Cam Waterskiing

Thanks to Kayla for the

great pictures from in the boat!

We had a nice crayfish boil yesterday with Terry & all the kids at the resort. Riley, Ian, both Cams, Josh & Jamie had a great day skiing, then Tim took everyone on a search for the local trout stream and back again to dive off of the pontoon boat before dinner.

Nice gusty rain storm midday today cooled us off. The flowers and garden are loving the rain. This is a pictures of the bee balm and the lilies that are ready to bloom.

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Alpine 2011

Welcome to Alpine 2011! Yes, this is late, but life just keeps interfering with the best of lists and plans. Have you all been having this weird spring? 97 one day, then 60 the next. Looks like this week we are starting a normal pattern, 80 and sunny. We had a another great winter, lots of studying, sports and music for Cameil, great skiing and of course, watching hockey. Cameil has a new water ski and is hoping to have lots of other water-skiers joining her on the water this summer!

The flowers and garden look great this year, rain is such a wonderful thing, it makes everything soooo green, or purple or orange or pink. The butterflies are really digging it. So is Chinook, but he misses his brother Copper, who didn't make it through the winter. We all miss him.

On to the new season. We added Satellite TV in the north cabins - check out the rates page for a specific cabin. www.alpine-resort.com/Rates.html We will still be teaching water-skiing this year. Last year we had many success stories!! Remember to do your pushups everyday before you arrive, you must be able to pull your body weight out of the water!! As many will attest - there is nothing like water-skiing in the hot of the afternoon, when the fisherman are all tucked in a bay escaping the the sun.

We will be running specials here and on Facebook, as soon as we get over the learning curve. Send us your email if you would like to be on the mailing list.

We updated Birches this year, new pictures coming soon. Everyone loves the new kitchen in Aspen, you will love it too, especially the new dishwasher!

Hope to see you all soon.

Alpine in 2010!

Welcome to Alpine in 2010! We had a great winter, lots of studying and lessons for Cameil, great skiing, wonderful holidays, and fun with the dogs! Hope you had a special winter and are now ready to jump into the warm weather seasons.

On to our new season - We have a big change for this year - we are now able to teach you how to waterski when you stay at the resort! We are so excited. Nothing like waterskiing on a hot afternoon, when the fisherman are all tucked away in a bay escaping the sun.

Our 2010 rate sheet is available. We did not raise prices this year, as our repeat guests will notice! We hope that helps everyone in this tough economy.

We also remodeled the kitchen in Aspen! Everyone will love it, especially the new dishwasher! Hope to see you all soon. TKC

Last week of summer

So much to say! What a great summer - despite the cool weather and poor economy, we managed to get tan and pack in tons of fun time. We did have tons of fun with everyone who made it this summer (hi from all of us!!) and have lots of memories - Risk tournaments in the great room, splashing off of the pontoon boat, skiing, cooking parties in the big kitchen, party pontoon rides to the big lake for football and frisbee games in the water, diving contests to the raft, fish fries in the huge pans over the camp fire and lots of night swimming and star gazing and of course, when we could squeeze it in, fishing, biking, campfire building, kayaking, decade birthday parties, and more that I'm sure to be forgetting!!

This last week before school starts promises to be another whirlwind as we pack in horseback riding, another trip to Lake Superior to swim and walk along the waterfalls, canoeing on the Manitowish River, another bike trip on the fabulous Boulder Juntion trail, kids only fishing trip with Kim and Cameil for nonstop panfish action, soccer practice and to cap the week- a surprise party next weekend (no I can't tell you who it is for, what if that person reads the web page!!)

We were getting sentimental about the close of another summer season, really sad to think of great staff leaving soon and getting back to the school season routine, but we have decided to enjoy this last week of August with all of the gusto we can muster, hope you do also!! Have a great week, talk to you in the fall, The Resorters.

Wow is it green!

Happy June! The gardens and the trees have really popped, green is everywhere. The change from winter is always very dramatic, especially when things fill in - the pond and the houses on the lake disappear.

Cameil could not wait for her big 10 birthday and celebrated it by driving a boat legally by herself, with Pa along, of course. While they were out fishing for muskie, our two resident loons circled their boat and fished with them. Cameil, who loves to warble to them, was sure they were saying Happy Birthday to her.

We are gearing up for the summer season, with some minor setbacks - like the robin, who has made a nest on the 6' ladder hanging on the back of the shed, putting the ladder out of commission for a while!

Thank you to everyone who attended Cameil's party on Sunday and for bringing such joy to her life. It was great to see everyone again, hope we can do that again soon. Well, back to gardening and coffee. Have a great week.

Fishing Opener, Raking and Sunday thoughts about Truth

There is something therapeutic about raking, at least that's what I keep telling myself. The reward for raking the flower beds is uncovering the spring bulbs we planted last fall, which are now up and so cute, tiny daffodils and some other little flower whose name we forgot to write down. The moss that lines the driveway, did I mention how long the driveway is, is bright green when the leaves that fell before that first snow are raked away and there is some really cool green “stuff” showing out the side of the hill that we are going to research for a science project this week. We have turkeys living by the pond now, and Copper & Chinook love scouting for them, then proudly prancing back for hugs with muddy paws!

Opener was blustery! Cool temps and very windy, I’m glad we waited to put boats in. If you missed it, don’t fret, think better days for being on the water are coming, because they are, it was brutal out there!! 60 today, 67 tomorrow and less wind.

Greetings to Scott and family, it was great catching up yesterday. Hope you can make it out this summer so we can further discuss how Truth gets covered up and never gets its day in court. Always disappointing to hear of another situation where humans, motivated by money, greed, and selfishness, commit such hideous acts, and based on their wealth and connections, get away with this behavior. But today, because we can only control our own behavior, we are off to replace the deck, bask in the sun and enjoy the company of our precious daughter, a good thing in this world. Hope you find a way to enjoy today also.

Piers are in!

Ice is out and piers are in, well almost all of them. Rain today delayed things a bit. Hockey playoffs are providing lots of entertainment around here these days, as we wait for the ground to thaw so we can turn on the water to the cabins. Working on the web page also, let us know what you think. Later..

Sunshine on new snow

Well, things are definitely looking up! The power is back on and the 14" of snow that we received starting on Sunday and lasting through yesterday at 3pm is already melting. Piers go in Saturday even if the ice is not out completely! Grab your shorts and sunglasses, spring is...