This house has most everything you will need, or even want in a Northern Minnesota vacation home rental!
Let's start with the setting. This home is located on the South side of Strawberry Lake--one of the clearest lakes I've seen in the past several years.
The large lot accommodates many different "ecosystems" so to speak: You could:
Hang out by the sand-bottom beach
Fishing by the dock (they also have a pontoon available for rent). I caught some good fish at sunset right off the dock.
Take a nap on the hammock surrounded by the canopy of trees.
Have a fire in the fire pit by the bunkhouse. Our kids loved checking out the cozy bunkhouse, although nobody stayed the night in there.
Run around or play lawn games in the huge, grassy backyard leading up to the beach.
Rain? No worries! The owners have supplied the home with fast internet, a huge TV in the walk-out lower level and lots of board games and books. You won't get bored being inside for the day.
The kitchen supplies could be a little better, for example there was no griddle (for pancakes, breakfast, etc...). This is a common thing in vacation rental properties, so if you need something like a griddle, bring it from home. There were lots of coffee filters, and a good coffee maker, however!
The home was of average cleanliness, and I would say the kitchen and dining room surfaces needed an extra bit of cleaning when we got there. I get it, as it is very difficult to make a house look "perfectly" unoccupied every several days or so. Also, the gas grill was not working, but the owners were responsive about it, and let us use a charcoal grill, which was great.
We would definitely stay here again!