Staying at the Blue Lake Pines Resort this Labor Day weekend. A two hour, ten minute flight delay yesterday meant I did not get on the water Friday.
Underway at 7:53
Buoy at narrows between two sections of the Lake.
Loon pair.
When right wingnuts rail against the EPA and environmental protection, I say, let me introduce you to the bald eagle. I many summers vacationing in this area from the 1967 to 1985. I saw one bald eagle.. In 2012, there were 140 nests in Oneida County. 143 in Vilas.
I did not see any eagle nests on Blue Lake
Looking up the hill through the pines to my lodging
Blue Lake Pines Resort. Docks and raft.
4 kayaks, one canoe, 4 rowboats for the 5 units at the resort. Only one rowboat has a current sticker if you want to put a motor on it.
Landed at 8:30.
Path to the Lodge
Path to the other dock
Milk jug bailer
Rest stop half way up
Fire ring. A big grill is on the other end
Horseshoes
My cabin. It has an adjoining door, for a larger group.
The River is west of where I am staying, the trail east. I pulled over on the side of the road at the Trail. A runner had stopped. I asked him about parking. "Trail lot right there" I thought it was a private drive. He told be Blue Lake is the second clearest lake in Wisconsin. The first is in neighboring Vilas County. This
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Foot path to a road
Where I saw three deer
Hoof print on the connector footpath
I drove to the nearest restraint the GPS showed. And, no restaurant. So I drove until I saw one ad went inside.
Two Women was on tap. Two women behind the bar. My choice was made
Daily special. Pulled pork
Rye. I thought that was something in old movies. And, deer camps.
Brandy, of course
Not bad
I was not told about the brat special.
Back to the Resort
Which I think was camp at one time. Half the old buildings have not been converted to rental cottages
Brother Pete and wife Jackie arrived
Two eagles a couple hundred yards apart
Girls camp
Five loon flock
Lake Tomahawk. The town.
Famous Korner Drive In
Good to know
Last stop, Hazelhurst Pub
Saw about 10 deer on the way home. Great day, other than the LSU comeback.
Thanks for sharing, looks like a great place. Is it cold? People are wearing jackets!
ReplyDeleteSaturday's high in Rhinelander, 18 miles away was 68. Drizzly and overcast. Perfect. Kept people off the water.
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful - not sure about the game, my thought was: looked like a Bielama- coached game, coulda, shoulda won, but did not
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