Bob and I drove up to the Arrowhead on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area to celebrate our anniversary and revisit a place I visited as a child. When I called to book us into Bearskin Lodge I asked if they knew about an old Forest Service Cabin anywhere around there. Yes, they said, right across the bay from us — it is still there and still used for the same purpose (available to Forest Service employees and their families). I was in grade school when Dad worked for the Forest Products Lab in Madison, Wisconsin. Our family took advantage of these offers and visited several remote cabins no longer in use as Ranger stations or lookout stations.
This is me at nine years old at one of the summer USFS spots.
waiting for us in our cabin -- the romantic special included a bottle of Gunflint Red wine and they also gave us a blueberry pie since I said (on facebook) that my brother remembered the blueberry pies -- still a specialty of the Lodge.
#5 cabin -- Birch
a little better than camping
loved this
best pie ever -- you were right, Jerry, remembering all those years ago!
The USFS Ranger cabin we stayed in sometime in the 50s
took a peek inside -- Mom cooked in this little kitchen -- no running water!
down by the water at the USFS Cabin -- a big boat house
looking towards Bearskin Lodge from the USFS Ranger cabin
our cabin #5 Birch at Bearskin Lodge
popular watering hole and restaurant on the Gunflint
a nice lasagna dinner and the Gunflint Red at the Lodge