Each year Carl takes a week for himself and travels to the north woods of Minnesota to enjoy a week fishing and site-seeing while staying at the Aspen Resort on Pelican Lake in Orr, Minnesota. Pelican Lake is located 42 miles southeast of International Falls, MN.

This is the fifth year Carl has returned to the Aspen Resort. You can read more about the resort, get accomodation and rate informaiton, and make your own reservations to visit at their website: http://www.aspenmn.com. There are several pages of photos and notes Carl put together here... at the bottom of each page there is a link to the next. Enjoy!

The Black Bear Cabin

This is the cabin Carl stayed in this year.

I got a fantastic surprise when I checked into the resort this year. Ray and Vanessa Ingebretson, the resort owners, upgraded me from the cabin I planned to rent, the Coyote Cabin, to the Black Bear Cabin (above), a brand new 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom log cabin with a satellite TV, Jacuzzi tub, dishwasher, and central heating and air conditioning.  

DockBoy Cabin and MotorHouse

 The resort provides dockboys (or dockgirls, as the case may be) to help dock your boat, get you bait, and greet you with a great smile each time you go (and return from) fishing.

I enjoy chatting with the dockboys. When you live in the city it's fun to look at life through the eyes of a young person from  the north woods. This year one of them was getting her first car while another has finished college and just gotten engaged.

One of the reasons I like the Aspen Resort is that the grounds are always clean and neat. The resort owners, Ray and Vanessa Ingebretson, always seem to make the resort better and better each year.

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