Well, the whole Waage clan headed up to the lake this weekend with the intention of opening her up for the season. We arrived on Friday to see only a little stretch of ice left on our Lake Chetek. There also was a beautiful eagle sitting on the edge of the ice to greet us as we arrived. Once we got a fire going to was nice and toastie. Pam & Steve came over for a visit while we were uncovering furniture, making beds, putting pictures back on the walls and discovering that the little water heater under the kitchen sink was shot! (note: the kitchen sink hadn't been hooked up to the tankless water heater, we were waiting for it go belly up before hooking it into the main heater) The guys were going to get the water going, but discovered the "water pit" was full of water that had froze the valve. So they decided they better wait until the pit melted away. Hense, the cabin is half open.
Saturday morning we awoke to plenty more wildlife. The ice that was on the other side of the lake started drifting towards our shore line. As it came closer, Mr Loon was trapped between the edge of the ice and our shore line. So rather than worry himself, he decided to entertain us.
He was swimming back and forth and back and forth letting Big Joe take picture after picture of him. (I'm almost positive it was Mr Dickinson!) After that we had the opportunity of seeing an otter passing by the house. Big Joe was sleeping on the job and didn't catch a picture of him. I think we need to put a sign out at the lake shore: "Attention all wildlife passing by....please stop for a picture before proceeding" Thanks the Management :)
With the water unable to be turned on, we turned to our other project that needed to be addressed: Lilly's Potty Pit. Joel installed a doggie door in the breezeway that leads into the back yard (it depends on who you ask which is the back yard. Joel's version of the backyard is street side and Amy's version is lakeside. So it would be Joel's version) into an enclosed fence with her own mini deck. So while we are working hard at making her safe and comfortable.......she is doing what she does best:
Sunday morning we had to get up at the crack of dawn and head back to the cities for our Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Easter Dinner. As we looked out the kitchen window....we noticed all the ice had disappeared over night. So we can finally say that we witnessed our first "Ice Out" in Lake Chetek. All and all it was a great weekend and it felt fabulous to be back at the lake. We are going to try to head back up next weekend to see if we can get the dang water on so that we can officially say it is OPEN!!
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