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Park Rapids Area Biking

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Ryan Ahrendt

Many of you simply enjoy relaxing on the lake during your vacation, but we also know there are quite a few that like to be active! Listed below are a couple places that you may want to check out, for both on and off-road biking.

Itasca State Park (aprox. 15 min by car) – If you don’t have bikes of your own, Itasca Sports is a bike shop located in the park and rents all types of bikes, along with Burly’s if you have kids too young to ride. They recently re-paved a new 6 mile bike trail that is beautiful, but a little hilly. There is an additional 10 miles of trail that shares a one way road with vehicles, and takes you on a loop around the park. This is a very unique route with a lot of beautiful scenery.

Heartland Trail (aprox. 20 min by car) – On the contrary to Itasca, this trail is very flat and straight. This was an abandoned railroad and goes from Park Rapids up to Cass Lake, which is approximately 50 miles. Not quite as scenic as Itasca, but a very nice paved trail and goes through several small towns along the way. It’s a perfect trail to stop and have lunch in Dorset or Nevis. There is also a bike shop that rents bikes in Park Rapids if you would rather not bring your own.

Maplelag Resort (aprox 40 min by car) This is a well-known cross country ski and mountain biking resort that has almost 40 miles of trail. Many of the cross country ski trails are opened up for mountain biking use during the summer, but there are also several single track mountain bike trails. The area is fairly hilly, and provides a challenge for those looking for more of a technical ride.

Minimum Maintenance roads/snowmobile trails – (within biking distance of the resort) – Although these aren’t official biking trails, there are quite a few small roads/trails that take you through some beautiful country right around the resort. Many are snowmobile trails in the winter, or old logging roads not being used anymore. They aren’t technical or very difficult to navigate but are fun to explore and very convenient for a quick trip right from the cabin. We have cruiser bikes that are available for our guests to use free of charge if you would like to take a spin and check out the area!

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Itasca Biking
Anyone recognize these two hotshots? This is going back quite a few years, but this is Nate and Michaela (my brother and sister) biking at Itasca State Park! This isn’t considered black mail is it?
Posted in Area Attractions

Remnants of Summer

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Ryan Ahrendt

After the last week of temperatures well below zero, I thought everyone would enjoy a few photos to remind us that, despite our current frozen state, summer will come once again and be delightfully warm, and full of exciting adventures at the lake!

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Don’t worry mom, I’ve only had 6 bags of kettle corn…
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Hard at work on their walking stick

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Carpetball Tournament
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Feeding the fish is a favorite activity of the little resort go-ers

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No! You don’t say…They did what?
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2015’s Craft Activity – walking stick

P.S. – Thanks to Justin at Bees Knees Photography for the pictures! They are good friends of ours and we were honored to have them here this past summer to take some photographs for us. If you would like to check out some of their photos, feel free at www.bees-kneesphoto.com. For those of you who would like to see some pictures of our daughter Mabel when she was a wee tot, scroll down on the first page (of the above link) and you will find a photo of her taking a bite of avocado for the first time…quite humorous!

 

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Snowy Day

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Ryan Ahrendt

Popi (what Mabel calls my dad) came to take Mabel for a walk yesterday in the fresh, fluffy snow.  It sounds like all she wanted to do was eat it.  It’s beautiful up here, and we thought you might enjoy seeing a couple pictures of the resort in the fresh laden snow!

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Posted in Family Life, Resort Life

Companeros Returns to Dorset, MN

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Ryan Ahrendt

Companeros is coming back! In September of 2014, a devastating fire destroyed the Dorset House and Companeros restaurants in the famous little small town of Dorset, MN. Many of our guests have long standing traditions of going to these places when here on vacation and it was very sad, especially when their future was unknown.

We were very surprised and excited when, ironically, one of the friends that Liz taught school with in the Twin Cities contacted her with the news that she and her family were going to re-build! Here is a picture of Levi, Beth, and the beautiful Durgin family who will be taking over. I have also included a couple photos Liz snapped today of the building progress. If you would like more info or would like to follow along in their new adventure, here is a link to their Facebook page.

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Posted in Area Events

Firewood

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Ryan Ahrendt

My brother Nate is home from college for winter break. This was our New Year’s day party, splitting wood for the kettle corn and s’more fires! We typically try to cut and split enough wood to stay two or three summers ahead, so it gives the wood ample time to dry. Almost all of the firewood we use comes from the resort property.

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