White Lake 2018

Townsend. I think myself, Patrick and Sherwood will be attending. That date looks fine for us

Seeing as how It's in North Carolina LarryBoy.....You'll be there! We all know you don't travel out of state.

This has been on my bucket list..........this could be the year.


Rob

I am going out on a limb to say it is highly likely there will be a pre-event ski day (0r 2) at Badin prior to the drive east

I was actually considering it for the first time, but April. Has the lake thawed out by then??
Will there be another event towards the Left Coast? NC is a long drive from California.

Donald80SN wrote: The water temps for this date are cool to cold, .

Don,
Understand that Donalds statement is open to interpretation and pretty much determined by where the person lives. As an example, this water is not cool or cold to some:



There are even some who can't make it to annual new years barefoot runs due to the supposed cold temps!

When was the last time White lake froze?
I know we have had some severe cold that has made its way far south this year, but does ice happen yearly or once every 10 years? Just curious....
I was up in southern Maine just before New Years and saw -24.

When can you start reserving your room at the White Lake Motel?

This will make you cry.

They are very firm and we all normally stay at the White Lake Motel and Campground. Saturday night we have a big cook out where we grab a grill from the campground and everyone brings a wide variety of food and such. The motel is normally booked with just us since it is a few weeks before the lake officially opens up. Many other motels are not yet
open and this place opens up early just for us. The rooms all have two queen beds and it is very basic, but very clean. It is around $70.00 per night so it is hard to beat the price. Friday night we usually pitch in on pizza and we have many pizzas delivered to the motel. Saturday, we have a on the trailer boat show at White Lake Marine. Most years they do a cook out for us. Then after lunch we all hit the lake at once. Many will get in a 1/2 day on Sunday on the water if the weather is nice. Townsend usually has an arrangement with the boat ramp where we do not have to pay to launch or if we do it is just once for a min fee.

My boathouse burned down last March and my brother and I lost 4 boats. 1971 Ski Nautique, 2002 Super Air, center console, and tritoon pontoon.

NCH20SKIER wrote: I am going out on a limb to say it is highly likely there will be a pre-event ski day (0r 2) at Badin prior to the drive east

LOL....that would be a very thick limb....

This pre-event is a "don't miss".....the hospitality at the Fossett estate is second to none.
Sadly tho...Patti & I will not be there....



john

ScottZ wrote: My boathouse burned down last March and my brother and I lost 4 boats. 1971 Ski Nautique, 2002 Super Air, center console, and tritoon pontoon.

Scott,
Was the cause determined?

We think was something electrical in the boat house wiring that started the fire. It’s hard to exactly determine when everything is under water.

ScottZ wrote: gun-driver wrote: Scott no worries that should buff right out That would be great if it would! lol I got 4 more boats that burned up with this one.

5 slip or was the boat house even bigger?