On July 4th we drove to Pleasant Point Lodge on Willard Lake close to
Kenora, Ont. Pattis' Mom stayed at a cabin there that her Dad built in
the 20s. We actually found the cabin. The Lodge still had outhouses and a
shower building for $70 Cn a night. The first night it poured rain and
we were smugly commenting that we weren't tent camping. While working on
salmon on the stove next to the front door, both Patti and Eva loudly
exclaimed 'Water is coming thru the door!'. Greg grabbed a broom opened
the doors and started sweeping the water away. Bret noticing that water
was still pouring into the cabin, grabbed a dustpan and threw the water
thru Gregs' legs. I realized lots more was needed outside so grabbed
another plastic dustpan and headed outside to try to scoop the water
from pooling right in front of the door. That was futile so I moved
closer to the corner of the cabin and tried trenching a ditch thru the
gravel, somewhat useful. The downpour lasted one hour and flooded half
the kitchen/bedroom front room. Obviously had occurred before since the
furniture and bed were on blocks of wood. The main problem was the water
coursing down the right side of the gravel driveway cut thru the
roadbed. Two more days of great fishing there.
Then on Thursday it was off to the Winnipeg Folk Festival thru Sunday.
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| Barefoot in wet carpet in cabin |
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| #2 Barefoot in wet carpet in cabin |
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| Wetvac sucked up two gallons of water |
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| Greg sweeping water until broom broke Bret throwing water thru Gregs' legs |
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| Berm and trench added by owner after rain stopped The timbers corraled the water |
laving no place to go but in the door.
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