Happened to catch sight of 4 Canadas in the pond the other day. They were camera shy however. I walked out the rec building to take a picture and they immediately took off. Oh well I will catch them next time.
I am trying out a survey system and need some help. It won’t take long there is only one question, so please take a moment and tell me about your favorite squishee flavour.
Thanks and feel free to leave and a comment on this post to let me know what you think of this system. I will be using the information to know which flavour to put in our machine for Grey Cup and other special events.
Last fall we had one lonely blue goose stop by the pond for a visit. She was all alone and it was quite late in the season. She wandered around hanging out with the ducks, then one day just disappeared. We thought nothing else of it until a couple weeks ago we were driving out past the new pond and here is this one lonely bird. We figure that it must be the same goose from last year stopped by again on her way South. Oh and Lucy you ask?? – what else would you name a goose. Lucy Goosey.
Our very first guests to ever stay with us in our suites have returned again. They were here to hunt waterfowl in 2005 and are back this year. Things have changed a little since they were last here. We had barely finished the rooms (the cupboards went in two nights before they arrived). We didn’t have the rec building completed yet and had to serve their meals in our house – more like a traditional bed and breakfast. This year we have the rec building set up for their meals and relaxing after their hunts. We are now able to joke about the ‘remember when’. They are an easy going bunch and were able to bear with us as we got things organized and set up.
This weather may be fit for ducks, but it certainly hasn’t been for hunters. There has been an overabundance of cold, rainy days for the guys this past couple weeks. Seems like it will just dry up and down comes the rain again. They come back in covered in mud and soaking wet. As long as they get their birds they don’t seem to mind. I personally don’t think you could pay me to go out in and lay in a cold, muddy field at the crack of dawn.
We have reports of real geese and ducks (as in not our own) in the new pond. There have been just a couple here and there, but it is a start. We are hoping to get more to stop by for a visit.
As I have said before we are busy with American waterfowl hunters staying in our rooms this month. Well, we had quite the crew here this past week. They have stayed with us before and as always it makes for a great time.
Don had a ‘bang’ up time with some of our campers and friends on Saturday night. Then just before leaving on Sunday afternoon they had to test out the new CWO transportation unit.
Yes, what you are seeing is 1 dog, 6 California hunters, 2 Manitoba outfitters and 2Rubber Ducky girlies. Fortunately we didn’t need the vaseline to get anyone out and the train made it around safely.
On a personal note – some days it gets hard for me to keep up with the schedule this time of year, but for the 4 days that you guys were here it was never an issue. It was great to have such a fun, relaxed atmosphere around here – I almost looked forward to getting up at 4 am. I know that Sarah would agree with me. She hasn’t had such a captive audience for her silliness in a while, especially the knock knock jokes while Hollywood was cornered in the kitchen.
I hope that you guys had a great time as well and that we will see you again.
Our local snowmobile club, the Northern Lites is holding social evening on Oct 13 at Meadow Lea Hall. They have booked the band Circuit Breaker to perform that evening. Circuit Breaker is the band that played at our DuckyFest fundraiser in July. Anyone who has heard them before knows that they do an incredible job. They have a tremendous amount of talent.
The snowmobile club is using the funds raised from the social to purchase a groomer to maintain their trails. This club is run by volunteers and they each dedicate a lot of personal time to keep the club going. The purchase and maintenance of the groomer was a huge undertaking for this club and they need all the support they can get. If you are interested in getting tickets or donating for the silent auction you can call Norah at 204-375-6052 or email me at info@rubberduckyresort.com and I will forward it.
We have been working on yet another project since mid summer. Those of you who have been here or driven past may be wondering just what is going on the the field. Well it is another pond. We are in the final landscaping stages and it is getting close to full of water. The ducks have already found it and we need to get ourselves a duck crossing sign for the driveway now. They regularly make the trip across for a barley snack and a swim. We are hoping to have some trout in the pond next year to have some catch and release fishing. We are also tossing around some other ideas for the land surrounding the area such as a u-pick strawberry patch, garden plots and/or a saskatoon orchard. I will keep you posted as to what we decide.
I am not sure if my picture will do the pond justice, but this is what we saw on the way from the school bus this morning. It was frosty outside and the steam was rising off the water.
Fight night is almost here. I don’t know much about it personally, but it seems to be a big thing for those that are into it. (check out www.ufc.com for more info) It is only on pay per view. We are bringing in an 8 ft screen to show it on. The night is open for anyone to come to. We are charging a $10 admission and that includes a burger and fries.
This wacky weather is enough to make ya crazy. The weekend was hot and now we are back to the clouds and cold. We need some more sunshine. Camping has most definately slowed to a crawl. We did have a camping group here this past weekend, so that helped to fill a few sites. This weekend I have had a couple reservations and a couple phone calls, but as usual we will wait and see what the weather brings.
We are starting to switch gears to fall mode this week. From Sept 22 to approx Nov 1 we will have in the neighborhood of 90 American hunters pass through our doors. They are coming up to hunt Waterfowl. It makes for an interesting month getting to meet the different guys. Our rec building becomes a hunting lodge of sorts. They have all their meals and tell their after hunt stories in there. This will be our third season for the Americans. The first year we were just completing construction and only had about 10-15 guys. Last year was a full crew of almost 100. We have even had two film crews stay with us. A group from RNT was here in 2005 and Waterfowler TV was here in 2006. The waterfowler guys last year were a blast. They were quite the characters. RNT was filming for a video while they were here. The guys and dogs from Cupped Wings Outfitters were on the cover of their video. The waterfowler guys were filming for a TV show. It is supposed to air this week I believe. Their show is only on the Outdoor Channel in the States however. I’m not sure if we will even see the footage. They said that they would send us a copy, but we will see.
This is the guys from Waterfowler with the guys from Cupped wings and Dennis.
Rubber Ducky Resort & Campground - A family campground located in Warren, near Winnipeg, Manitoba 