ÿþ<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <rss xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="2.0"> <channel> <description>Rubber Ducky Resort and Campground</description> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;This Friday night is the annual Stonewall parade of lights and we will be there as usual. I was trying to think how many years we have gone in the parade but I really don&amp;rsquo;t know for sure. I know that we started entering before we started the campground when we were still&amp;nbsp;Rubber Ducky Hot Tubs. There were a couple years that we took a hot tub with&amp;nbsp;at least one year we&amp;nbsp;even had&amp;nbsp;people sitting in the tub as we went down the parade route.&amp;nbsp; I am guessing that was probably in 2002 or 2003. I think we&amp;nbsp;might have skipped one year when we weren&amp;rsquo;t able to get a float done. But the last few years we have always been there with a float of some sort and it is always a great time. Last year we were fortunate to have some good ideas and some good help and we won best commercial float. This year things started out with not much for good ideas, but some good help. We were just kind of winging it (yes pun intended) as we went along in the building process on Saturday and in the end it turned out pretty darn good. We now have our decorated car hauler trailer sitting in the picnic shelter patiently waiting for Friday night. We are still in the process of adding one more thing to the float that will be the unique finishing touch. Then the final details and hooking up on Friday afternoon and we will be on the road.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I am hoping that Mr WeatherMan is nice to us this year. We have been through it all &amp;ndash; wicked North wind, &amp;ndash; 30 temperatures, snow, and last year&amp;rsquo;s treat of amazingly warm conditions. We were definately spoiled last year when we hardly had to bundle up at all.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you come to the parade be sure to watch out for the duck walking by.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;hard for us on the float to see who is in the crowd sometimes so if you know us or have camped with us be sure to give us a&amp;nbsp;BIG wave so&amp;nbsp;that we can see you. &amp;nbsp;And if you hear the shout of &amp;ldquo;Who&amp;rsquo;s number one&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; from our float. I wanna hear you shout back &amp;ldquo;Rubber Ducky&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We still have some room for riders on the float so if anyone is interested let me know and I can save you a seat. You have to be able to meet us in Stonewall at 6:30ish and the parade is usually done just after 7:30.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1584" sizset="7" sizcache="10" style="width: 624px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/dsc00364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img class="size-large wp-image-1584 " title="DSC00364" height="461" alt="" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/dsc00364.jpg?w=614&amp;amp;h=461" width="614" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;So far, so good&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=56885</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Stonewall parade</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;Now that winter is officially here I figured it was time for some new specials from the RDR Grill. The only&amp;nbsp;thing better than&amp;nbsp;hot wings to fend off the cold is Ducky 911 wings. If you are having your own Grey Cup Party this weekend don&amp;rsquo;t forget we also do take out.&amp;nbsp; Let us do the cooking for your gang. Or you can always have your wings at The Duck&amp;nbsp;while you Boo on the Riders.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;img height="646" hspace="10" width="500" align="middle" border="0" alt="" src="/_mndata/rubberducky/uploaded_images/1046457.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=56627</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>(None)</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;blockquote sizcache="10" sizset="7"&gt; &lt;p&gt;I have come across some camping related products that I thought looked pretty interesting so I thought I would share.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="7"&gt;We all know that storage space is not always great in campers, especially in the kitchen area so I thought these products may come in handy. These kitchenware products can used in the oven, microwave or freezer and it collapses to save space.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.foldtuk.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;www.foldtuk.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="8"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bakeware_collapsible.jpg"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1550" title="bakeware_collapsible" height="94" alt="" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bakeware_collapsible.jpg?w=141&amp;amp;h=94" width="141" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="9"&gt;If you like to have privacy when you are camping this may be a good thing to check into. According to their website the wallup is easy to set up and can withstand winds of up to 15mph. Now of course&amp;nbsp;we are in Manitoba so there will be windy days where this will not be practical, but I am sure&amp;nbsp;there are lots of times when it would come in handy.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.thewallup.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;www.thewallup.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="10"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wallup.jpg"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1542" title="wallup" height="160" alt="The Wallup for camping" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wallup.jpg?w=160&amp;amp;h=160" width="160" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="11"&gt;This&amp;nbsp;next item is good if you do a lot of roughing it without electricity. It uses solar power to charge your cell phone and other mobile devices.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.kiwichoice.com/"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;www.kiwichoice.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/kiwi.jpg"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1543" title="kiwi" height="50" alt="solar powered charger" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/kiwi.jpg?w=50&amp;amp;h=50" width="50" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="13"&gt;If you have a pet and are always on the go this will likely come in handy. There is no need to search around for a place to get water for your pooch. Just pull out your handi-drink and rover will be ready to go &lt;a href="http://www.petonly.ca/Guardian_Gear_Regular_Handi_Drinks_p/zw11006.htm"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;http://www.petonly.ca/Guardian_Gear_Regular_Handi_Drinks_p/zw11006.htm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;A bonus is that this is a Canadian product. How often do you see that website that &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;only&lt;/span&gt; ships to Canada?&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/handi-drink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1544" title="handi drink" height="150" alt="" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/handi-drink.jpg?w=150&amp;amp;h=150" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizcache="10" sizset="15"&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s all I have for new and noteworthly things right now. I will be searching around to see what else I can find. Do you have a product or tip that you would like to share with other campers? Let me know and I will feature it in a blog. Send me an email at &lt;a href="mailto:info@rubberduckyresort.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;info@rubberduckyresort.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=56260</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>New and interesting camping products</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;We have a nifty new special to help brighten those dreary fall days.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizset="7" sizcache="10"&gt;Spend 2 relaxing nights in our motel rooms with outdoor hot tub for only $124.99. The rooms are fully equipped with all the comforts of home: a queen size&amp;nbsp;bed, futon, satellite tv, wireless internet, fridge, and microwave. Check out the video of our Dolphin themed room&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0NTmZoJI0"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0NTmZoJI0&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizset="8" sizcache="10" style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/rooms2res.jpg"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;&lt;img class="size-full wp-image-1528 aligncenter" title="rooms2res" height="360" alt="Motel room near Stonewall" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/rooms2res.jpg?w=480&amp;amp;h=360" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a back to basics getaway we are offering a 2 night stay in our camping cabin for $74.99.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Our cabin has a picnic table, BBQ, fire pit and 6 foot covered deck perfect for relaxing and gazing at the stars. Each cabin is equipped with a double bed, bunk beds, table, and bar fridge.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p sizset="9" sizcache="10" style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/copy-of-dsc00190.jpg"&gt;&lt;img class="size-full wp-image-1529 aligncenter" title="Copy of DSC00190" height="461" alt="Camping cabin near winnipeg" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/copy-of-dsc00190.jpg?w=614&amp;amp;h=461" width="614" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=56167</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>It's Nifty November</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;Looking for something halloweeny to do with your goblins and ghouls. There is always lots of scary and not so scary things to do in our area.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Scrapyard Paintball is sponsoring what looks to be a great halloween event at the Golf Dome. If you are able to check out this event be sure to stop by and say &amp;lsquo;Hi&amp;rsquo; to Blair and company. Here is all the information from one of the event&amp;rsquo;s ads:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do you know what its like to be buried alive?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Well neither does Worlds Greatest Escape Artist Dean Gunnarson,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Come on out Friday Oct 29 for 7:00 pm at the Golf Dome to witness something as cool as this. Dean Gunnarson will be buried alive in a secured steel casket for two days, &lt;span style="color: #ff0000"&gt;No Air, No Food, No Water ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;He must escape by Sunday Oct 31 2010 @ 1:26 pm by his own strength, and free will&amp;nbsp;to make it out alive, This is no Hoax, this is the real deal&amp;hellip;..Listen to 92 Citi Fm for details.&amp;nbsp; This event is in Lieu of Christmas Cheer Board, We ask the general public for a $10.00 donation for the burial of Dean Gunnarson on Friday Oct 29,2010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Once Dean is buried alive watch&amp;nbsp; as we re create the very famous &amp;rdquo; Thriller&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; that will take over the Golf Dome, We will also have&amp;nbsp;Fireworks, Fire Breathers,Lazer light show and so much more,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturday Oct 30, Come on out for family fun day as we will have a 2,000 sq foot&amp;nbsp;outdoor&amp;nbsp;paintball tent&amp;nbsp;set up courtsey of Scrapyard Paintball, Face Paintings for the kids, Bouncy Tents, Cool Exhibits, Mini Golf inside( Mini Golf is a seperate cost and not included in these prices)&amp;nbsp;for the kids. &lt;span style="color: #ff0000"&gt;Tix prices for family fun day range in three catergory prices: $6.66, $9.99 and $13.00 which includes everything. Unfortunatley there is no debit, just cash. Tix will be sold at the door for Family Fun Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturday Oct 30 ( evening)&amp;nbsp; Purchase your 6 Feet Under&amp;nbsp;VIP&amp;nbsp;TIX&amp;nbsp;for $40.00.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;This will be a Halloween get together you wont want to miss. We turn the inside of the golf dome&amp;nbsp;into a decked out scene of horror and delight, Come on in and enjoy such this as:&amp;nbsp; up close magic, fire breathers, fire dancers, bouncy tents for adults,&amp;nbsp; for the adults, food, beverages and more.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fore more info on this event please call: 204-890-3882&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wow, What a weekend !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- google_ad_section_end --&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;*************************&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Murray&amp;rsquo;s Maze is always a popular place &lt;a href="http://www.boonstrafarms.com/maze.asp"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;http://www.boonstrafarms.com/maze.asp&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I learned a couple things as I was checking their website to write this blog. I didn&amp;rsquo;t know that they had a smaller maze for the littler kids and I also did not know that the full maze&amp;nbsp;was so big &amp;ndash; 10 acres to be exact. There is an aerial picture of the this year&amp;rsquo;s maze and also the mazes of Halloween&amp;rsquo;s past. Quite the sight to see.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;************************&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Six Pines Ranch is another place that goes all out and then some&amp;nbsp;for Halloween. They also have non scary options for littler kids and what sounds like some reallly realllly scary options for the big kids. This is how their website answers the question &amp;ndash; Is it really scary&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;&lt;a id="Q2"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;But is it really scary?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How scared you get is up to you. Fear is relative. We do our part by providing hands down one of the scariest Halloween attractions in Manitoba. Of course everyone has their own particular fear threshold. During the daytime haunt it is somewhat tamed down for the families, but at night time&amp;hellip; the best answer we can give is 99% of the people who come out the back door are screaming. Repeat customer rate is very high. Being scared is fun!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*********************************&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Safeway Boo at the Zoo &amp;ndash; This is always a popular place to be this time of year too. I am sure if our warm fall weather continues there will be lots of people Booing at the Zoo&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.zoosociety.com/specialevents_boo.asp"&gt;&lt;font color="#87b2d8"&gt;http://www.zoosociety.com/specialevents_boo.asp&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I am sure there are a lot more Halloween activities happening so if you know of some that I have missed please let me know. And if you happen to check out one of these places let us hear what your thoughts are? Did your family have a good time? Would you tell a friend to go?&lt;/p&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=55545</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Halloween Howl</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;This was the kind of weekend when we are glad to have the rec building. At least when the weather is cold and rainy everyone has somewhere to gather&amp;nbsp; in the evenings. We had the hockey game on the tv so that the sports buffs could keep up on the playoff action. There weren&amp;rsquo;t too many people out camping that could come to gather, but those that&amp;nbsp;were here all seemed to end up in&amp;nbsp;inside in the evenings. I heard a rumor that one site still managed to have a bonfire in the rain on Saturday. It is nice to see campers making the best of a rainy weekend and still having a good time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On Sunday it was finally time for the duck roundup. We have been trying to coordinate schedules to get them back for a couple weeks and finally happened. We are glad to have them back and now it really feels like camping season.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" style="width: 621px; height: 214px;"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p5020343.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="225" alt="" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p5020343.jpg?w=468&amp;amp;h=351" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" class="size-full wp-image-1235 " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p5020344.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="225" alt="" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p5020344.jpg?w=468&amp;amp;h=351" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" class="size-full wp-image-1236" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Who let the ducks out? Quack, Quack.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Ahhh home sweet home&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;It didn&amp;rsquo;t take them long to get back to the old routine of swimming, sleeping, and begging for food.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="mceTemp"&gt;We have had a couple Canada Geese visiting the big pond over the last few weeks.&amp;nbsp; It is really interesting if you happen to be outside at the right time as they cruise over the tree tops and glide in for a landing on the water. They usually let out a few honks first to let you know they are coming. There were even a few wild ducks out there the other day.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="mceTemp"&gt;Our weather still has not brightened up this week but I am not going to complain because I hear Alberta is getting hit with snow once again. We did actually see a little tiny bit of sunshine today but now it is back to pouring rain. I would like to believe the forecast that says we are going to see sunshine this weekend, but am having my doubts.&amp;nbsp; Despite the rainy, dreary weekend there&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;still people in the pool and hot tub. There were 3 little girls in the pool and 2 dads in the hottub. I didn&amp;rsquo;t hear any complaining about the cold from the girls and they had a blast enjoying the pool all to themselves.&lt;/div&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=49523</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Any Old Port in the Storm</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;div align="center" id="rootDiv"&gt; &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#f8f8f8" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="left"&gt; &lt;table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 600px;"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="border: 1px solid rgb(98, 172, 83);" bordercolor="#62ac53"&gt; &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="100%" style="padding: 0px;" colspan="2"&gt; &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" tabindex="0" hidefocus="hidefocus" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"&gt; 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It may not seem like swimming weather outside this weekend, but&amp;nbsp;the pool is&amp;nbsp;ready and waiting&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;the splashing to begin. Our pool is efficiently heated by geothermal heat pumps which allows us to maintain an average&amp;nbsp;temperature of 80F. Even on the cool spring days it is nice and warm in the water.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt; Sheri Crockatt&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tb9oosdab.0.0.mnrvgzbab.0&amp;amp;ts=S0481&amp;amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rubberduckyresort.com%2F&amp;amp;id=preview" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" linktype="link" track="on" shape="rect" target="_blank"&gt;Rubber Ducky Resort and Campground&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;a name="LETTER.BLOCK12"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" tabindex="0" hidefocus="hidefocus" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK12"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" color="#333333" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt; &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(98, 172, 83); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"&gt;&lt;font size="5" face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" color="#62ac53" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(98, 172, 83); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Swimming Lessons&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="240" height="180" contenteditable="false" border="0" align="right" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs012/1101431227820/img/57.jpg" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.57" alt="heated pool campground" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Rubber Ducky Resort is once again able to offer swimming lessons in our heated pool.&amp;nbsp; There are currently 3 sessions scheduled and a 4th will be added if there is sufficient demand. We will be accepting registration for children from age 4 up to swim kids level 5.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; July 5-16 - 2 weeks, once per day&lt;br /&gt; Aug 3-13 - 2 weeks, once per day&lt;br /&gt; July 19-23 - 1&amp;nbsp;week, twice daily&lt;br /&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tb9oosdab.0.0.mnrvgzbab.0&amp;amp;ts=S0481&amp;amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rubberduckyresort.com%2FSwimming-Lessons.page&amp;amp;id=preview" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" linktype="link" track="on" shape="rect" target="_blank"&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;for more information and registration forms&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" tabindex="0" hidefocus="hidefocus" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK14"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;&lt;font size="3" face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" color="#333333" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt; &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(98, 172, 83); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; letter-spacing: -1px;"&gt;&lt;font size="5" face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" color="#62ac53" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(98, 172, 83); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Thanks for being part of our Rubber Ducky News. 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana,arial;"&gt;Rubber Ducky Resort and Campground | Road 76.5N | Warren | Manitoba | Canada&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;script&gt; document.getElementById("rootDiv").style.overflow=""; &lt;/script&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=49281</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>The Pool is Open and Swimming Lessons</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;a rel="bookmark" href="http://rubberduckyblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/rv-show-2010/" title="RV show&amp;nbsp;2010"&gt;&lt;font color="#105cb6"&gt;RV Show&amp;nbsp;2010&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div sizset="86" sizcache="0" class="entry"&gt; &lt;div sizset="79" sizcache="0" class="snap_preview"&gt; &lt;div class="mceTemp"&gt;As I mentioned in the previous post we spent Thursday evening voluntering at the RV show for Manitoba Association of Campground and Interlake Tourism Association. Of course I took my camera with me so I could share some pics with you. Unfortunately we did not have as many people pass through the MACAP area as we maybe could have. There was some changes made during set up on Wednesday and we ended up on the main floor just inside the entrance. This did not turn out to be the best area since most people would just beeline up the escalator to get to the other floors. GNR brought a tent trailer to put in our area and Krevco brought a hot tub and some outdoor furniture. This was a help as it did draw some people into our area. We did manage to give out a few campground guides that evening and hopefully a lot more went out throughout the weekend. I heard a report that some of the dealers felt that this was the busiest Thursday they had seen in a while. I am quite sure that the weather was a big reason for that. I can tell that everyone is getting itchy to start camping.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;table width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="right"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="225" align="right" alt="" src="http://rubberduckyblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/p3110232.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;div class="mceTemp"&gt;Next we go to the Parks and Beaches area of the Manitoba Adventures display. We were volunteering for the Interlake Tourism Association and they had a big part&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;of setting up this area. This was a busy section of the show as you can tell there was lots of stuff to look at and they had some highland dancers stop by and put on a show while we were there. &lt;br /&gt; I heard a rumour that the Eriksdale Creamery Museum was going to be there churning some butter on Saturday. A big Kudos to Gail From ITA, Jacques from Oak Hammock and everyone else that helped to set things up because it was a great display.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The show wasn&amp;rsquo;t just all fun and games. We did some work too. After much examination of the hot tub that Krevco donated to the MACAP site we decided it was time to upgrade our rental hot tubs.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=47790</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.0876Z</pubDateParsed> <title>RV show 2010</title> </item> <item> <description>We now are up to over 8000 fish in our stocked trout&amp;nbsp;ponds and the fishing is well under way. We have moved from catch and release fishing to now catch and keep fishing. We are now also starting to sell rainbow trout fingerlings. Actually the fish that we are stocking range from 6-10 inches with most averaging 8-10 inches. We do have access to the smaller 4 inch ones but there are many advantages to going with the larger fish. We are finding that these are a cost effective way to stock your pond. The ones that we stocked in our pond grew to over 12 inches in just a couple months. After stocking this size of fish you do not have to wait long until they are ready to catch. The other bonus to the larger size fish is that there is less chance of losing them to predator birds such as the Cormorants. It is said that a Cormorant can eat it's weight in fish per day. If you have smaller fingerlings it doesn't take long for them to clean out your entire population. The larger fish are more difficult for the birds to handle plus they can't eat as many before they are full. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; We found that when we were looking for places to buy trout fingerlings to stock our pond that we had to drive a long ways to pick them up. There was really nothing available within an hours drive of Winnipeg, Manitoba.&amp;nbsp;We therefore have decided to fill that void and start selling the fish for anyone wanting to stock their ponds. We are finding that more and more people are interested in having backyard ponds stocked with trout.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=33565</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1032Z</pubDateParsed> <title>2009 Fish Update</title> </item> <item> <description>It has been a busy couple weeks around here as we get ready for camping season to open on May 1. The Manitoba weather has not really been cooperating with the campground opening however. It would be much easier if we could get some warmer weather. There are some culverts that are still frozen and just won't open up.&lt;br /&gt; Things are coming along but just at a little slower pace than we would like. The pool will likely be running by this weekend, but not warm enough to swim yet.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; We have already finished a renovation on the rec building to add in a larger store area. The guys have just started on a pool area facelift and next up will be a mini golf facelift. The pool area is not going to be an easy job to get done since they have to dig out all the sod around the edges of the cement to make way for the bricks to go down. There is going to be alot of manual labour involved, but it will be worth it in the end.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Some of our seasonal campers have come out to check things and get ready for the upcoming camping season. I&amp;nbsp;expect if the weather holds out we will see quite a few more this weekend. Hopefully the weather will cooperate to get some overnight campers out as well. Last year on opening weekend we had quite a few sites in the campground filled. I&amp;nbsp;already have the camping cabin booked for this Saturday night. Saturday morning is our welcome back coffee break, where we offer free coffee, juice and goodies to all the campers and in the evening will be a movie night in the rec building.&lt;br /&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=15355</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1032Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Time to Get Ready</title> </item> <item> <description>It is hard to believe it when you look outside today, but summer is coming. In fact it is only one month until our campground is open. We are still hoping for an earlier start, but we need some cooperation from Mother Nature. I see by the Manitoba Parks website they start booking their online reservations on April 6, 2009. We have been taking our&amp;nbsp; reservations all year and we already have some booked for the upcoming summer camping season. May long weekend is about 75% full right now. If we ever get some sunshine I don't expect it will take long to fill the other campsites and motel style room at our resort. The fact that the heated pool at our campground is open early May until Late September is a distinct advantage for our Resort and Campground. I know some campgrounds aren't planning&amp;nbsp; to have their pools open for May long weekend.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; We have finalized our off season rates and camping specials for this year and they are posted on our rates page. Our campground events and activities&amp;nbsp;are also posted on events page. Make sure you stop by to check things out when you are planning your camping trips for 2009.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=12210</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1032Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Summer's Coming</title> </item> <item> <description>Saturday Feb 14 will be our annual poker derby. Hopefully we get a better day than last year - it was stormy and -40. We still had quite a few die hards, but a lot of people stayed home who would have come out had it been warmer. This year our derby happens to land on Valentine's Day, so I am not sure how that will affect the turnout. There is&amp;nbsp;time for people to do the derby and then still go out to celebrate with their sweetie.Or stay here and celebrate. We will have the concession open all day and into the evening. &lt;br /&gt; The breakfast starts at 9:00am with derby registration from 10-2 and last hand should be turned in by 6:00pm.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=5445</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1032Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Snowmobile Poker Derby</title> </item> <item> <description>Many campers&amp;nbsp;seem to sit and wait for opening day of the Manitoba Parks Reservation System to start planning for summer vacations. But, few people seem to realize that many private family campgrounds will take reservations year round. We are already booking campsites for 2009. After talking to other campground owners they have also noticed an increase in their reservations at the same time that the Manitoba Parks starts taking bookings.We would like to get the news out that people don't have wait, if you are starting to plan for next summer now feel free to book your campsite anytime.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=5206</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1032Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Campsite Reservations</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;Looks like there will be some sno cross racing nearby this winter. All the details are on theUltimate Canada MotorSports website &lt;a href="http://www.ucmaracing.ca/"&gt;http://www.ucmaracing.ca/&lt;/a&gt;. January 24 and 25 they have a snocross event planned for Little Mountain Park which is only about 10-15 minutes away from us. Then in March they are over at Selkirk for another event. I have heard that they are trying to plan an event for Stonewall, but have not heard the date yet. There are lots of great pictures on their website as well.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=5162</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1032Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Snocross Racing Near Us</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="../../../_mndata/rubberducky/uploaded_images/197078.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="300" vspace="0" hspace="10" height="225" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="../../../_mndata/rubberducky/uploaded_images/194412.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The camping cabin is almost ready for rental. Just a few minor finishing touches and it will be set for our first guests - possibly as early as New Year's Eve or the Ice Fishing Derby in January.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Some of you may be asking just what is a camping cabin? Well basically it is a very comfortable, spacious&amp;nbsp;tent. The cabin comes with a double bed, a set of bunk beds, table, bar fridge, lighting and electrical outlets inside. Outside there is a covered deck, firepit, picnic&amp;nbsp;table, and water tap. The campers need to supply pretty much everything that you would regularly bring camping - bedding, dishes, cooking supplies, etc.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The camping cabin rental&amp;nbsp;makes it affordable for everyone to easily try out the camping experience. They may not be ready to put out the money for a camper yet, and may not want to go the tenting route. It is also perfect for a one time get together with friends and family such as a family reunion. We hosted 4 family reunions at our campground last summer and if we would have had the cabin I am&amp;nbsp;positive it would have been rented out with all 4 groups.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; If you are really looking for a relaxing cabin vacation you can also rent our hot tub and we will set it up right outside your cabin. There is nothing better than spending the evening sitting in a hot tub, gazing up at the stars. It is an amazing sight to see just how many stars there are in the Manitoba summer skies. With a little bit of luck you may even catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights.&lt;br /&gt; I must admit that I am even looking forward to taking my girls 'camping' in the cabin this summer.&lt;/p&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=4924</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1188Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Cabin Rentals in Friendly Manitoba</title> </item> <item> <description>We are finalizing all the details for another family new year's eve celebration at our resort. We will have all the usual outdoor activities like ice fishing, pond skating, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, and a bonfire. The indoor activities will include the pool table, arcade, wii and rock band, karaoke, and&amp;nbsp;texas holdem. Basically whatever the crowd wants to do. We are also including a hot appetizer buffet in the admission price. We tried to keep the cost as family affordable as we could - $35/family, $20/couple. Should be a good time and hopefully we can get a good turnout. It is a busy time of year so it is hard to say just how things might go.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=3820</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1188Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Family New Year's Eve in Manitoba</title> </item> <item> <description>We have set the date for our first annual Rubber Ducky Ice Fishing Derby. It will be held on January 10, 2009. The derby is open to the public and everyone is welcome to enter. There will be cash prizes for the best fisherperson. As always the rooms are open so someone can make a weekend getaway out of it.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; I have set up an online store on our website. Check the link at the left for gift certificates and merchandise. I have added the gift certificates, shirts and other misc rubber ducky merchandise to the page so far. There are also some of our decals and rubber ducky antenna topper. The gift certificates would be a good gift for someone who already has everything and you don't know what to get. Or why not put them on your own Wish List. If you've been good Santa just might put one in your stocking.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; We have been able to enjoy lots of sledding and skiing ourselves. The weather has been nice the last few days and we have been able to get outside and play in the snow lots.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=3458</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1188Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Ice Fishing Derby and Online Shopping</title> </item> <item> <description>Yes it is that time of year, Christmas will be here before we know it. It is time to start planning for the office Christmas parties, family get togethers and other events that we will be part of during the holidays. As always our recreation building will soon be all decked out in it's holiday cheer. We already have a couple Christmas parties booked but still have room for more. There are so many options that I don't even know where to start. We can do just the hall rental where the groups bring their own food or we can cater a full meal so noone else has to lift a finger. Of course we can do all the stuff in between too - just coffee, lite snacks you name it. If someone tells me what they have in mind then I&amp;nbsp;can usually accommodate it. As far as entertainment the options are endless. We had one group in last year that brought out a couple snowmobiles and quite a few family members got the chance to try it out. The kids of course always like the sledding and the snowballs usually start flying too. Don't like the cold? You can always stay inside and play a game of pool,&amp;nbsp;try the arcade, listen to the music or join along with the karaoke system, and lastly you can make a friendly wager or two with some texas hold em. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Our goal is to create a relaxing country atmosphere so that everyone can get away from the hustle and bustle of the holidays and just enjoy themselves. And best of all you don't have to drive home, just rent a room and spend the night.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=3276</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1188Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Christmas is Coming</title> </item> <item> <description>Each year we have a&amp;nbsp;few people stop over on&amp;nbsp;their way up North to&amp;nbsp;see the&amp;nbsp;polar bears&amp;nbsp;and whales so it piqued my interest as to what&amp;nbsp;kind of adventure they&amp;nbsp;were off on. So I&amp;nbsp;took some timet to do&amp;nbsp;some research. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; From what I am learning the Polar Bear season is just coming to an end in Churchill. Until the last few months I really did not realize how world famous these bears were. There are people that have no idea where Manitoba is, but they know about the bears. I would like to go North to see them myself someday. As I read stories written by those that have been there it all sounds so amazing and like one of those things that you just have to see in person to appreciate. This is one of the blogs that I came across with some interesting tidbits and information on the area, &lt;a href="http://www.polarbearalley.com/index.html"&gt;Polar Bear Alley&lt;/a&gt;. There are plenty of pictures on this &lt;a href="http://www.travel-location-blog.com/polar-bears-photos.htm"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;including some of the polar bears getting up close and personal with the tundra buggy.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; A quick google search brings up lots of offerings from different companies offering polar bear tours.&lt;br /&gt; This is the link to an interesting youtube video of the beluga whales at churchill. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GeuBum_X88"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GeuBum_X88&lt;/a&gt;. They seem unconcerned that the boat and people are there. What an opportunity to be able to see such creatures up close like that. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; This town of Churchill &lt;a href="http://www.churchill.ca/things-to-do/main"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;offers some information on the things to do and places to stay while visiting the bears and whales. If you decide to stop in and stay with us we would love to have you.</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=2706</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1188Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Polar Bears and Whales in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada</title> </item> <item> <description>&lt;div class="snap_preview"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;10. Any house that seems to be imploding into a hole in the ground.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;9. Any house made of gingerbread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;8. Any house that has ornamental lawn Hell Hounds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;7. Any house whose only entrance is through the basement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;6. Any house where all the windows are glowing with eerie green light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;5. Any house that keeps growling, &amp;ldquo;Get out&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;4. Any house where the trophy animal heads on the walls are talking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;3. Any house that has a bloody wood chipper prominently displayed in the front yard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;2. Any house with a yard full of statues of people in odd running poses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And the number 1 house to avoid&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;1. Any house that wasn&amp;rsquo;t there a couple of seconds ago.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/-.page?ArticleID=1880</link> <pubDateParsed>2012-02-04T21:44:16.1188Z</pubDateParsed> <title>Top 10 Houses to Avoid while Trick-or-Treating</title> </item> <lastBuildDate>2/4/2012 4:44:16 PM</lastBuildDate> <link>http://www.rubberduckyresort.com/</link> <title>Rubber Ducky Resort and Campground - Family Campgrounds - Warren, Manitoba, Canada</title> <pubDate>2/4/2012 4:44:16 PM</pubDate> <webMaster>rducky2@mts.net</webMaster> </channel> </rss>