Bayfield Cottage Winters - Yes, we rent in the winter.
It sure is a fun thing to do...to be there in the winter. Like sailing at night compared to day...a whole different experience.
There are lots of cross country ski trails in the county. Its the getaway from the office...that charges the soul...work can get to you in the winter too and yes the south is nice but being at a "summer" cottage in winter might be a nice new wonderfully strange experience for you.
One of the things that is so striking in
the winter on a still day is the silence as there are no birds and no
sound of waves from the frozen lake. You know how it can be so quiet your
ears almost hurt? It is so very, very different!
| Seeing icicles on the cottage
is an amazing feeling of disbelief and a thought of "wouldn't father
be surprised if he knew people were now using their cottages when
there was snow on the beach and not sand!" My parents built the cottage next door in 1940 when I was three. |
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They would open 24th of May and close on Thanksgiving weekend. These dates were "cast in stone" for over 40 years as that's what people did.
This schedule was so ingrained in my psyche that when I first started using my cottage next door in the winter it seemed to me the strangest thing...sort of a "Twilight Zone" feeling because I was so steeped in the "summer open winter closed" cottage thinking. There is no winter maintenance on steps or path to the
beach... this passage is to be used at own risk. Snow and ice are not
removed.
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