Northwind Lodge

05/10/2026

Our little creek has been roaring lately. :)

05/09/2026

A lovely evening...

04/18/2026

Last year Bernie and Sally were able to get out a few times for day trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. :)

04/10/2026

Jasper and other area lakes will soon be open for fishing!

04/03/2026

Happy Spring! Pontoon boats will be ready for the summer before we know it!

10/20/2024

Holy Buckets! I just put the coffee on down at my studio and went outside to find the dog. I couldn't see her anywhere so I was scouring the perimeter of the parking area because I have a hard time seeing her. She will stand, frozen in time, all 8 lbs. of her looking back at me in the exact same colors as all the leaves. I have to look for her beady brown eyes and nose to spot her and she's not smart enough to move a little to help me out. 11 years of this...

Anyway, as I was looking, a small float plane was flying to the east and I began to watch to see if I could spot it through the more distant tree tops. It's really nice little plane that looks fun to fly and the engine sounds really smooth. As I'm looking for the plane, the dog appears out of nowhere by my feet and stopped walking about 5 feet in front of me to the north and looking to her right up the road, the opposite of the plane.

Then, 150 feet in front of me, walking down the road was a massive lynx, casually strolling into view. I blinked and thought initially that it was cougar, but it had a bob tail. This cat was HUGE with a jacked up rear end, ear tufts and a beard. His legs were fluffy and even all the way down to his big paws. He didn't notice me and may have been looking at the plane. He stopped for 3 seconds and I turned to Delilah and said softly and hurriedly, "C',mon, c'mon, c'mon!!!!. Delilah stared at me like, "what's going on?" and then she actually moved and I was able to quietly usher her inside. The last time we tried this, I ended having to chase an 8 pound dog chasing a 400 pound bear on a merry goose chase with the bear believing Delilah was a really loud, biting rabbit. Not wanting a replay because I'm older these days, I didn't want this crazy mutt to see the big puddy tat. Delilah has no clue as to her body size and I have no idea how wild cats react to attacking 8 pound dogs. I didn't want to find out. I actually got her inside and closed the door. I turned my camera to the cat and was doing the un-pinch thing to zoom in and the lynx spotted me and took off back from where he came and outside of my view.

So, there's no photo evidence. Just my story. Even Delilah missed it - thank God!

06/19/2024

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07/28/2023

This is what a mom & pop smell like in the northwoods....

This is what a mom & pop smell like in the northwoods.

06/21/2023

Just saw a smaller doe out the window thru heavy brush walking quietly up the exit road. It was for less than a half second. It was moving slow (I saw 4 steps) and looked like it had been in heavy dew with the fir on its legs appearing darker and wet. 10 minutes later I hear the bleating of deer, look out a different window to the entrance road where the noise was coming from, and I saw a flash. It wasn't a deer, but whatever was chasing the deer instead. I had a tenth of a blurry second and it looked like the short tail, jacked up rear end and color of a big lynx. It made no noise. I heard everybody crashing outside in the brush in front of me, so I ran downstairs and out to where the animal crossed the road running. Nothing was in the thick brush and no leaves appeared even disturbed. I presume the deer was crashing in the brush to elude its assailant. It's a wild place at Northwind Lodge.

05/29/2023

The video below is what you will see and hear at Northwind Lodge. No "elephant in the room", no constant weirdness, no reminders of what's actually out there in the rest of today's world. Up here, we actually get to ignore "that". We go outside. Instead of sirens, you'll hear Jasper Creek in the background. Instead of loud music, the birds are cheeping on their nests....

The video below is what you will see and hear at Northwind Lodge. No “elephant in the room”, no constant weirdness, no reminders of what’s actually out there in the rest of today&…