Private, Friendly, Fun, Beautiful Sunset Lakefront Property

We had three families with 10 people for the weekend. Plenty of room for all. Lots of games to play. The property is even better than the VRBO listing and working with Todd was a breeze. If you are looking for a wonderful getaway this could be the place.

We booked Todd and Julie’s home for three days in mid-September when our youngest son got married at Creekside Farm east of Rush City. From the start Todd was extremely helpful and friendly. Several of us were able to meet him and tour the house prior to renting it. There were a total of 11 adults, one teen-ager, and 7 children 10 years old and under – (including three 2-year-olds). Each of four family units had a bedroom (which meant that the children had their own space if needed). The two grandparents and one uncle shared the other bedroom (which meant that we had our own space if needed…). The house lent itself to lots of conversation – once the kids were in bed the adults had the living, dining and kitchen area to ourselves and we stayed up late and took advantage of it. We cooked hot dogs and brats over the fire pit for lunch one day and enjoyed an all-day campfire on a chilly, windy afternoon. We used the Weber grill for supper one night and the kitchen was great for preparing and setting up food for 21+ people. (In addition to our group of nineteen we had the bride and groom and some other family guests for meals on Saturday and Sunday.) Two of the boys wanted to swim and, in spite of the chilly temperatures they did. (The beach may have been a little weedy but they didn’t care one bit). The only issue was my fault – I put a pasta salad in one of the garage refrigerators and I had turned the temp down too low and it froze. The consensus of our family was “THANK YOU! Todd and Julie for helping us make a memorable family get-together that we’ll talk about for a long time!”

Overall we had a great time. We had some problems with the refrigerator going out in the middle of the night and the electric stove doesn't get hot enough to do fajitas in a frying pan, but these were minor issues and quickly dealt with. We rented the pontoon boat one day and had a wonderful time on the lake. The boat is very nice. Would highly recommend this property.

We enjoyed the property for a week in July for a family get together of nine people. We could very easily have had many more. The house was very large, and well equipped. The waterfront wasn't great for swimming, but we also rented the pontoon boat, and we enjoyed swimming from that in the middle of the lake. Fishing was excellent, mostly around the docks. And Todd (the owner) was very nice to deal with. Over all a great property.

Stayed for a week, enjoyed the pontoon and did some fishing. Spent a day in Duluth and one day at the St. Croix state park.