Memorial Weekend Barbacue

You know I am basically a patient person.  I understand that there are a lot of things that happen that we humans have no control over.  During this past spring(? ) I have watched continual snow and cold develop into a record year for snow pack and have watched Bear Lake rise at an incredible rate.  During this time I have tried to get ready to open Cisco's Landing for summer business.  Tons of money has been spent, employees have worked diligently, boats are in the water and the grill is hot.  Sunday morning I get up to this.  Spike can't play with his "diggers" on the deck and sitting outside in the sun is out.  I have even taken the snow blower off and mowed the lawns once.  I am frustrated but still patient.  The snow will melt and when it does, the house will still be here.  We have it a lot better than those poor folks in "Tornado Alley".  Come to us warm weather.....

Web Cam

I have been so frustrated since the Parks and Recreation decided to take the Bear Lake Cam off their Internet connection.  I can understand it because as much as the camera is used it takes up a lot of bandwidth.  Cisco's Landing has been working with the company that owns the camera and we have come to an agreement that they would get an new Internet connection and Cisco's Landing would pay a monthly fee to operate it.  I am more than willing to do that because so many people use the camera to check on lake conditions, their boats and just to snoop on my employees and the people on the dock.  My relatives in Australia love to check on me from time to time.   Please let everyone know that without Cisco's Landing support the camera would not be live so make it worth my while since it is not cheap.  Enjoy it and come down and see us..Go to www.livelakeview.com/lakes/bearlake.

Rain, Rain, Rain

You know, I am glad that I own about fifteen watercraft.  If it keeps raining and the lake keeps coming up I may need them.  Seriously, it seems like this weather pattern will never end.  I know that lots of people think that the snow is gone and the flooding risk is over but I keep looking up at the mountains and know that there is literally "millions of gallons" of water in the snow.  The physical laws of our environment are never broken which means that eventually the snow will turn to liquid and gravity will drag it to lower elevations until it is level or meets the ocean.  What that means is anyone's guess.  One thing I know for sure is that this weather is not condusive to boat rental and lake recreation.  The only visitors to the marina are the pisciverous (fish eating) birds who spend all day trying to capture recently stocked cutthroat fingerling.  

Spring?

Finally we had aq few days of good? weather.  Boats were launched and people tried to act like it is summer.,  But it is not.  The seagulls circle the marina looking for a freshly stocked cutthroat, the western grebes and common loons patrol the outside and fish have to deal with real life.  Zack went out wake boarding yesterday and saiid it was great, but then he is young and strong.  More power to him.  We rented some boats this weekend and people really love the "Buggy' which is stable, easy to drive and good on gas. 

The lake continues to come up.  The beaches are gone and we are back to normal, like it or not.  The water is encroaching into Dasiy Bay.  The real runoff has not started so hold on.  Mother Earth will do as she desires,

Gray Skies

I have been waiting to post a picture of the Marina with sun and boats being put in.  It hasn't happened yet.  Maybe this weekend.  Keep your eyes peeled to the skies when you are there however.  Wildlife Resources recently stocked cutthroat trout there and the seagull are constantly overhead.  There are hundreds of Western grebes outside of the the marina with a few loons and pelicans.  Everyone always worries that the birds will eat all the fish.  Sure, they will get some, but it is the beginning of a fish's life of avoiding  predators until you get big enough to be a predator yourself. 

The carp are back and waiting for handouts which have been few and far between.  I guess we will try to open for a while this weekend.