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06-25-2012, 05:39 PM
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Too bad that hasn't been replaced yet. My guess is Howard doesn't take too well to preaching, that may have been the problem LOL! 
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06-25-2012, 06:46 PM
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I have a little portable propane bbq, knowing what you now know would you recommend I bring it with or can you get by with whats up there. My dad and I usually grill almost all of our dinners...brats, burgers, chicken, steaks, and this year we will add bacon wrapped walleye to the list.
Any other issues I should know about before our trip. Good tips about the gas treatment and things like that....cheap and easy fixes. What about the condition of the mattresses. Solo I noticed you brought your own cot last year. My dad has back problems and I was thinking of bringing a pretty stout air mattress I have.
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06-25-2012, 07:17 PM
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A couple of nights it was super hot so I dragged that over to the open window to catch a bit more breeze. The mattresses were okay, but the slats on the bunks offered no support, VERY uncomfortable at least for me. A piece of plywood cut to fit the bunk to help support the mattress would help a lot imo. Don't sweat the small stuff though you'll be fine. Howards camp is very comfortable, even moreso now that the hand pump is working again and he's got a new fridge. One thing I brought with me last year that was a godsend was a propane powered Zodi portable camp shower. (the on demand heater is propane powered, the shower pump is electric) It's normally battery powered, but I wired a plug to the pump so I could run an extension cord over to the generator. Had it set up in the fish cleaning side of the storage shed and it worked fantastically. The room was lit, had screen windows for ventilation, no bugs could get in and it was private. Just set a couple of 5 gal pails of water up on the counter and ran the shower pump in them. It was an awesome luxury at the end of a long day on the water. The other thing I brought was a 10' X 10' screen house for sitting outside in the evening. The mosquitos were pretty bad and it made things sooo much more enjoyable. They're not expensive and only weight about 12lb's or so. One thing we were missing BIG TIME last year was chairs. There were no chairs in either cabin beyond a couple of broken down uncomfortable wooden ones. There's only an oversized picnic table. I was wishing we'd have brought a couple of folding camp chairs along, it would have made things perfect.
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06-25-2012, 07:30 PM
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Thanks for the tips. What's funny is I just purchased a Zodi portable shower unit for this trip. I haven't told my dad or uncle yet. Every time we get together and talk about our upcoming trip, I always hear, "this is going to be great except I wish the camp had a hot shower" I just sit back and smile. They're going to love it.
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06-25-2012, 07:58 PM
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One thing I can tell you, the crappy little battery operated pump that comes with the Zodi shower is useless, virtually no water pressure. I ended up using a 700GPH bilge pump and it was like night and day. If the water wasn't quite hot enough 'cause it was running through the heater too fast, I'd just stick the shower head into the bucket with the pump and let the water recirculate and heat up. It heated up VERY fast and with the bilge pump the water pressure was great! If you're still using a battery rather than wiring it to the genny bring a small motorcycle battery and a battery charger. Cheers
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06-26-2012, 05:12 AM
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there are some chairs in both cabins to use,not great but there fine. mattresses were not the greatest but not sure how many are going on your trip but there are lots to double up on and yes something under them would be good. We improvised and got the bbq working ok,and used it quite abit. Also the shoreline at the cottage is a beach,GREAT for having a bath on the right day. Like I said before this outfit is bare bones,but the essentials are there,good cabins,boats are 16ft,motors are 15hp, you are in a great spot being on the arm of the lake, nice beach,always seems there is a breeze coming up tht arm onto shore...which means no bugs on shore, hand pump,no lugging water, and most important if you have all tht meat to bbq, an amazing fridge&freezer. The little things fall in the catagory of "you get wht you pay for". Also we found very important, when we were dropped off,howard and the youny lad Kyle forgot to check the generator,propane,etc. That can happen but they returned RIGHT AWAY,nxt day and took care of things. That to me is huge. Oh ya, if you havent this lake before, the fishing is AMAZING!
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06-26-2012, 05:45 AM
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Oh ya, almost forgot with operation of the generator there is a toaster for brkfst! lol
Generater also gives you the ability to chrg thgs...ipods,shavers,etc
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06-26-2012, 06:39 AM
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Abamasagi---Twin Lakes
Anybody have any experience with Twin Lakes Cabin#3. We're heading there July 21. Can't wait....have heard lots of good things about the fishing. Any good maps available on-line or hotspots you wanna share. Thanks.
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06-26-2012, 07:44 AM
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TLO Cabin3 is a great cabin in a really good spot. Stayed there 2x,also stayed in cabin1 up in the main lake across from islands and this june stayed in Osullivans camp down from TLO#3 as the recent post have mentioned.
TLO have icehouses,which are very beneficial,good 14 boats with 9.9hp motors. The arm of the lake is a great spot with lots of options and you are safe from the main lake when the winds pickup...as mentioned before aba can get nasty. Chad will prob have a map or the cabin will,or go online TLO has a few. There shld be no problems being with TLO in #3
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