Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
I promised more on the Pirate Ship sighting, so here is the straight goods. There are pirates roaming the bay in front of our cottage on Lake of the Woods! Last Sunday we spotted their ship and took our own ship out for an exploratory mission. As we approached the pirate ship, which was flying Read More …
Boat seats Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. It was a quiet day around the cottage today. After 23+ years of wood bench seats I installed these comfy deluxe seats and we took them out for a spin. It was a little choppy, so we didn’t go far. Out around the south end of Sotty’s Island, Read More …
Bombardier CL415 Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. While we were out in the boat with Debbie & Craig this afternoon a water bomber made a low level pass over Henan Point head and then circled around to pick up a load in the bay in front of out cottage. Very shortly another plane came in Read More …
View from the chair Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. We’ve been summer residents for over 23 years and this is the first time I’ve explored Tunnel Island and it’s almost in the heart of Kenora. This is some of the best hiking and biking in the area, very similar to the Minaki trails only more Read More …
Floating Dock #2 Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Your wondering what this picture has to do with wildlife, and I’ll get to that in a minute. While we’ve been at the lake this week we’ve seen quite a bit of wildlife. There have been the usual deer, chipmunks, squirrels, loons, bald eagles etc. and then Read More …
Sioux Narrows Bridge Replacement Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Yesterday, we went by boat to Timber Island in Whitefish Bay on Lake of the Woods to track down the geocache called Kanchenjunga placed by my friend Adam. It was a sunny day with near calm winds, which made the 58.6 km boat trip quite enjoyable. Read More …
Floating Bliss Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. We’re at the lake for a couple of weeks of vacation and today was picture perfect weather. clear and calm at at 25-27C with a very light breeze. Yesterday, as we drove out, the temperature fell from 28C to 15C as it clouded over and rained a little Read More …
Len & Eric work on the dock Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This past weekend we had Len & Darlene and Eric & Dez at the lake and had a blast. On the Saturday after a leisurely morning of puttering around and fixing up a couple of things Len & Darlene arrived and we had Read More …
Dune Jumping Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. We spent a day at Victoria Beach with our friends Chris & Elaine and no day at the beach would be complete without a stroll on the beach of course! This guy & his friends were having a great time performing death defying leaps off the top of Read More …
The Ride Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Unfortunately the ride at the lake doesn’t look like this. The picture is from last years Maah Daah Hey trip (pictures), but the bike is still the one that gets me around. I figure that this year I’ll have logged over 10,000km on this bike since I purchased Read More …