Bergland Bay Bar

I had a cancelation, The Little House is open December 1st – December 4th.

Awe Snowmobile season Eve, my favorite Holiday. The cold is coming in and the snow is falling. Time for Winter Woodies my friends. I’ll have beef on tomorrow and be open at noon.

Don’t expect miracles out there on the trails right away though, it takes the groomers a while to get the trails in shape, there are still going to be a lot of wet spots out there, but they are going out tomorrow.

If you are wondering why the trails are not groomed and ready for you on December, it probably has to do with private property leases, insurance we have to have on the trail and let’s face it, if they were grooming you would have already been on them. LOL See ya soon………

Our Little House on the Trail is filling up nicely, thanks to all that are staying with us so far this year. My calendar is up to date so email or call me if you want to reserve it. 

Weather: Cold coming in

Trail Conditions: Good Base

Is it still OK to say Happy Black Friday? I’m not sure if it is politically correct anymore, I sure don’t want to offend anyone.

Hey check this out I am talking with the guys that developed this, along with the Chamber and other organizations in our area about the possibility of doing this in our area. Let me know what you think.

Last night I seen sleds that came off the lake and were sitting in front of the Hoop on their camera. Also tracks coming up Fish Tales ramp from the Lake. “DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME” we have a few crazies around here (probably Mark and Shawn) that want to be the first out on the lake. Don’t do it, we need a lot more cold days before “NORMAL” people should try this.  A few years back someone went in and drowned when he stopped to take a piss on the lake. It was early in the year and he was OK until he stopped. So you never know when Mother Nature or a sled problem could jump up and bite you in the ass.

Just like the little doggie said before the farmer chopped off his tale “It won’t be long now”

Our Little House on the Trail is filling up nicely, thanks to all that are staying with us so far this year. My calendar is up to date so email or call me if you want to reserve it. 

Weather: Snowing now

Trail Conditions: Good Base

An Arizona Highway Patrol officer stops a guy on a Harley for traveling faster than the posted speed limit, so he asks the biker his name.
‘Fred,’ he replies. 
‘Fred what?’ the officer asks. 
‘Just Fred,’ the man responds. 
The officer is in a good mood, thinks he might just give the biker a break, and write him out a warning instead of a ticket. The officer then presses him for the last name. The man tells him that he used to have a last name but lost it. The officer thinks that he has a nut case on his hands but plays along with it. 
‘Tell me, Fred, how did you lose your last name?’ 
The biker replies, ‘It’s a long story, so stay with me.’ I was born Fred Johnson. I studied hard and got good grades. When I got older, I realized that I wanted to be a doctor. I went through college, medical school, internship, residency, and finally got my degree, so I was Fred Johnson, MD. After a while I got bored being a doctor, so I decided to go back to school. Dentistry was my dream! 
Got all the way through school, got my degree, so then I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS. Got bored doing dentistry, so I started fooling around with my assistant and she gave me VD, so now I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS, with VD. Well, the ADA found out about the VD, so they took away my DDS. Then I was Fred Johnson, MD, with VD. Then the AMA found out about the ADA taking away my DDS because of the VD, so they took away my MD leaving me as Fred Johnson with VD. Then the VD took away my Johnson… 
So now I am Just Fred.’ 
The officer walked away in tears, laughing.

 

Went to Sam’s last night in Duluth. What a great night to get a fricken foot of snow. 20 miles an hour from 25 miles west of Hurley. Roads were bad all the way in. By the time I hit Merriweather I was doing 40mph, a car comes speeding by me doing 60-70 mph. Just short of the Walleye Lodge he was sideways up in the snowbank.  We got to Bergland way before they did LOL. I bought a lot of munchies so I hope you are hungry when you come to the bar.

I hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving with your families, Becker and I are spending the day alone. Maybe a movie or two, a nice fire, some bush light and tequila, and a couple of Porterhouse Steaks…….

Our Little House on the Trail is filling up nicely, thanks to all that are staying with us so far this year. My calendar is up to date so email or call me if you want to reserve it.

Weather: Another 8-10 or so

Trail Conditions: Good Base

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.  

 

Snow continues to be in the forecast this week, not much, a few inches here and there. We should be go to go come Dec 1st though. But good to go does not mean all trails will be groomed, it takes them a bit to get the trails in the shape you all are used to seeing.  There will probably be a lot of wet areas, but you will definitely be able to ride.

Our Little House on the Trail is filling up nicely, thanks to all that are staying with us so far this year. My calendar is up to date so email or call me if you want to reserve it.

Weather: Snow in the forecast

Trail Conditions: Good Base

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.  

 

Back to snow again. The melt dow will do us good, the lake is flat and the base will be hard. Not a lot of snow in the forecast and a possible warm up for early next week, but that is a ways off and may change. We probably got 8-10 inches yesterday, and some big ole flakes are coming down as I write. It’s hard to say what conditions will be like Monday when the trails officially open, we will just have to wait and see.

Weather: Big flakes coming down.

Trail Conditions: Good Base

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.  

 

In 1972, Joe Miller was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Tulsa Junior College.

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Joe approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Joe worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to Joe, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Joe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.

Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Joe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Thirty years later, Joe was walking through the Tulsa Zoo with his family. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Joe and his family were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Joe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times, then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1972, Joe could not help wondering if this was the same elephant… Joe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.

The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Joe’s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

 Probably wasn’t the same elephant.

This is for everyone who sends those Liberal heart-warming bullshit stories.

A picture says a thousand words, my snow gauge is down to about a foot on the ground in my front yard. But was is left is heavy and wet, and now the cold is coming in. That should make for a real good base out there. Temp forecasts are to stay below freezing as a high for the next week. Maybe now the Lake and wet parts of the trails will be able to freeze up. More snow is on it’s way this week too it looks like. We should be good to go next Monday.

Weather: Cold and snow on the way

Trail Conditions: Good Base

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.  

The warmth and the rain is knocking the snow down. This is a good thing my friends, Now bring on the cold and freeze down the wet spots. No one likes ending up in the wet spots. It is going to be slippery out there though. Be careful if you are out and about.

Weather: A little warm up, a little rain, then back to snow

Trail Conditions: SNOW

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.  

The little bit of rain they are forecasting is not going to hurt a thing, back to snow by Monday. It will make it slippery as hell though, so if you are out and about up here be careful.

I am going back to opening at 2 pm next week and we will be closed Thanksgiving. The bar has slowed down since the hunters have left so Becker and I are going to take the day off before the shit starts to hit the fan. We won’t be cooking again until the trails open up either, sorry but right now I would be throwing out more than I would be selling.

Weather: A little warm up, a little rain, then back to snow

Trail Conditions: SNOW

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.  

A little over 75 inches of snow have hit our area since November 8th. That’s 1/3 of the total snowfall we had last year. It is also an inch over my head. We have had fun trying to stay dugout, I have already had the roof at the bar shoveled and had a tractor come in to move snow. We do have rain forecasted for the weekend, but the snow will survive. We should be good to go December 1st, are you ready?

Weather: A break in the snow for a few days

Trail Conditions: SNOW

I have the little house open for rent this winter. $100 a night for up to 3 people, $125 a night for 4-5 people with a 3 night minimum. Dates are filling up, check out the calendar on my rental page for availability.