Working on the Sprucelands lake.

Working to build a road from the lodge to the dam.

Anyone who has been at camp over the past 32 years has enjoyed our peaceful little lake in one way or another. Either you have sat and talked with a friend on our 'Sit and Talk' swing, watching the waters ripple and flow or you have played in kyaks and canoes. Perhaps you've been swimming on hot summer days.

Last year we had a horrible problem with our lake. It was overrun by muskrats. They dug holes in the lake deep enough to swallow a person and constructed a tunnel system that ran under the earthen dam. Consequently, the lake didn't hold water. To our human eyes it seemed we had no more than a mud puddle to splash in.

Last fall we drained the lake. Let it be empty for the winter so the silt could wash through. Since the lake is fed by two running streams, there is constant water flow. I was really glad we had emptied it because there were times when high waters flooded the lake even with the dam gone. We could have had a major problem.

Our earthen dam has been repaired and hopefully the muskrats will abandon their project.

Well to make a long story short, Stacey talked with a guy about fixing the dam so the lake will hold water. That guy said he could do that for us as long as we had a week of dry weather before he tackled the job. Well let me tell you that finding a week of dry weather has been nearly impossible...until this last week. Finally, there was sunshine enough to firm things up.

The bulldozers arrived on Sunday and Monday they began building a road from the lodge to the dam. I don't know for sure if they are done yet. Everything was quiet yesterday, probably because it rained. Amazing the rain we've had here. If in fact they are finished, then we can put the boards back in the cement dam and this summer we should have our pretty lake back. Hallelujah! Let the fun begin!

Comments always welcome.