Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 15:38:06 GMT -5
Well, the season is about done. Gerry and Bill were able to handle getting all the hunters out last Saturday and Sunday, despite some pretty nasty weather, and the camps are empty now. Two or three of them will see some guests during the winter for ice fishing but for the most part the work is done (at least with the camps) until next May. What was left to do however, is a camp clean up, where we put away the canoes, remove the propane bottles and secure the cabins for the snows that are surely not far away now. We've even seen a wee bit of ice around the shorelines of late.
Bill had been let go for the winter as Gerry and I can easily handle the bush work until Spring, and so on this afternoon, Gerry and I piled into the Beaver for the round-robin visit to each camp to do the clean up. This will be done over a few days and we planned to camp out at some of the camps along the way. Hey, if we managed to bag a moose ourselves, so much the better. Love moose meat! Our first run was to Camp 4 (Shoepack). It was left in decent shape by the guests so there wasn't a whole lot to do there, but nevertheless we figured we'd stay here for the night and decide which camp to visit first tomorrow. Here are some shots of our trip up.
Off Dunlop Lake for Shoepack
The northern Ontario landscape looks pretty desolate now as nature prepares for the winter onslaught.
Still in all, it is beautiful in it's remoteness
On Shoepack and taxiing into the camp.
Docked. Gerry jumped out and took this shot while I was trying to find my glasses
Our first order of business was to put away the canoes
And then we'd clean up the cabin itself. It was not going to be too bad a night, with some rain in the forecast, but we got a fire going anyway and cooked up a mess of beans and weiners. Gerry said he was sleeping outside. I told him that was a shame as it would be a lot colder out there than inside. Didn't seem to matter to him.
See you tomorrow.
Bill had been let go for the winter as Gerry and I can easily handle the bush work until Spring, and so on this afternoon, Gerry and I piled into the Beaver for the round-robin visit to each camp to do the clean up. This will be done over a few days and we planned to camp out at some of the camps along the way. Hey, if we managed to bag a moose ourselves, so much the better. Love moose meat! Our first run was to Camp 4 (Shoepack). It was left in decent shape by the guests so there wasn't a whole lot to do there, but nevertheless we figured we'd stay here for the night and decide which camp to visit first tomorrow. Here are some shots of our trip up.
Off Dunlop Lake for Shoepack
The northern Ontario landscape looks pretty desolate now as nature prepares for the winter onslaught.
Still in all, it is beautiful in it's remoteness
On Shoepack and taxiing into the camp.
Docked. Gerry jumped out and took this shot while I was trying to find my glasses
Our first order of business was to put away the canoes
And then we'd clean up the cabin itself. It was not going to be too bad a night, with some rain in the forecast, but we got a fire going anyway and cooked up a mess of beans and weiners. Gerry said he was sleeping outside. I told him that was a shame as it would be a lot colder out there than inside. Didn't seem to matter to him.
See you tomorrow.