Photo from the ad that convinced us we wanted the cabin...
Our first trip to the cabin after we bought it February 27, 2004.
Proud owners
Front door with skis and snowshoes - our first time snowshoeing...
Storage shed - the snowblower
is stored there...
Dan put walls on the shed, summer 2005 - see below
Outhouse with Moose
Antler.
(There is a flush toilet in the cabin -
this is for
storage and emergencies...)
Spring view, May,
2004. The well overflowed for about a month
because of the high water table.
The living room - gas fireplace and log futon.
The deck. We put the lattice on in May, 2004
View from our
swing
out toward the peninsula on Caribou Lake.
Webster almost off the dock.
Bridge over our little creek, which Dan named Felicity Creek.
Loon on our bay.
Ben, Matt, Felicity, Eliza,
Dan, Mom, Phyllis, & Nicole
at Dan's 60th birthday party, June, 2004.
Ben, Dan, & Matt after
Dan's 60th birthday 10k run.
We went up the forest road and back.
We got the sign July 1, 2004.
Felicity with her new weed wacker, July, 2004.
Tony, Karen, Megan, & Sara
came to visit in July, 2004.
This is at Artists' Point in Grand Marais.
Caribou from White Sky Rock, June, 2004.
From the living room, January
15, 2005.
It got to -30F that night.
We had Pat O'Neill shovel the snow off
the roof earlier in January.
F on Bridge - 3 feet of snow.
Snowshoe tracks from Lake.
Webster feeling sorry for
himself -
snow was too deep for him.
Hiking up to the Forest Road.
Skiing at Oberg Mtn.
Our favorite view from Oberg
.
Cabin from our little bridge
View from the dock, sunrise
Deck up close - Dan removed the old TV antenna spring 2005
Dan, with help from Ben, enclosed the shed, summer 2005
New septic tank put in summer 2005 by Mike Rose
Ben and Eliza came for a visit Labor Day weekend, 2005
Ben and Dan did a Boundary Waters trip, Vern Lake
Ben
Caribou Summer
Caribou Fall
Two baby loons were born on Caribou, July, 2005
Cabin in June 2006. You
can't see it very well in this shot
but we had a big fir tree next to the
shed cut down
this year to prevent it falling on the house...
View from the lake.
We finally made it to the
top of Eagle Mountain,
highest point in Minnesota - 2,301 feet.
The view from Honeymoon Bluff, off the Gunflint Trail.
We had a new window put in in October, 2006.
The view from inside - this is a new dining area.
We got an old church pew for
the dining area and
brought it up in March, 2007. F sanded and stained it.
Moving the dining area to the
corner meant getting a new TV and
DVD player. TV is mounted on the wall.
Dan had been looking for a bell
for a couple of years -
finally got one - a Deer Bell...
Found a bell for the front door, too.
This is the first time
we've seen the lake ice melting.
Rosie, Ben & Nicole's dog, came to
live with us for most of 2007.
May 07
We woke up on May 20th to a sugar-coating of snow on the deck.
Felicity finishing the new dining table.
New table, bench, and counter.
New counter.
Great view from new window.
High Falls, Pigeon River on the Canadian border.
F took this arty pic.
Ron next door took Dan
fishing on his birthday.
We had lunch afterward with Ron and Nancy. F
and D ate the fish that evening.
Ben, Nicole, Eliza, Franny, Matt,
Phyllis, and Camilla
came to visit at the cabin in July, 2007.
Eliza caught her first fish off the end of the dock.
We had a campfire, s'mores, and sparklers on the 4th of July...
...stories in the evening...
...swimming in the lake...
...canoe rides...
...and a paddling pool in the front yard.
We took the gondola to the top
of Moose Mountain
at Lutsen ski resort...
...and rode the Alpine Slide.
Ben and his girls
Three granddaughters
We spent F's birthday, 2007, at the cabin
and had lunch at the Angry Trout
Had a nice hike along the Devil Track River
Saw two eagles on McFarland Lake
Canoed into Pine Lake - magnificent
Lovely evening on Caribou
Webster and Rosie among the daisies
Big storm around October 17, 2007, blew this
tree down,
taking out power and phone. Mike Rose got the electric
people
there right away - what a good neighbor! - and Cascade got
the phone
reconnected. We went up the
weekend of Oct. 27-28
to close the cabin for the winter, and chainsawed most of
the tree - with the help of Scott Ingalls, next door.
(Renters sent us the photo.)
Breakfast, June 29, 2008
The Cabin in June 2008
Hike to Oberg Mountain - Oberg Lake
Canoeing on Caribou, June, 2008
Bullhead Lilies on Bigsby Lake
Felicity planting the new rockery
Webster and his friend from down the road
Bike ride from Tofte to Schroder
Cross River in Schroeder
Father Baraga's Cross, Schroeder
Lunch on 4th of July, 2008.
Went to Grand
Marais for parade and fireworks.
Harbor Light, Grand Marais
Webster having a little nap...
Dan & Ben in July. Ben spent
several days at
the cabin before a Boundary
Waters trip with his friend Joe
Dan did a little repair job on the canoe seat