Carl traveled to Northern Minnesota for his annual fishing trip. Each year he returns to the Aspen Resort on Pelican Lake. Pelican Lake is located 42 miles southeast of International Falls, MN.

In the next few pages Carl has posted some of his photographs and has written some notes about this year's adventure. If you want to take a fun vacation into the North Woods, the Aspen Resort is a great destination. Their website and information are at http://www.aspenmn.com. This was Carl's 4th year at the resort, and it was his best ever. Enjoy the photographs and at the bottom of each page use the link shown to continue to the next page.

The Lodge

This is the lodge and home of the resort owners, Ray and Venessa Ingebretson.

The weather while I was there this year, between June 20 - 28, 2003, varied from cool and cloudy to warm and sunny; blustery and windy to quiet and muggy. One thing about the weather in the Northland - if you don't like it wait 5 minutes, it'll change! 

Coyote Cabin

 This is the cabin Carl stayed in this year. It has two bedrooms, a kitchen area, a front room, and a bathroom. The front deck looks to the east away from the lake. The front room has windows looking to the west, out onto the lake (over some woods and another cabin).

I have stayed in the Timberwolf Cabin, the Osprey Cabin, and the Coyote Cabin. The Coyote has been my favorite so far. It is off the beaten path and has its own fire pit and picnic table area. Many of the creatures photographed on these pages - and several I didn't get photographs of - appeared out in this front yard just off the deck of the cabin.

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