Keep in touch with your White Birch Village family

Ice Fishing

wbv284 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:40:21 +0000

John went ice fishing tonight and caught his limit of 25 bluegills. Our guests who stayed in Red Oaks over the holidays had a successful 5 days ice fishing. The largest being a 23 inch walleye!

the fish were biting strong at 5pm once the moon was up.

Scott, one of our carpenters, went fishing with John.

Family dogs enjoying a romp on the lake

wbv284 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:31:02 +0000

The family dogs loved running all around the lake over the holidays!

Deb snowshoeing with the dogs.

The dogs would play for hours outside!

Zeus the Great Dane!

Frozen Snapping Turtle

wbv284 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:21:30 +0000

Over the holidays when family was here we found a snapping turtle in the middle of one of the ponds near the barn. John wanted to get his hands on it because he thinks it would make a great addition to the Fireside Room or the front desk. The problem: Is the ice thick enough to walk on?

First thing was to choose the bravest (and lightest) person to go out on the ice. Kendria wins! On goes the life vest and then John ties on the rope.

Next test to see if the ice is safe.

John on the other end of the rope in case Kendria falls in. Which one of these onlookers do you think would go in after Kendria if she fell through the ice!?!

Digging it out.

Bringing the turtle back to shore.

Kelly checking the turtle carcass out. The otter had a good meal of turtle.

Look for the turtle shell somewhere ion the lodge when you visit this summer.

First snow of the season

wbv284 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:06:06 +0000

The snow started falling on Wednesday and ended on Thursday. From a person who used to dislike the snow the Northwoods have made me fall in love with it. It is always picture perfect outside with the fresh snow. We had a total of 6-7 inches of snow. Some areas of the Northwoods had as much as 14 inches. Of course with heavy snow comes power outages. thus I had to wait until today to post pictures. Enjoy the pictures.

The front entrance before there were any tire marks on the road.

The main drive

Looking down to the lake from the lodge

And the creek which is always gorgeous after a wet snowfall!

More photos from our guests

wbv284 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:24:46 +0000

After two weeks of no sun and misty weather (not even enough rain to help raise the water levels in the lake) we have had beautiful summer like weather this week. 77 degrees here today. Enjoy the latest photos given to us by our guests.

Fall mist on the lake

The otters have been very active this fall.

Enjoying dinner.

Kids enjoying the last of the great weather.

Fall colors

The color didn't stay on the trees long this year due to the high winds.

Otter in the creek

wbv284 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:16:18 +0000

We have had a family of otters playing for the last two weeks. Momma and 3 babies. They have been playing in all the ponds, in the culvert under County K and in the creek. Today has been my first chance of getting a picture. Enjoy.

Momma waiting for her little one to join her.

Here comes the little one. I was hoping to get a picture with Momma with her little one, but my daughter and niece came to watch and screamed with excitement and momma ran away.

The little one swimming off to find momma.

Summer’s over

wbv284 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:00:15 +0000

The sign of summer coming to an end……..

The paddle boat is hitching a ride to the garage for the winter.

Well fed chipmunks

wbv284 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:42:04 +0000

We broke a new record this season for peanuts sold. Over 120 pounds of peanuts were sold in our store this year!

One of the happy customers.

Summer fun – photos from our guests

wbv284 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:39:59 +0000

Water frisbee?

Fun on the tubes.

New friends.

Wedding Bells

wbv284 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:55:39 +0000

Romance is alive at White Birch Village….two engagements this summer and today the first wedding at the Resort. Dave (past employee) and Talitha had their wedding ceremony at our picnic pavilion this afternoon. The weather cooperated with beautiful sunshine and 80 degrees.

Talitha with her boys walking down the aisle.

Saying their vows under the pine tree

Receiving Line