Happy July 4th Eve Everyone, as you can see we have our Christmas Tree up! If you look behind th glorious Charlie Brown Tree, you can see some of the New Normal at Camp. We have spent considerable blood, sweat and tears clearing the area. It was unbeleivable the amount of dead trees embedded within the dark bush that surrounded Happy Camp. As luck would have it as the job was finished, or so we thought, yesterday, last nights blow brought down 3 more trees, and one is the top of 2024 Christmas Tree! While it may look bare, it is merely calling all of you to come and share your favorite decorations and make it very pretty before it browns, who knows when!
Summer is here one day, gone another, Magoo and I went to Lake #1 the other day, super fantastic to say the least. The wind kicked up just enough to keep many of the bugs away once we reached the shores of Lake #1. Much to our amazement, the lake teemed with fish, some real nice ones too. For any more information you will have to come and decorate the HCO Tree and share.
Bear baits are up and going, that should be exciting as we have a host of hunters new and old to share in the Wilderness and all the Adventures that come with Bear Hunting. Time will tell what happens, but as we look forward, I have a few spots open for Spring 2025. These will start 10 days after the snow is gone, could be May 1 like this year, or June 1, mother nature only knows. So if you are hankering for an experience of a lifetime to come bait sit or stalk an Ontario, get in touch with me today for more information and an application.
Magoo is slowly down considerably, she is 13.5, so I have to give her some slack, in people years that 94.5 years old. With as many paw tracks she has under her feet, that is a lot of miles don’t you think. Just the other night we started out to clear the trail to Lake #2, but Magoo stumbled and fell much, she has developed Degenerative Myelopathy, a disease that effects aging dogs, especially working and hunting dogs. There is no cure, not much one can do except watch your best friend struggle to lift there back legs. So she is on Librella, Galliprant and Dasaquin. Librella is a monthly injection but since there are no vets anywhere in Ontario that will see her, we will need to come back to Dr. Logan in later July to get the injection. But if you know Magoo and I, there is nothing I won’t do for my best friend. If you have ever watched life catch up with a loved one and not being able to do a damn thing, you do your best to keep your sanity. Sadly, this reminds me of Dad when he got sick, then watching him slip away knowing that there was no cure, just when he was going to be taken. Even though that is over 20 years ago, the sting never seems to go away, but as I watch myself start to fade away, I look more to the woods, water, wilderness and sanity, I will leave this place better than I found it, thanks Mom and Dad for instilling that into my life long journey!
Time to watch the next storm knock more trees down and rub Magoo’s ears, maybe tonight the storms will clear so we can go for a boat ride or catch some fish, they are biting quite well for us.
If you are wanting to come and hang your decoration, sit and spell and watch the wind whip trees around, discuss a 2025 bear hunt or just get away into the Wilderness, get in touch with me today. As always, Come and Catch the Good Life with us at Happy Camp Ontario!!