Grand View Lodge weekend

We decided at the last minute to book a room at the Grand View Lodge on Gull Lake. We got a nice "last minute" deal on a room in the lodge. When we arrived they had, instead, put us in a cabin. Though we were initially disappointed, we were surprised at the size of the cabin (4 bedrooms, 3 baths...) so we called our son Daniel and invited their family to come join us. (We wished the other sons had been available too but they weren't...)

The cabin was very relaxing, a nice living room, fireplace, kitchen area, screened in porches.. everything one needed.

The lodge was a landmark building and quite majestic.

This is a view of the back, which faces the lake.

There is a beautiful long walkway, lined with flowers in planters and lamp posts, on the walkway.

Another view of the back side of the lodge.

The walk to the lake.

There was a nice pool area, not large, but family friendly.
This was the "warm" tub. There was also a "hot" tub.

Lots of areas for relaxing and sunning.

The front building to your left is "Looney's" where you can buy some ice cream and light lunch foods, or rent yourself some gear for water sports. The building behind that with the tall peak is the pool building. There is an nice exercise room in there as well.

There was a lovely wedding on Saturday afternoon. It was funny, because on our "last minute" 4th of July vacation last year, we witnessed an outdoor wedding by Leech lake.

And I took pictures of that one too!

Brooklyn and I tried our hand at shuffleboard.

There was a wonderful Sunday morning brunch.

I love brunches!

Sean found some entertainment for himself in the lobby.

We rented bicycles and took a ride on the Paul Bunyon trail.

The four children rode along behind their parents

(Each burley held 2 children.)

We had fun!

Bye for now!