Getting cabins ready is a job that nobody likes to do but everybody around here gets to do.
Karen working on a stove
Randy inspecting for water leaks.
John getting the water on.
Our first guests show up tomorrow and we will be ready. The cabin start ups are staggered so we just have to be sure we get the right ones open and ready in the right order.
Vern’s Minnows has been a icon in Ignace for many many years. Vern’s is famous for the “minnows guaranteed to catch fish or die trying”.
Vern’s Minnows has moved. It is now located at the Shell Station on the highway just west of the Burger Scoop (my favorite burger joint).
The phone number remains the same. There are new owners now but several of the staff remain.
Karen captured this young cow moose on film while driving to Dryden last weekend. Looks like she just got up when in fact she is beginning to shed her winter coat. In a month or so she will be a shiny near black and well coiffed for summer.
This cow was along side the road just out side Ignace. In the daylight they are fun to see and photograph. In the night they are almost invisible against the dark so utmost caution must be taken while driving. Be alert. Always scan the road on both sides and watch for movement or glimmers of light reflecting from their eyes. You wouldn’t want to hit a moose. It could ruin your vacation.
It is usually the moose you don’t see that are the dangerous ones on the road.
Opener is 9 days away. We have lots of details to fine tune and we are getting inquiries from US residents about border crossing with minor criminality on their record such as DUI or DWI.
If you are concerned with any issues crossing the border, here is a good website to start your research. It is best to know that things are in order to have a hassle free border crossing.
Or if you are so inclined, call NOTO (the Northern Ontario Tourist Outfitters Association) at 1-800-665-5787 or 1-705-472-5552. They tell me that they have good information and can set you in the right direction.
See you at Ignace Outposts this summer!
Karen gets the office ready to go and Brad shuffles a little paper. Once we get through the next couple of days of organizing and training the real fun starts.
The picture is fake… I type with two fingers, not 10.
It’s been a long winter. As the snow melts and the ice disappears, we all get a little itch to be back in the air. Getting aircraft and pilots checked out for another summer is all part of the fun.
The season is under way. We launched the Cessna this morning. Randy picked up the Beaver This afternoon.
Lots of paperwork these days lining up our ducks and crossing our “t”s. Brad and Randy did their ground training last week and now we work with the “new guy”.
We welcome Marc to our team and if he flies half as well as he plays hockey, we have a good member on our flight crew.
Ice is now out on Agimak Lake.
Yesterday ice was out of our break wall but still covered the lake.
Today it is open on the lake but the last remnant of ice has moved into our break wall area.
No worries however, the lake is open and we are ready to fetch our aircraft from their winter home in Nestor Falls. In a few days the sound of radial engines beating the air into submission will signal the beginning of another season.
Karen ‘s photo blog has a monthly desktop calendar photo free for you to download to your computer. Here is the link to May.
Pick your size and open the picture, right click then “save as desktop background”. It is that simple.
Karen’s desktop calendar photos give you a little bit of Northwestern Ontario all month long. Feel free to down load the photo as your desktop and be sure to keep May 21 in mind as the opener of walleye season. I am sure I’ll be having fresh walleye for supper that evening… how about you?
We can still get your trip set up for opener. Ignace Outposts
