by Jeff Garrett | Dec 29, 2019 | Manager Updates
Hello from the ‘Creek, The Sunday morning after Thanksgiving, the world was coated in white. Trees bent at awkward angles, and nothing looked the same as it did before. After my first cup and before I could talk myself into going back to bed (in the hopes it was...
by Jeff Garrett | Mar 4, 2019 | Manager Updates
Hello from the ‘Creek! It is almost impossible to remember that in the late Fall Brickyard Creek experienced soggy gray days, day after day after day. And while it was a bit of a downer and difficult to work outdoors, the higher than average temperatures lulled...
by Jeff Garrett | Jul 23, 2018 | Manager Updates
Sitting near the shoreline the other night with a sizable group of BYC residents reminded me once again how blessed we are to be located next to the greatest of all lakes. The sky was that deep Bayfield Blue, the air mercifully dry, and the temperature in the low...
by Jeff Garrett | Feb 13, 2018 | Manager Updates
The ‘Creek Life Strapped in snowshoes, we tried to stride but mostly stomped our way across the open clearing. When we located the buried viewing deck, we stopped and with a satisfying plop found ourselves comfortably on our back staring up at the Milky Way. It was...
by Jeff Garrett | Dec 29, 2017 | Manager Updates
Seasons greetings from the ‘Creek!I am at the moment perched in front of a satisfying fire after an invigorating hike through our winter wonderland. Almost seems routine after weeks of frigid cold and lake effect snow. That is not to say that the experience is any...
by Jeff Garrett | Feb 2, 2017 | Manager Updates
Hello from the ‘Creek, Already January is over, but in some ways I feel like winter has yet to begin. Any progress to the contrary has been quickly erased by misty, gray days reminiscent of late fall. In fact, the open water makes the relatively recent Polar Vortex...