that we get rather excited when the ice goes out in the spring. Six months of hard water is enough. But, ironically enough we also look forward to ice in. The lake froze over last night. This is about 2 to 3 weeks later than normal. This year it signals 6 more months until our 25th season begins.
We are preparing our 2009 news letter to post on line next week. Watch for it. When our newsletter is published, bookings seem to come in droves so if you want to get ahead of the game for your 2010 fishing trip and you are not already in our books, get a hold of us soon. You don’t want to wait too long and miss your preferred dates.
Nov 2/2009 via email
Hi, Brad & Karen,
I just thought I would drop a note to tell you how much we enjoyed our fishing trip this summer. The cabin was in good shape as always & Joe stopped in for coffee about every morning to tell us any news. The fishing was a little slow for the first couple of days, but picked up pretty quick. The 4 of us caught and released almost 400 walleye that ranged in size from 16 to 24 inches and 40 pike that was 24 to 43 inches in the week that we were there. …
Thanks,
R George
Thanks guys, we look forward to seeing you soon.
That is a nice fish. I think having fishing like that with some great buddies is an awesome vacation. Give us a call or send an email and we’ll help you set up your 2010 Ignace Outposts trip.
Our season is over for 2009. We have not been idle however. We are already working on 2010. 2010 will be our 25th year running this fine fishing and hunting business. We are looking forward to this milestone. Many look to 25 years to retire but we are having too much fun.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been in and out of Ignace for meetings (4 this week alone) and in between have been getting our base winterized, motors ready for 2010, repairs made to equipment and everything put away for the snow season.
Karen is working on government reports, remittances, closing the books and getting several albums up on a new Flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ignaceoutposts/ Check it regularly for updates.
This week we are off to an industry convention, Provincial tourism advisory meetings and other meetings in Sault Ste Marie and Toronto.
We do regularly check emails but we have no Blackberry so responses are not instant.
Our newsletter will be posted in a few weeks, and our post card mail out will be going soon. If you are not on our electronic mailing list, please sign up on our website.
This weekend is the switch to daylight savings time. Funny concept, similar to thinking that cutting 6 inches off one end of a blanket and sewing it on the other end will make the blanket longer.
