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

Last weekend’s game was certainly a nailbiter. We had a few people come out to watch the game in the rec building and it was worth it. Talk about leaving it to the last minute. There is a poll on the Bombers website asking who will be in the Grey Cup. Winnipeg vs Saskatchewan currently has the most votes, with Winipeg vs BC in second. Of course most people taking the poll would be biased given that it is the ‘Bombers’ web site.  The statistics for the Bombers Vs Argos in the playoffs is not good. Since 1933 they have met 12 times, the Bombers only won 3 times (1988, 89, 90). But I guess all that means absolutely nothing if you are a true Bomber fan. On Sunday ya gotta just go with your heart. GO BOMBERS GO!!!

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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.

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.