The last of the new boats at Cobham Morley was taken up the other day. The water is on the low side up north but better than being up in the bush. There is still some ice in the shady spots up there and even some snow in the bush.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Don't forget your Ontario Outdoors Card
If you fished in Ontario last season, you would have received a Ontario Outdoors card in the mail. If you are coming up fishing this summer be sure to make sure you have this card with you. I would suggest putting it with your passport, that way you will have it with you when you come to see us in Ontario in 2010. Otherwise the all mighty Government will want $9 once again from you to replace it. We do not agree with the implementation of this card but you need a license to experience the awesome fishing we have to offer!!
The last of the new boats at Cobham Morley was taken up the other day. The water is on the low side up north but better than being up in the bush. There is still some ice in the shady spots up there and even some snow in the bush.
The last of the new boats at Cobham Morley was taken up the other day. The water is on the low side up north but better than being up in the bush. There is still some ice in the shady spots up there and even some snow in the bush.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
It is nice to have my Wheels back!!
It feels good to see a familiar face! The Otter is back in Red Lake and ready to go for another season. We will be heading up north to start getting things ready at the camps. The water is low since the spring came early but we had some rain in the last few days and even some snow. Great. But the fire ban is off and the water should come up a bit and the forecast is for sunshine once again this week, so I am feeling ready and set to go!
Look at the wings on that one! LOL
Look at the wings on that one! LOL
Sunday, April 25, 2010
No Fires Allowed!!
It is been very beautiful in the north for a long time now. Sunshine and warm temperatures everyday. The Ice is out in Red Lake but not up north yet. It was snowing there yesterday and it was 75 in Red Lake.
Rena and I will be making the move this week and things will only get busier. We are ready and looking forward to seeing all of our friends again and showing our new ones the best vacation experience. I took a load of supplies to Red Lake the other day and saw some graffiti that made me feel good.
There is a lot of exposed shoreline. The water is low and the fire ban is in full effect. No open fires allowed.
The beaver ponds that broke out last summer during the heavy rains we had are all dried up.
The Otter will be back in my care next week and I can't wait!
Rena and I will be making the move this week and things will only get busier. We are ready and looking forward to seeing all of our friends again and showing our new ones the best vacation experience. I took a load of supplies to Red Lake the other day and saw some graffiti that made me feel good.
There is a lot of exposed shoreline. The water is low and the fire ban is in full effect. No open fires allowed.
The beaver ponds that broke out last summer during the heavy rains we had are all dried up.
The Otter will be back in my care next week and I can't wait!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Turbine engines vs Round engines
I got this in an email from my Father-in-law who is in the Canadian Air Force. He really enjoys riding in the Otter any chance he can get!!!
Maybe one day we will get a Turbine Otter but for now I love the Round engine on the front! It sounds like a real bush plane doesn't it.
Hi John
This Kind of brings tears to your eyes.....
TURBINE ENGINES VS ROUND ENGINES
We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation. We need to go back to big round engines! Anybody can start a turbine: you just need to move a switch from” OFF to START" My desktop computer is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small lady-like toot and start whining louder. Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched roar. (We like that. it’s a guy thing.) When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any minute. This helps concentrate the mind. Turbines don't have enough control.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns.
Round-engined planes smell like God intended flying machines to smell.
Maybe one day we will get a Turbine Otter but for now I love the Round engine on the front! It sounds like a real bush plane doesn't it.
Hi John
This Kind of brings tears to your eyes.....
TURBINE ENGINES VS ROUND ENGINES
We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation. We need to go back to big round engines! Anybody can start a turbine: you just need to move a switch from” OFF to START" My desktop computer is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small lady-like toot and start whining louder. Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched roar. (We like that. it’s a guy thing.) When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any minute. This helps concentrate the mind. Turbines don't have enough control.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns.
Round-engined planes smell like God intended flying machines to smell.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
No late ice out this year!
It continues to be sunny and dry up here in Canada. If this keeps up we will be having a pretty early ice out. Mother nature is unpredictable and could smack us with a late snowstorm yet. The sun is gaining more power each day!
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Friday, April 2, 2010
Spring has settled in...but anything can happen yet.
It has been sunny and dry since February up north and quite warm. Things are quite dry in our part of Manitoba and it continues into Northwestern Ontario. It is amazing how we can go from record high water levels last season to potentially low water this spring. The snow is all but gone in a few places and the ice on Lake Manitoba is getting uglier every day. The sunshine has been great but sure eats up the ice. Ice out should be near the end of April this year but can change a lot depending on how many snow storms we get.
The birds continue to return every day and continue northbound. We have trophy sized Gulls in the north that sit in trees!!!
Lake Manitoba is a little low. The first sand bar is out which is pretty normal for this time of year.
Our trail through the Cattails will need to be cleared again next fall.
The creek is full but doesn't have much to drain this spring. If it continues warm and dry the run off will be done in a few days.
Some spots in the open fields take longer to thaw and hold back the water.
It is raining and windy here today changing to snow over night. Lets see what Mother Nature has in store for the rest of the spring.
The birds continue to return every day and continue northbound. We have trophy sized Gulls in the north that sit in trees!!!
Lake Manitoba is a little low. The first sand bar is out which is pretty normal for this time of year.
Our trail through the Cattails will need to be cleared again next fall.
The creek is full but doesn't have much to drain this spring. If it continues warm and dry the run off will be done in a few days.
Some spots in the open fields take longer to thaw and hold back the water.
It is raining and windy here today changing to snow over night. Lets see what Mother Nature has in store for the rest of the spring.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The most competitive tournament I have ever seen.
We hosted the Provincial Bantam(14-15) Girls Rural Hockey tournament this weekend and saw competition so evenly matched, our team went from thinking we were eliminated in the morning needing a win, to seeded second in our pool of 4 teams by that afternoon. Our team consisted of players from or in the neighboring towns, some who play with the boys, some who have played in the past but were not playing this year, ages ranging from 13-15 with the exception of our goaltender who was the ripe age of 10!!! She is a great goalie, as good or better than most of the older girls there.
Here is the link to the Hockey Manitoba website. Two pools of four teams from all over Manitoba. We started the tournament on Friday at 9am and played our second game at 7pm that night. Not the best draw. We started the tournament with 2 loses, both by one goal. A 3-2 loss to Portage La Prairie, a game in which we dominated but were still experimenting with line combinations. Remember, we are playing against teams that play in organized leagues and we are a team with a dozen practices and 2 exhibition games under our belt. We spotted the Terriers a 3-0 lead and almost came back in the third but still there was a great sense of heart in our team. It was a tough one to lose and our opponents only were to get tougher.
Our second game was against Carberry, a town with a rich hockey history and who I have had fairly good luck in beating in my lifetime. Before we knew it we were down 3-0 again and had a hard fight back. We scratched and clawed our way back to tie it at 4 in the second period when we had a face-off in our end with 15 seconds to go. We tried to keep the puck to the boards but Carberry got a shot at the net and the ref called it a goal but I swear I could see the puck in the air as I heard the horn sound, those ones generally come back to haunt you. It did. We fell behind further early in the third but had totally taken over the game. We resorted to an old style of hockey that works. Dump and Chase. When we dumped it in and made the Carberry defense turn back, we took back the puck and created scoring opportunity's. We finally beat their goalie with 4 minutes left and had enormous pressure for the remainder of the game but could not beat their netminder again. A 6-5 loss.
On Saturday we had to win, our backs to the wall, and a tough opponent, Minnedosa Bombers. They had 2 players that could really giver. I needed a strong checker to pester them and knock them off their game. Many times in my career, that was my job. During the game I tried to use a couple of different players to accomplish the task but we were again down 2-0 after the first period. Things looked bleak but I had hope, we needed to keep with the simple parts of the game and I needed a fast checker who could put pressure on their best players when they had the puck. Maija was that player, my kid. She told me she could do it and she did. I then had to keep the lines matched so that our best were out against their weaker line and our checking line was out there whenever possible with their best. Maija created many turnovers and wore down our opponents so our older girls could score. We fought our way to a 3-2 win and better goal average than everyone but Carberry who had 3 wins in our pool, a 3-way tie for second with one team going home. We had a .006 better goal average than Minnedosa!
Good enough for a spot in the semi-final, against another undefeated team, the Neepawa Natives. The favorite coming into the tournament and had 3 lines of fairly even players with 4 very good hockey players. I stuck with the same lines, our 3 strongest players on one line and Jerrica, Maija, and 2 left wingers switching off flanking them on our checking line. An excellent game we played in front of a loud home crowd but had some bounces go against us and had a crushing loss to the eventual gold medal winners, 3-2. Another game we looked stronger again and had all the pressure with our dump and chase hockey.
Carberry lost in the other semi-final and it was a rematch for Bronze! We were ready.
We played solid and disiplined in our style, not our play. We took the play and the body to them. Although there is supposed to be no contact in girls hockey we had a number of penalties but were dominating the game. Then with a 2-1 lead after 2 periods, we were down 3-2 within one minute on 2 fast goals by Carberry with 12 minutes to go in the game.
We tied it up at the 10 minute mark and it was a game. End to end hockey, plenty of bodychecks that the ref let go, scoring chances for each team at both ends. Carberry struck first with 4 minutes left. No panic was felt on our bench. All I kept telling them, dump it and be the first one to get it. We continued our pressure and took the play away from Carberry. Evening the score with 2:12 left! The roof was almost coming off the rink it was so loud. After the draw at center ice, Carberry took a blatant tripping penalty and we had a power play with 2 minutes left. We smelled blood and went after it. Paige scored her third goal of the game with :54 seconds to go. We had the crowd and momentum on our side and held on for a 5-4 win. The best finish our girls team has ever had! What a great way to end the season.
My buddy Floyd who was a very intense player has taken up refereeing and is very good at it. Strange to see a guy who beat another player with his own helmet keeping the peace.
Here is the link to the Hockey Manitoba website. Two pools of four teams from all over Manitoba. We started the tournament on Friday at 9am and played our second game at 7pm that night. Not the best draw. We started the tournament with 2 loses, both by one goal. A 3-2 loss to Portage La Prairie, a game in which we dominated but were still experimenting with line combinations. Remember, we are playing against teams that play in organized leagues and we are a team with a dozen practices and 2 exhibition games under our belt. We spotted the Terriers a 3-0 lead and almost came back in the third but still there was a great sense of heart in our team. It was a tough one to lose and our opponents only were to get tougher.
Our second game was against Carberry, a town with a rich hockey history and who I have had fairly good luck in beating in my lifetime. Before we knew it we were down 3-0 again and had a hard fight back. We scratched and clawed our way back to tie it at 4 in the second period when we had a face-off in our end with 15 seconds to go. We tried to keep the puck to the boards but Carberry got a shot at the net and the ref called it a goal but I swear I could see the puck in the air as I heard the horn sound, those ones generally come back to haunt you. It did. We fell behind further early in the third but had totally taken over the game. We resorted to an old style of hockey that works. Dump and Chase. When we dumped it in and made the Carberry defense turn back, we took back the puck and created scoring opportunity's. We finally beat their goalie with 4 minutes left and had enormous pressure for the remainder of the game but could not beat their netminder again. A 6-5 loss.
On Saturday we had to win, our backs to the wall, and a tough opponent, Minnedosa Bombers. They had 2 players that could really giver. I needed a strong checker to pester them and knock them off their game. Many times in my career, that was my job. During the game I tried to use a couple of different players to accomplish the task but we were again down 2-0 after the first period. Things looked bleak but I had hope, we needed to keep with the simple parts of the game and I needed a fast checker who could put pressure on their best players when they had the puck. Maija was that player, my kid. She told me she could do it and she did. I then had to keep the lines matched so that our best were out against their weaker line and our checking line was out there whenever possible with their best. Maija created many turnovers and wore down our opponents so our older girls could score. We fought our way to a 3-2 win and better goal average than everyone but Carberry who had 3 wins in our pool, a 3-way tie for second with one team going home. We had a .006 better goal average than Minnedosa!
Good enough for a spot in the semi-final, against another undefeated team, the Neepawa Natives. The favorite coming into the tournament and had 3 lines of fairly even players with 4 very good hockey players. I stuck with the same lines, our 3 strongest players on one line and Jerrica, Maija, and 2 left wingers switching off flanking them on our checking line. An excellent game we played in front of a loud home crowd but had some bounces go against us and had a crushing loss to the eventual gold medal winners, 3-2. Another game we looked stronger again and had all the pressure with our dump and chase hockey.
Carberry lost in the other semi-final and it was a rematch for Bronze! We were ready.
We played solid and disiplined in our style, not our play. We took the play and the body to them. Although there is supposed to be no contact in girls hockey we had a number of penalties but were dominating the game. Then with a 2-1 lead after 2 periods, we were down 3-2 within one minute on 2 fast goals by Carberry with 12 minutes to go in the game.
We tied it up at the 10 minute mark and it was a game. End to end hockey, plenty of bodychecks that the ref let go, scoring chances for each team at both ends. Carberry struck first with 4 minutes left. No panic was felt on our bench. All I kept telling them, dump it and be the first one to get it. We continued our pressure and took the play away from Carberry. Evening the score with 2:12 left! The roof was almost coming off the rink it was so loud. After the draw at center ice, Carberry took a blatant tripping penalty and we had a power play with 2 minutes left. We smelled blood and went after it. Paige scored her third goal of the game with :54 seconds to go. We had the crowd and momentum on our side and held on for a 5-4 win. The best finish our girls team has ever had! What a great way to end the season.
My buddy Floyd who was a very intense player has taken up refereeing and is very good at it. Strange to see a guy who beat another player with his own helmet keeping the peace.
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