Basswood at Cotton Lake--A Wonderful Vacation Destination

Thank you Chris for selecting our Basswood Lodge for your summer getaway. We're glad it met your expectations and that your stay was relaxing. Please do keep our Cotton Lake cabin in mind for a future vacation. Our goal is to continue keeping Basswood and our property on the lake a place of calm and natural beauty for ourselves and our guests. We appreciate your positive review.Leo and Gail

Thank you Nancy and Curtis for selecting our Basswood Lodge for your mid-summer vacation and for your kind review. I am glad we had the basement garage available for your safe shelter during two big storms during your stay. Otherwise, how nice that you enjoyed everything else during your month on Cotton Lake. We look forward to your return to good health and to Basswood next summer.

Thank you Amy for your nice thoughts about our Basswood Lodge. We hope you got out on the lake a bit, that it wasn't too busy and hope you added a few birds to your life-list. We will be heading back soon to spend a few weeks in June. Praying for some rain and fresh skies. Please come again when you need a serene vacation. Leo and Gail

Thank you for your nice comments Jillian . We’re glad our Basswood Lodge was enjoyable for you and very much appreciate your thoughts. We hope you will come back in the near future. Be sure to keep us in mind. Sincerely, Leo Keane and Gail Leonard.

Thank you Laurie for vacationing at our cabin again--your third or fourth time and always on the 4th of July. In fact, you were just about our first guests those few years ago. And your heroic efforts at controlling a storm water flood that first year will never be forgotten. We hope you and Bob will continue to keep Basswood Lodge on your vacationing agenda. You might even enjoy a mid-July week as much as the 4th. Sincerely, Leo Keane

Thank you for the nice review Dwight. We are so glad you enjoyed Basswood Lodge and appreciated the beauty of Cotton Lake. I know I will never tire of the calls of loons. It's beautiful and always reminds me of wildness. You are very welcome to visit Basswood anytime in the future. Sincerely, Leo Keane

We hope all went well. Thank you so much for being a loyal Basswood Lodge fan. 6th time? Wow, that is loyal, by far our most loyal. We'd love to have you back anytime, but the 4th, 2024 is open!

Thank you Laurie and Bob for choosing our Cotton Lake cabin again. We appreciate your review and would love to have you return anytime. You have been fine and responsible guests. Sincerely, Leo Keane

Thank you Kevin for your nice review of our Basswood Lodge. We are pleased to hear the cabin was all that you'd hoped for and a perfect getaway on Cotton Lake. It sounds like you needed that. You and your family are welcome to come again. Maybe another time the hike down to lakefront will seem even easier. Maybe steps? Sincerely, Leo Keane

Thank you Nancy. We'd love to have you return for a vacation next year or whenever you can get back "up north." And yes, the claw-foot tub has been repaired for your enjoyment next time. Leo Keane

Thank you Katie for your nice review of Basswood Lodge. We're glad your toddler got the hang of navigating our rustic landscape. It might be a lesson that will serve her well. It's also encouraging that you caught fish right of the dock, given the receding water level and warm temperatures. Please come again when we return to a more normal Minnesota summer. We say that with a great deal of hope that this summer will go down as an anomaly weather-wise. We would love to see the lake closer to the shore. Leo Keane

Nancy and Curtis. Thanks so much for your thoughtful review of Basswood Lodge. More importantly we are glad you enjoyed your vacation so much and appreciate Cotton Lake and our natural surroundings. The hike to and from the lake is certainly good cardio, nevertheless, I will continue to work on an easier pathway, including steps and switchbacks. It might be slower, but more pleasant. We look forward to your return next summer! Leo

Thank you Jim for your nice review of Basswood Lodge. We are very pleased that our cabin met your expectations for a relaxing vacation. Jim and company were great to have as guests because we sensed they were having a good time at the lake. Jim sent us several photos of the family on the water catching nice bass and pike. Our property manager (Joe, not John) reported the cabin and the property were left clean and in good shape. As absentee owners this is of great importance to us. It is nice to have our guests appreciate the cabin and Cotton Lake for many of the same reasons we do. We welcome Jim and the family back at Cotton Lake anytime. And by the way, we will have those important shades and blinds installed on the windows by next summer.

Thanks you again Laurie and Bob for making Basswood Lodge your home away from home. Was this your eighth stay? Haven’t missed a year I’m thinking. We hope Cotton Lake stays always your best and favorite place.

Congratulations Mary. Thanks so much for choosing Basswood Lodge for your special occasion. We are glad our cabin met your expectations. Come again anytime. Leo Keane