Hi! I'm Wesley Duke Sapp, Jessica and Jennifer's dad, Roxanne's guy, and one more of the bloggers for this "Take It Easy Cabin" Blog. My folks, Rev. Dr. Lloyd Gilbert "L.G." Sapp and Emily Elizabeth Duke Sapp built the place and had their first Christmas there in 1950. I have been going to our lake cabin, "the cottage," as my Mom used to say since I was a baby and have many, many fond memories of the time my family and I have spent there. We have spent lots of time at Lake Webster water skiing, fishing, swimming, hiking, and boating on personal water crafts, pontoons, fishing boats and runabouts. I also like to relax and hang out with family and friends. In my blog I will share some of these memories and will also update readers on what to do and see in North Webster.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Lady Slipper Orchids and Trillium's are Spring Ephemerals that begin to grow and bloom in late February through April then lie dormant in May or June. They won't last long so come and see them while you can. Take a walk and you'll run into them for sure or you may see them from your boat.
Many anglers are surprised to learn that Indiana cat fishing is some of the best in the world. In the early part of spring around May and June the catfish are searching for a place to spawn, which means they are also very hungry during this time. They will be incredibly active and in search of food. April through May are some months when Crappie Fishing Indiana is great because they are beginning to bite now that the waters have opened-up and are warming.
Close your eyes and imagine getting out for some Muskie Fishing Indiana and then pick up the phone and call Take It Easy Cabin for your Vacation Rentals Indiana at 317-625-2782 or 574-453-4098 today!
Winter Special at www.TakeItEasyCabin.com, $300/wknd! Here's a list of outdoor activities you can do at the lake during a winter cabin rental:
Ice Fishing,
Skating,
Snowmobiling,
ORVing,
Cross Country Skiing,
Hockey,
Sledding,
Curling,
Fire Pit,
Then, go inside and enjoy the:
Cozy Fireplace,
Real Log Cabin Interior,
Puzzles,
Records,
Cards,
TV,
Movies,
Looking Out,
Pocorn,
Et cetera.
If you're into any of these we've got a great place for you to do it at a nice price! Our Lakefront Cabin Rentals located in the Epworth Forest area in North Webster, Indiana has been creating family memories and traditions since 1950.
Our $300 Weekend Winter Getaway package won't last long so reserve your space today.
If you like ice fishing then we have a Winter Cabin Rental where you can stay. I don't know if Lake Webster Fishing is as good in the winter as it is at other times of the year but I know there are people doing it! We saw snowmobiles, orv's, ice-fishing shacks and personal portable heater boxes in several places around Epworth Forest and other Lakefront Cabin Rentals. They were out on the ice all day Saturday and all day Sunday.
Our Take It Easy Lake Cabin Indiana is available now for hard-water fishermen, ice-fishermen or winter outdoor activities of any sort.
Duke
My best Peyton Manning impression. Don't worry about it! But, if you need some RnR after the exciting Colts Superbowl Victory come to Epworth Forest and kick back at the Take It Easy Cabin.
Or, if you're sad because the New Orleans Saints got whupped, come lick your wounds among some real saints, the folks in and around Fishing Lakes Indiana.
Indiana Lake Cabins are the perfect place just to get away for any reason. You can Rent Cabin Indiana even if you're a Bears, Bengals, Browns or Packers fan.
Go Colts!
Duke
When I was young my Dad and Mom took me to Haiti. I learned that this is a beautiful land and these are beautiful people like you and me. But you could stand in one spot and look in one direction and see beautiful palm trees, beaches, boats and oceans then turn your had a there was poverty, human waste in the streets, shantytowns and ugliness.
This country was a beautiful land back then with fishing just like ours. Granted it was different than Muskie Fishing Indiana, Bass Fishing Indiana, Crappie Fishing Indiana, Vacation Rentals Indiana but they love things like fishing, boats, water and goodness just like you and I do. They love their babies, their families their friends and even their shacks too.
Now Haiti's been hurt by the terrible tragedy of the earthquake. Now the ugliness has spread and brought with it more pain and suffering. They were finding happiness where they could then like you and me but now what little they had has been rocked. Right now these people need our help, not later, now!
If you know Epworth Forest, if you understand fishing, if you love your family, friends and acquaintances, then your spirit knows it's time to help them now. If you don't know the spirit of Take It Easy Cabin and our area, but you know compassion, then you know what I'm writing about.
Anyone who comes to our Cabin for spiritual healing, or fishing or whatever, we'll give what we can in your honor to Haiti relief. We'll donate 25% of whatever we get from rentals to Haiti from now 'til the end of FEB 2009. If you want a receipt, we'll give you one. We're doing the best we can and hope you are too. "Lighten up while you still can...take it easy."
Sincerely,
Duke & Roxanne, 317-625-2782
PS We are so blessed, and if you're reading this so are you, we have been touched and are trying to help, so let's take the time make a difference for those in so much pain. WDS
But, come visit the cabin anyway, there's a furnace to keep you toasty, 2 fireplaces to make you cozy, a log cabin atmosphere for nostalgia and plenty of activities to keep you occupied. Lake Webster Fishing is good on hardwater just like it is in the summer. Fishing Lakes Indiana are good all year 'round. And the shopping at antique malls never stops.
There's no better spiritual retreat than Epworth Forest! The spirits of the saints, saints like you and me and our ancestors, are everywhere and the scenery is beautiful. Roxanne and I looked out the window and saw 7 (seven) deer walk across the lake form the bird sanctuary to our yard and it was wonderful. We've all written our names in the snow, made snow angels, some ice skating and I've even eaten snow ice cream, have you?
A Winter Cabin Rental would be perfect for you. Lake Cottage Rentals Indiana, Vacation Rentals Indiana, Indiana Weekend Getaway and Vacation Rentals Indiana are something we do for you and our family and friends because they're valuable to the soul and to the collective peace of mind. Spring really is just around the corner but like the song says: "lighten up while you still can...take it easy."
This will be a special year at Epworth Forest. I don't recall ever visiting the Lake Webster Fishing area during Thanksgiving week. It should be great and, bonus, our friends the Fribley's will be at their Cabin Rental Indiana "Panorama" this week too.
We've had a very mild fall. Great for Muskie Fishing Indiana. Now it's time to prepare for our Winter Cabin Rental. We're spending 2 weekends with family at the cabin in December and then, another first, we have guests staying at Take It Easy Cabin on Christmas Eve. Happy Holidays everyone!
It's been cool lately. We have had plenty of rain. That's good for the fall colors at Lake Cottage Rentals Indiana. What I've been told by people who seem to know is that the cool summer and the rain we've had recently will combine to make the trees around lake Webster show spectacular colors!
Epworth Forest is full of trees. There are some tremendous specimens right around Take It Easy Cabin. Looking out from the cabin across Epworth Bay towards the bird Sanctuary and the other side of the lake gives Roxanne and I what we like to think of as a beautiful view.
When Rox says "let's take a ride on the pontoon" we know we're in for a colorful treat, a glass of wine and the feelings we can only get here at the Indiana Log Cabin we love so much all year long.
Sweaters, Sweatshirts, Fireplace Inside, Crisp Air, Lake Cottage Rentals Indiana, Walks by the Water, Boat-ride with a Blanket, and Catch the BIG ONE or BUY THAT TREASURE for CHEAP!
Put away the summer toys and get ready for the future. The future at Indiana Lake Cabins means good fishin'; Muskie Fishing Indiana, Bass Fishing Indiana and Crappie Fishing Indiana and good Shoppin'.
Guide services are plentiful for Northern Indiana Fishing via Ye Olde Tacklebox, Google or call me, I can help. Webster is a tricky lake. Man-made from 7 (seven) holes there are 50 foot drops and shallows that go on seemingly forever.
The antique stores in 'Webster are stocked with unrealized treasures fro the rich folk who don't know what they're givin' up. Shipshewanna is happening' with cornstalks, pumpkins, gourds and all the fruits of the harvest. 'Though Sweetcorn Charlie is closed, there are still locals with roadside stands of veggies, fruit and love to share. Come on, you've got a cabin...
Top Labor Day Memories from my Lake Cabin Indiana:
- Sittin' on the boat at the dock listenin' to the band that plays every labor day Monday echo across the lake.
- Goin' to the end of Summer labor day bash at South Shore golf course near Wawasee
- Bonfire with friends down by the lake on our Indiana Weekend Getaway
- Sweatshirts
- Making plans (that you may or may not keep) with friends for the rest of the year and a Winter Cabin Rental
- Drifting on the water in the late summer sun
There are 3 place on Lake Webster where you can launch you boat. The best for Fishing Boats and Runabouts is at the Indiana DNR Public Fishing Site on Backwater. It's free! But you need to go through the tubes to get to Lake Webster. Maximum size approx. 18' Runabout or Fishing Boat.So if you're a fisherman; Bass Fishing Indiana, Crappie Fishing Indiana or Muskie Fishing Indiana that's the ramp I recommend.
The other ramps are at Webster Lakeshore Marina and at the town of North Webster. These are easy to get to but the ramp at the marina is very long and the ramp near Fisherman's Cove in town is at a 90 degree angle to the road. Easy for an expert, tough for anybody else.
It's all good...just bring your boat and come out to our lake cottage. The kindly folk around the area, affectionately known as "Lake Trash," will help you put in no matter what size the craft.
Man it used to be hot & humid with no AC at Indiana Lake Cabins! All we had was cool Lake Webster Fishing in the early morning and late afternoon twilight. (I like the twilight, that's when the Marsh Crone feeds her brood the "Marsh Crone's Brew"...look it up...I swear...see for yourself on Hoss Hill Road at about 745PM!) There was also of course; swimming at the Epworth Forest Beach or off the boat or pier, speedboat ride with the wind in your hair, bike ride down the hill toward Eagle Point, trip for ice cream with the windows rolled down and "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James and The Shondells blastin' on the box, hangin' out in the basement. Lake cottage rentals used to be sweltering especially at night with the oscillating fan that only cooled you as it passed by.
But now our Northern Indiana Cabin Rentals have something great! Air Conditioning. That's right, central air so you don't need to drive to Syracuse to the Pickwick Theatre and watch GI Joe or BandSlam just to get that artificial AC cool. And you can sleep at night at our Vacation Home Indiana without putting your head down towards the foot of the bed
(I don't know why but before the AC may Dad did that 'cause he said it was cooler, right Dad.)
So go for it! Sweat it up all day and at night after your dip you can chill out the Dog Days in Fiiinnne AC. Be cool.
Relaxation, carefree hours, togetherness; they had all these at Woodstock and on Lake Webster 40 years ago and we still have 'em today. As I prepare for my Indiana Weekend Getaway I'll cling to the positives of that August weekend in 1969 and strive for creating new love experiences going forward.
Let this song; "Goin' Up The Country" by Canned Heat, play in your head and get the message the way they delivered it when they played it at Woodstock. (If you must look it up on YouTube, please be my guest.) The message: "Goin' up the country where the water tastes like wine...You've got a home as long as I've got mine."
It's early as I write this. When the sun comes up over Lake Webster it sometimes casts a purpleish yellowish color across the sky. There's a picture of it at the top of the home page of this blog. Epworth Forest is in the middle of the horseshoe shaped lake and the Log Cabin Indiana faces East so the view is spectacular.
As the sun reaches it's peak it reveals lots of good areas for Muskie Fishing Indiana, Bass Fishing Indiana and Crappie Fishing Indiana.
You don't need to get up early everyday but it's nice for a change!
I have joined a trade group called Itex. You can trade for goods and services. Like you could trade for; Cabin Rental Indiana, Indiana Weekend Getaway, services for your home (carpet cleaning) or restaurant scrip, etc.
An Itex party wanted to come in Sat., Aug 15 through Monday, Aug 17 but that's booked already for a special birthday weekend at the lake. Another Itex party, a Dr. from Indiana who stayed this past weekend, loved the place and may come again next October. Make your reservations now.
We treat all our guests right! Hospitality comes naturally at Indiana Vacation Rentals. Whether you're cash or trade, Muskie Fishing Indiana or Bass Fishing Indiana, Epworth Forest or the Yellow Banks of Webster you'll feel relaxed and welcomed. Come on...
Duke
...because every little thing is gonna be alright. Yes it's spring. 3 little birds wake me up every morning.
When I'm at the lake for an Indiana Weekend Getaway I like to get up and get a cup of coffee and go sit on the patio and watch the hummingbirds. There's also a large population of swans on Lake Webster, 40+ at last count (my personal fave is # 23.) The Log Cabin Indiana is across the Epworth Forest Bay from a bird sanctuary so we see those big 'ol Herons standing like statues a lot. It's rare but I've seen 'em snatch up a fish and gobble it down on our pier. Their call is "prehistoric."
Bob-Whites are all around, they say "bob-white, bob-white." I whistle back at 'em. Our Kitty, Casanova, likes 'em too. She'd like to eat them if she could but she'll have to be content to watch out the window and screen door at our Indiana Pet Friendly Cabin.
Woodpeckers, Canadian Geese, Ducks, Coot, Martins, Red-Winged Black Birds, they're all there and more at Vacation Rentals Indiana. I like 'em and hope you do too. Just don't stand directly below them or their nests or you know what could happen. See you at the lake.
Listening recommendations; "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley, "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. See you at the lake!
Duke
Reprint from HoosierAngler.com
King of the Crappie by Captain Bradford McClatchie
"Of all the fish in the great state of Indiana, crappie are still a favorite. Oh sure, they are fun to catch and taste great. More important is they remind me of learning to fish with my dad . . . "
Webster is one of the great Fishing Lakes Indiana. When you stay at the Log Cabin Indiana you can experience Crappie Fishing Indiana, Bass Fishing Indiana and Muskie Fishing Indiana plus bring back great memories like mentioned above.
Lake Cottage Rentals Indiana are the way to go for Northern Indiana Fishing. Have fun, reminisce and catch a mess.
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