Sep 14 was cold and calm, 34F, with frost covering everything outside. Saw two deer early and Linda later saw a ferret near the storage sheds by our cabin. We had rain and some sun off and on all day, battery charging from the solar panels was much slower than usual. Sep 15 was our planned departure day. We had no idea a cold front was coming through with lots of snow until we woke up at 6:00 AM and saw these winter scenes:

We were concerned about the car slipping on the steep section after the gate. Fortunately the temp was 34F and after checking out the road we knew there was no ice. Shortly after the snow stopped at mid morning, the port a can gentleman came by on his Friday rounds and told us the road was fine. After that we quickly left and made it back home by the following evening.

We had a wonderful time at this beautiful property and enjoyed meeting many friendly and generous members and guests. Hopefully we will see you again next year. Thanks for letting us be your caretakers.

Sunday night it rained hard. Monday morning was calm, 40F, with snow in the upper elevations. By mid morning much of it was gone with intermittent rain. In the afternoon temps went from mid 50’s down to 40F and a fair amount of small hail mixed with a bit of snow. Given the rapid weather changes it was no surprise that there were no cars in the trail parking lot in the afternoon, first time we’ve seen that. No wildlife today.

Another beautiful morning, a little cold at 36 degrees, no wind. Dan and Hannah Selner and their retriever Finn launched the boat early and caught several fish. Dan saw a moose on the road up here, but no wildlife sitings from us at the lake. Got cloudy later and windy with light rain off and on, we stayed indoors most of the day. Thanks to Linden’s family for giving us a big trout for dinner.

Nice morning, 42 deg, slight wind. Wind died down and some clouds came in later in the day. Linden Parker and family had 3 floaters on the lake at the same time and caught a lot of fish. In the evening we had an excellent lasagna dinner with the whole group at the caretaker cabin. No wildlife sitings today.

Another beautiful clear morning, 40F and windy again. Not as windy as yesterday though.

Saw a deer in the morning and in the afternoon Linda saw an 8 point buck but couldn’t get a picture. Lots of cars at the trailhead for Silver Dollar Lake, must be the clear weather and mild temperatures. The hikers are still well behaved, not seen any on the property since we’ve been here.

This morning was clear, 40 deg and very windy. It’s hard to see on the photo but there were whitecaps over most the lake. It stayed windy until late afternoon. Probably why we didn’t see any wildlife today.

Today was windy from the get go and stayed that way all day. Morning conditions 42 degrees and clear. Lake level is dropping a few inches every day.

Linda at the inlet. It’s easy to cross with the lower lake level, even two Texans can manage it. Labor Day activity – lots of hikers again, Brian said it was the most cars he’s ever seen parked along the road. We can usually hear the walkers down at the cabins but it was as so windy today we didn’t hear anything. No wildlife today other than the ubiquitous chipmunks.

Beautiful sunset yesterday as the thunderstorms passed over the mountains.

This morning was partly cloudy, no wind, 41F. Lots of visitors and much fishing today but no fish caught. Weather has been all over the place – sunny, rainy, windy and changing quickly. After seeing one or two eagles earlier this week we haven’t spotted them at all this weekend. Hope your Labor Day weekend is great.

This morning was partly cloudy, 44 degrees, no wind. Three deer were walking amongst the boats. Walked up to Silver Dollar Lake today, lots of friendly hikers and dogs to keep us company. Have a great Labor Day weekend.

Good morning from Naylor Lake, 39 degrees, no wind. This is the first post from Linda and Bruce DeBolt, we look forward to being your caretakers for the next two weeks. We will do our best to live up to Suzanne’s very high standards. Yesterday afternoon Linda caught a rainbow, our first Naylor fish. Later we heard a pack of coyotes yipping at dusk. This morning we were treated to a simultaneous sunrise and moon set over the lake.