Category Archives: Nature

Spring putting drill, a tip from our Golf Professional Paul Meunier

When re-learning how much effort it takes to roll a ball on the putting green try this: Pace off 20 feet from the fringe of the green, drop 5 golf balls down and try to hit each putt exactly 20 … Continue reading

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Basin Harbor Club’s buzz

Wow, things are really humming around here – the Golf Course has been open for two weeks due to the early spring.  It’s gotten some much-needed rain so keep moving when you’re standing on the turf – it’s growing that … Continue reading

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Spring Update…

What a beautiful day today! With the sun shining and the temperature rising, we know it’s almost time to open, 34 days to be exact. Here are a few things we’re working on… The Harbor Store is currently undergoing a … Continue reading

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Spring Reflections

On this brilliant sunny day we see one of the very first signs of spring! While Pennie and I are driving back from Vergennes, we see the first osprey of the season with twigs in it’s talons setting up a … Continue reading

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Summertime!

Greetings from your BHC Family – It may be a false spring but all of us here at Basin Harbor are loving these balmy, sunny days – it’s truly weather that you’d enjoy tremendously in May when we’ve just opened! … Continue reading

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Excerpts from our Naturalist’s Log Book

July 21, 2011 Kayak, 9:00am: four people in individual kayaks. We launched from Otter Creek, then paddled upriver into Dead Creek. Visited the shoreline where we found flakes left over centuries by indigenous people as they banged away making stone tools and … Continue reading

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It’s February and we’re golfing!

  Although it’s February, we’re thinking golf! How could we not? It’s 4o degrees at Basin Harbor today and it’s February 6th. Captain Brian took some time out during his lunch break to show his daughter how to tee off … Continue reading

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Paddling down the creek

BHC Naturalist’s Log August 21, 2011 On Otter Creek and Dead Creek, 13 paddlers (a record!) set out in 4 double kayaks and 5 singles. A plethora of birds to see: one immature eagle (its head is still dark); 2 … Continue reading

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