Rubber Ducky Resort & Campground – A family campground located in Warren, near Winnipeg, Manitoba

It is hard to believe that this is only the first week of May. With such an early start to camping it seems like it should be much later. But, don’t get me wrong I am certainly not complaining. We have had many of our seasonals out and about relaxing at their campers. Quite a few have commented how nice it has been to slowly get things ready for May Long and not be rushed at the last minute.  There have also been a number of weekend campers out as well. We even had a birthday party here last weekend.

The rain we have gotten this week has been a welcome relief. It was certainly getting very, very dry.  We have spent the past few weeks transplanting trees and planting grass, so it was a huge relief for us to have this moisture. You could almost hear the trees sighing as the rain started.  This has been pretty much the perfect week for grass growing with a little rain, then a little sun it should be sprouting in no time.  According to the forecast this should be our last dreary day, then back to sunshine for the weekend.

This weekend is our Pick Your Ducky Discount. When campers register they will pluck a duck and win a discount of up to 50%.  It usually brings a few laughs since I have a game where the ducks quack and swim around as you pluck them. Also this weekend we will be having our Welcome Back Potluck. Enjoying some good food is always a good excuse to get together for some good times with fellow campers. Anyone that is interested can bring a dish to share to the Rec Building for 5:00 on Saturday afternoon.

Don’t forget that even if you are not quite ready to start camping yet, you can still come out for the day. Bring the kids for a swim and spend the day poolside.

This is some of our happy campers from last weekend. (They are blackberry pictures so I apologize for the quality). As always the pool is the place to be on a Saturday afternoon at the Duck.

It was a Polar Bear Swim of the traditional kind yesterday and it brought a smile to the faces of a lot of local school kids.

Let me start at the beginning with a little background. Each February our local Elementary school participates in I love to read month. They are encouraged to spend some time each day reading. To help provide some incentive the Principal sets a goal of how many books they should read during the month. If the school is able to reach the target then he will do something fun and crazy. In the past that has included letting the kids throw pies at him and sleeping on the rooftop of the school.  This year it was suggested that he should do a Polar Bear Swim and he chose Rubber Ducky Resort as the location 🙂 It sounded like such a fun idea that I didn’t hesitate in saying yes. When we chose Mar 22 as the date however we never expected it to be 20C and have no ice on the pond. I did check the water temperature though and it was still a chilly 4C at the time of the dip. Yesterday afternoon the kids arrived here by school bus ready to heckle and laugh at their principal. They certainly were not disappointed as he put on a good show for them. Not only did he go in the water but he swam across the pond. Then proceeded to go back for a second round with huge cheers from the crowd.  Of course if you know anything about our ducks, you will not be surprised to know that they were not far away from the action. I got a chuckle of my own when they all crowded together after the first lap and nattered away at each other. I can just imagine the translation might go something like “Did you see that crazy human, Can you believe he did that, He must be crazy, What? does he think he is a duck?”

I have to give a big shout out to Mr Blahut from Warren Elementary for braving the chilly water. Thanks for letting us share in the fun yesterday and for being such a great principal to our kids.