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

So, how many times today have you heard the line “Is it hot enough for you?” I have taken a personal stand that you will not hear me complain about how hot it is. I won’t beat around the bush – I hate cold and I hate winter. I would take plus 40 over minus 40 anyday. Sure it has it’s downsides and it is not always comfortable, but it is still much better to jump in the pool now than it was in February.  Last week was sure something else. It was to the point that people seemed to want to hibernate inside the air conditioning and not even consider camping during that kind of heat. This past weekend was quite a drastic change. The weather was definately a lot cooler and cloudier. Thankfully yesterday things changed and we are back to the perfect Manitoba summer weather. Not too hot, not too cold, just right.

Last Saturday was our 6th annual Children’s Wish Fundraiser.  Our numbers were down this year with our grand total at only $2347. I think this was a result of the heat wave as we didn’t have as many people out this year. Everyone who did come out had a good time however. There was a lineup of volunteers wanting to get dunked in the dunk tank. Everybody was very willing to get wet and cool off. We also ran a couple of wet n wacky train rides to help cool things down. Some of our campers volunteered to spray water, shoot water guns, throw water balloon, etc as the train went by.  We had a great group of volunteers help out with the day and I must send out a thank you for their help. Duckyfest will be back in 2012 and is always the 3rd Saturday in July.

This past weekend was our Teddy Bear Picnic and we had about 39 bears come visit Dr Ducky. As always Dr Ducky was prepared with her medical supplies to fix up all the booboos and get the bears on their way to recovery. We had planned to do a Bubble Zone on Saturday evening, but with the few rain showers floating around we postponed it until Sunday morning.

This upcoming long weekend will be the usual Karaoke and Movie Night. In the past we have had a mini golf tournament on Aug Long, but we are changing things up a little for this year. I am going to randomly select a hole and everyone will compete on that one hole to see who gets the best score.   If anyone is still thinking of joining us for the weekend. I still have one motel open. We don’t have any sites open, but do always keep a waiting list in case of cancellation.

Enjoy the sunshine!!

DuckyFest Schedule

6^th annual Children’s Wish Foundation Fundraiser

Friday July 15

8:30pm  Blackout Bingo

We will be doing one game of blackout bingo with tickets $1 each. The money raised will be split between the Children’s Wish Foundation and the lucky bingoer.

Saturday July 16

11:00am – 7:00pm – Silent Auction

Noon-6:00pm – Karaoke

1:00pm – 3:00pm – Carnival Games

2:00pm-4:00pm – Snappy the Clown

3:00pm – 5:00pm – Inflatable Bounceroo

7:00pm-midnight – Circuit Breaker. Local band Circuit Breaker will be returning and will entertain into the evening.

All Day – Ducky Jail – have your friends (or enemies) arrested

                Dunk Tank

                Kiddie Train – Check the Gumball machine for the times for some special Wet N Wacky Train Rides

         Displays are set up by Transcona Trailer Sales, McRae Motorsports and Lawson’s

RDR Grill Special – $1 from each order of Chicken Fingers and Fries will be donated to the CWF

**All times are approximate.

If you remember a few weeks ago I made the announcement that we now had baby ducks. You may or may not have noticed that I haven’t mentioned them since. Well that is because we had a bit of a puzzle on our hands – they just disappeared. We had no idea what happened to them until last weekend things started to come together. I was told by one family that they had been out by the drainage ditch and saw a mother duck with some babies. The next day someone else was there and saw the same thing. Neither family could positively identify them as ours.  Of course every time I went out there were no babies or mommas in sight. I gave up and thought it must have been a wild momma who had moved on. Then we are driving in the lane this afternoon and to my pleasant surprise spot momma and 5 half grown babies. I am assuming that she was worried about their safety and kept them hidden away until they were bigger. That just made my week seeing that those little guys were safe and I guess maybe momma does know best.

To say this has been a quick week is an understatement. It seems like we just finished one weekend and here we are ready to go again. As of Wednesday afternoon I have a tent site open for the weekend, a smaller RV site open for Saturday only, and a motel room open for Saturday only. If anyone is still looking for something to do, give me a call 1-866-254-7636 to book.

This
Weekend at the Duck

Friday – Happy Canada Day

10:30-11:00am – Free Canada Flag Tattoos

2:00-3:00pm – Ice Cream Social

Build your own sundae in the Rec Bldg

Sm 1.70 lrg 2.68

5:00pm – Bomber Game on the big screen in the Rec Building

Dark – Fireworks by the big pond (weather permitting)

Saturday

9:00-11:00am – RDR Social Committee Bake Sale

2:00-3:00pm – Ice Cream Social

Build your own sundae in the Rec Bldg

Sm 1.70 lrg 2.68

3:00-9:00pm (approx.) – Karaoke by Matchmaker Music and Karaoke

RDR Grill Specials

 Turkey Club Sandwich

A triple decker sandwich with turkey, bacon, lettuce,
tomato and cheese. Served with Fries
7.95  With lattice Fries 8.59

With Poutine 8.95

-RDR Grill and Concession Thu,9am-11pm; Fri 9am-11pm; Sat  9am-11pm;
Sun 9am-10pm

This
Weekend at the Duck

Saturday

Campground Poker Derby – register at the rec building
from 10am-noon; walk or ride around the campground to find the 3 checkpoints
and get a card;  bring your cards to the office sometime before 6pm; top two poker hands will win; all kids that enter
will receive a prize;

2:00-3:00pm – Ice Cream Social

Build your own sundae in the Rec Bldg

Sm 1.70 lrg2.68

Dark (approx. 9:30pm) – Movie night in the outdoor theatre. Yogi Bear

No charge. Popcorn is available from the concession.

RDR Grill Specials

 Queso Dip n Sides

Creamy queso cheese encrusted in crispy tortilla chip
crumbles. (similar to a mozza stick)                    4.49

Queso Burger

Homemade pure beef burger topped with cheesy queso dip
n sides. Served with fries.         7.59

Bacon Queso Burger
8.19

Homemade from scratch treats: Friday – fresh baked Chocolate Chip Cookies;

Saturday –Cinnamon Bubble Bread

-RDR Grill and Concession Fri 9am-11pm; Sat  9am-11pm;
Sun 9am-8pm

– Check the Ducky Express schedule posted on the Gumball Machine in the Rec Building.

It’s officially here and we have even been having the weather to prove it. The past week has been just what we have been waiting for – bright sun and warm temperatures. It was another great camping weekend. We did have some rain come throughout the nights but the days were what camping memories are made of.

The first Rubber Ducky duck hunt went well on the weekend. Friday morning I hid 8 ducks throughout the campground and our campers managed to find most of them. On Saturday morning I put more out and there were a total of 10 duckies waiting to be found that day. By Sunday afternoon there were still two ducks unaccounted for and I had to start giving hints. By the end of the day all the ducks had been found and all the treats handed out.  I am already looking for more hiding spots for our next duck hunt.  I will admit to making one mistake, but it made for laughs on Sunday. I didn’t keep track of which number of duck was hidden where so as the kids brought in the ducks I knew which numbers were out, but not where they were.  I also was still somewhat asleep when I was hiding them at 6amish and kind of temporarily forgot some of my hiding places. lol. Oh well, as I say it made for some laughs when I had to admit that I wasn’t even sure where the ducks were. In the end all the ducks were located and I learned that next time I will write down where they go 🙂

This weekend is another Rubber Ducky first. We are having a campground poker derby. It will work much like a snowmobile or atv derby but you will walk to the checkpoints to get your cards. I am still finalizing the details and if you are camping this weekend, you can pick up your ‘This weekend at the duck’ for all the details.

It was a long time coming, but we finally had a full weekend with no rain. Saturday was an amazing, warm, sunny, beautiful…. day. There are just too many nice words to fill in the blanks.  I never really believed it until it happened but hopefully this is the turn around for mother nature. Sunny weekends and rainy Mondays.

It was a busy, exciting weekend around here. Our first batch of baby duckies emerged on Friday evening.

There are now 7 little ducklings waddling around the campground. Actually they are not going too far and have been hiding for most of the weekend.  I think there were too many people around and momma was a little nervous about bringing them out too much. We still have a couple  more nests to go so there should be no shortage of ducks at the Duck by the end of summer.

There were some other babies that caused some commotion around this weekend.  They were not exactly your typical campground visitors.

Yep those would be goats – Bert and Ernie to be more specific. They came from Boonstra Farms for a weekend of camping at Rubber Ducky.  I believe the story was that they were abandoned by their mother and the Boonstra’s have taken over raising them. They should make a great addition to their farm this summer since they are so used to people.

The last two times I have scheduled the bounceroo we got completely drowned out with monsoon rains, so I was a little nervous when I rescheduled to this weekend. Fortunately the bounceroo bad luck streak was over and the sun shone and rain stayed away. The kids were able to get in a couple hours of bouncing fun.

This weekend was our Pick your ducky discount weekend. I got quite a few chuckles when I asked people if they would like to pick a ducky from my pond.

There were a couple lucky duckies that saved 50% off their camping fees. This is an annual weekend special so if you want to be a lucky ducky next  year be sure to watch our website for next year’s dates.

Summer will officially begin next week; school is quickly coming to an end and that means the RDR Grill and Concession is moving up to summer hours. Our current hours are Mon-Wed 9am – 7pm; Thu 10am – 9pm; Fri and Sat 9am-11pm; Sun 9am-8pm. Over the next couple weeks we will work up to our full summer hours of Sun-Thu 9am-10pm and Fri, Sat 9am-11pm.  Just a reminder the Grill is open to the public as well as campers and we do offer take out.

This Weekend at the Duck

Saturday

2-3pm – Ice Cream Social Build your own sundae in the Rec Bldg Sm 1.70 lrg 2.68

 3:30-6:30pm – Wii on the Big Screen

 7pm – Canucks vs Bruins on the Big Screen

RDR Grill Specials

 Caesar Salad Full size 4.99 Side salad 3.49

Bacon Ranch Chicken Burger Served with fries 7.59

Substitute Lattice Fries 65c

– Check the Ducky Express schedule posted on the Gumball Machine in the Rec Building. Free rides this weekend

 -RDR Grill and Concession Fri 9am-10pm; Sat 9 am-11pm; Sun 9am-8pm