Erinn catches her BIGGEST FISH ever!

Erinn and her brother Jerad, came to show me the BIG Bass fish that Erinn caught. All the other kids and even some of the adults were excited too. There was a crowd all around this fish taking lots of pictures.

This is a special memory for her. Its the Biggest Fish she's ever caught!

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BINGO is not a game just for OLD People!

We play BINGO with our guests twice a week under our waterfront shelter. Nancy and I have recently graduated from the Fern School of BINGO (At Fern Resort, they play BINGO 3 times a day, everyday!)

Adults and children are welcome. It's relaxed play. No dabbers allowed - we use shutter cards.

Nancy is on the lookout for BINGO prizes throughout the year.

There are prizes for all ages and everyone gets a prize whether they yell BINGO ! or not.


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Don't sleep in - You'll miss the Deer

Not that early this morning, at around 8 AM. I was walking out the door to get the newspapers. On the edge of our driveway, I saw some bushes move so I stopped. There was a deer eating tree leaves, who then as I was watching, went across to eat some of the wildflowers Nancy and Suzanne planted.

I walked up very close to him before he ran off.



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Our Oldest Guest

Ada and her daughter Anne and Anne's husband Ken, have been coming to Beauview for 13 years. Ada is our oldest guest in 2008. I can't tell you her age because you don't tell a lady's age!

She always has a smile on her face.

Thank you for returning each year!

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Last One Standing

This is a game that you play on the water trampoline. The object is to run and jump around as fast as you can to make everyone else dizzy to lose their balance. The last one standing is the winner. In this video, its hard to tell who wins because everyone falls into the lake!

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Andrew teaches how to build Mud pies

Andrew, who is almost 4 years old, teaches Gord, who is a lot older!, how to make a Turtle Mud Pie in the sand.



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Pirates on the High Seas of Lake of Bays

An afternoon on the water with family. With a little imagination - a paddle boat turns into a pirate ship and the water trampoline becomes a fort.

Add water guns and ... Prepare to be boarded! YAARRR Mateys!

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Don't Believe the Weatherman!

Seeing is believing! Here's a video taken this morning of the Beauview waterfront just before 10 Am.
Gord is showing how wrong the weather forecasting is this Summer. On the 7:30am news this morning on Barrie A Channel, the broadcaster said "there will be no sun in Muskoka today."

The weather forecasts have been very negative this summer. The temperatures get hotter than they say they will get and we get sun, when the forecast says rain!

Gord thinks its because they are jealous - we are on holidays and they aren't!



We also have a webcam out our window, that takes photos every 4 hours during the day. http://www.beauview.com/webcampage.htm

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Garden Pros Arrive

Sandra and Rick (Sandra is the Gardening Pro and Rick is the grunt labour) came to day to revitalize our gardens. They spent most of the day digging, weeding, moving, planting and replanting. They brought deer resistant, drought resistant, easy to care for plants.

Here's some photos of the flowers they brought and the results.

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Guest Sunrise Photo

Rick, a guest that stayed with us earlier in July, sent this photo of a sunrise view from their waterfront cottage.

Nice shot Rick! Thanks for sending it.

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Amazing Rainbow

Tonight is the night for our welcome BBQ for our weekly guests. Though it sprinkled on and off today, there was no rain during our get together until the end.

Then it poured! But after that we were rewarded with a beautiful rainbow that went from one end of our bay to the other. I couldn't fit it all into one photo.

Here's a picture of Judy and Vino admiring the rainbow.

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Huntsville Midnite Madness Firefly Festival July 18, 2008

Main Street Huntsville was closed for the Party.

There were live performances from the Trillium Dixieland Band, The Muskoka Jazz Guys, and Dr. Krane. Live Demonstrations by Muskoka Dance Academy and Dokan Karate, Soapstones.

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Learn to Swim at the Cottage

Here's Nick who's learning to swim at the cottage. You can tell by the smile on his face that he's doing very well!

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Fresh Trout for Dinner

One of our guests, Joe, is an avid fisherman. He gets up early, before the rest of us are awake, to go out fishing on Lake of Bays.
He's after Lake Trout so he has all the right equipment to get the bait down to 80 feet where the fish are.

Today he caught six trout, threw four back and kept his limit of two. Then he offered one to us for our dinner. He even cleaned and filleted it! Nancy put it in the oven to bake packed in foil, surrounded by a special sauce and spices.

What a great meal! Thanks Joe!



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If There's Loons- There must be Fish!

Here's a photo taken this morning at around 8:30am of a Loon taking a morning swim looking for breakfast.

They come close to our docks if you are lucky to see them.

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Deer come to Visit on Sunday Morning

Along with new guests arriving for the coming week, we also had two deer visit us at around 7 am. this morning.

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Loons on the Lake

When we were out on the lake taking some of our children tubing, we came upon two loons in the water. They stayed with us for a few minutes before they swam away.

Here's one of the photos that Colleen took.

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Beauview Soccer Team

Each year we sponsor a house league soccer team in Huntsville. This year its a U10 Team (under 10 years old boys and girls) They play Thursday nights. Good Family Fun to Watch!

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Huntsville Festival of the Arts

Huntsville Festival of the Arts takes place daily for the next two weeks. Some of our guests have taken part in the free Art at the Docks program, went to the Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo) Concert and the free Music at Noon Concerts.

On Wednesday, Gord played with the Huntsville Community Band at a Music at Noon Concert. There was a standing ovation at the end. Cool!

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Jenn and Kale's Honeymoon

Jenn and Kale spent their honeymoon at Beauview last week. Here's some photos they sent me of their trip, the fish they caught, some of the animals they saw. (yes, that's a wolf cub in the guide lady's arms!)

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Sunrise on Beauview Bay

Another beautiful day has arrived!

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New Muskoka Road 9 to Beauview

South Portage Road (Muskoka Road 9) was resurfaced today. This is great news for all of us that use this road. Previous guests know that the road has just been spot repaired for a number of years. Now its all brand new!

The triathletes should be very happy about the new road condition as it is a part of the bike race for the June Muskoka Triathlon and the September Muskoka Ironman.

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