2016

Thursday 9/15/2016

Greetings and welcome!

The fall season is upon us, and while there isn’t much color change yet, things are going to start changing fast in the next few weeks. Likewise, I haven’t seen an overnight low below 38 yet, and that record will soon fall. The water in Caldron Falls Flowage was getting a bit brisk last week, and the days have gotten a lot shorter too. Fall is here.

One thing that I really like about September is the pleasant weather. Cool nights and days in the upper 60s and low 70s is just fine with me. Too bad it doesn’t last a little longer. Usually late September and early October bring some big storms and unsettled weather.

On the way home today I was thinking that there wasn’t much fall color yet. A few trees have started, and some of the underbrush, but it doesn’t seem like it is very far along yet. You can see that the trees aren’t the deep green of summer anymore, but there are no big splashes of color yet.

This weekend brings the opening of a lot of hunting seasons. Bow deer, turkey, and rabbit open this weekend, and bear hunting already has started. We should have good weather for it, with rain Friday and Friday night, and then a nice weekend once it clears out Saturday morning. The guidance that I saw tonight had it clearing out about 4am.

Here is Chris’ event calendar..

September 17
Oktoberfest in Crivitz
11am – 11pm at Crivitz Community Veteran’s Park, 510 Louisa St..
Proceeds to benefit the Crivitz Fire Dept. – Click here for details

September 24
Annual Silver Cliff Chili & Soup Fest from 11am – 4pm
Silver Cliff Memorial Park – Sponsored by the Silver Cliff and Athelstane Legion Post 66 Auxiliary

Sept. 24
Crivitz Fall HarvestFest at Crivitz High School – 400 South Ave.
8:30am to 2pm – Crafts/Bake Sale/Food & Refreshments
Admission – bring a non-perishable food item to donate to local food pantry

Oct. 1
8th Annual Wausaukee Fall Festival
from 9 am – 3 pm – Downtown Wausaukee
Crafters & Vendors, Bake Sale, Farmers Market , Food & Refreshments, Live Music – Beer Garden, Kids games
Visit website for further details and contact informtion.

October 8
6th Annual CL/Mountain Lions Club Oktoberfest Celebration

Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!

RJB

Saturday September 3, 2016

Greetings and welcome!

Some late week updates..

First up is events to add. Both are Sunday.

The first is motocross races at Pine Ridge Raceway in Athelstane. Link

The next event is the parade and auction up at Northwoods Bar. This is a benefit for the Silver Cliff and Athelstane Rescue Squads. This will be a big event.

Item three is my own event. In late July I started a small business Selling LED Flashlights. It is called Work-Sport Adventure Sales llc. A lot of my sales is to stores and re-sellers, but I do retail them too. Sunday I will be at Athelstane Country Mart on A & C out in the parking lot with my little sun canopy doing a promotional sale to let people know that they sell my flashlights now. I buy a  lot of these, so I have great prices, and people really like the lights.

That is news from here. Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!

RJB

Wednesday August 31, 2016

Greetings and welcome!

It looks like we have a very nice weekend ahead. A big area of high pressure will dominate our weekend weather. It looks like mostly clear weather with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and lows around 60. The best chance for rain comes Monday and increases as the day progresses.

Here is Chris’s calendar of events for the weekend..

Sept. 3
Crooked Lake Fire Department Annual Breakfast.

Sept. 3
Amberg Annual Fireman’s Picnic & Parade
Parade at 11am to Amberg Pavilion & Ball Diamond. Food & Refreshments, Live Music, Raffles, Horseshoes

Sept. 3
10th Annual Red Arrow Corn Roast and ATV/UTV Parade
at Old Town Hall Bar and Restaurant, 17767 HWY 32, Downtown Townsend
Parade starts at 10:30AM from Red Arrow Clubhouse to Corn Roast.
Corn Roast from 11AM till ??. Food & Beverages, Free Sweet Corn, Meat Raffles, DJ, Music, Family Fun.

Sept. 3
5th Annual Lake Noquebay Musky Tournament
Tournament Headquarters at The Hawk (formerly Mohawk Resort) on Lake Noquebay – $75 per boat, 2 man boats
5:00am Boat Check, 5:30am Pre-tournament Meeting, tournament from 6:00am – 2:00pm Sharp.
For more information, Call Darrell at 715-927-1219

Sept. 10
The Annual Country Fling from noon until ? – Parkway Inn
Live Country Music, Food and Fun for the whole family

I know of one other event, the Dickenson County Fair. It is about a mile into Michigan on Hwy 8. It is also right by Pier’s Gorge, so a rafting trip or walk through the gorge might fit well with it.

I will visit late week with any updates. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!

RJB

Friday August 26th, 2016

Greetings and welcome!

This weekend’s big event is the Marinette Co Fair in Wausaukee. It started Thursday, and runs through the weekend. The fairgrounds is off of 141 in Wausaukee on the road by the BP gas station.

The weather forecast is for some rain Saturday and a nice day Sunday. We had the same forecast last weekend and it sure did rain Saturday. As a result the whitewater rivers are well into the fun zone and fire danger is down.

The road construction in Wausaukee made big progress last week. They now have northbound traffic running on the right side of the road, and they are making progress on the southbound lanes. Hwy C between A and Deer Lake Rd got a new layer of asphalt this week. Presumably they will finish the paving today.

Next weekend is Labor Day weekend. Where did the summer go?

Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!

RJB