Minnesota Resorts Blog

   Labor day weekend is a good opportunity for families to come to the resort for a short stay and enjoy some of the best weather of the year. Most of August is reserved by the entire week, but the last 2 weekends of the Summer we will break up the weeks and let guests book weekends. 

   Labor day marks the to our official Summer, but the next 5-6 weekends can be some of the best fishing.  Also the weather is, in my opinion perfect.  75 degrees during the day and 50-55 at night for perfect sleeping.   Don’t forget those campfires where the evening chill starts to come, and you snuggle in close to the fire.  It’s time for smore and pudgie pies.  “What is a pudgie pie?”, you ask.  There is a special cooker that fits a slice of bread.  So you take two slices of the bread, and put different fillings between them.  Examples: cherry or apple filling, also stuff like cheese, or pizza sausage, shredded cheese, and pepperoni slices.  Good stuff   Put it on the fire, toast it, and you are ready to chow down.   Jim

  Normally I would say: Best hot and dry Summer on record.  or All the guest loved the warm and sunny beach times.  But not this August. This was probably the coolest and windiest Summers on record.  Some of our best days were this past June, lots of beach time then. 

   I say, ” What the heck Mr. Gore”. There is no global warming as far as I can tell.  Someone out there tell me about your global warming experiences!! 

  I have great hopes and expectations for next Summer.  It has to be better.  I am glad that most of the guests just take the weather in stride. I still see people trying to have the time of their lives, biking, hiking, swimming, fishing, running playing, jet skiing, wake boarding, having campfires, using the playground, and yes this year more then ever taking advantage of the fact we have an indoor heated pool, sauna, and hot tub.   Jim

Here is the guest book memories from this past week.

  Geez! Where do I start. Every year more and more memories come.  Staying up till 3am every night! Moments from Nicole & Chase when they were together!  Andrea and Rachel laughing till we peed.Moments in the hot tub!Logan’s nonstop farting. Taking pictures.Going on the water trampoline while it was raining!  Watching skinny dippers at 2am in the morning!  HAHAHA Eating nothing but junk food!  Listening to weird music! Going to the lake at 2:30 in the morning and having campfires at the beach!  And much Much More!!! Me and Rachel holding holding & hugging everywhere!  HAHA 

  P.S.  What we did:Tubed,wake boarded, campfire, fished, night games, hot tub,  ate, TV, video games, activities, feed Timmy the chipmunk! He likes bread and grapes!  Thanks   Andrea Telthoester

   Thank you Andrea.    Jim

   This week had the best fishing of the entire summer.  Why?  I don’t know.  Possible because the last month was unusally cool.  I am really glad our beach is a South facing beach.  At about 9-10am the sun hitts the beach and starts warming it up.  But there were a few days this month that a cold breeze made it very difficult to be at the beach in a swimming suit.  Lucky for us our heated indoor pool was a savior.  Many of the customers took the toddlers up to the lodge and spent the day inside the pool room.  The kids were playing, running, and even eating lunches in the pool area.  The hot tub and sauna saw extra visitors during this Summers wintery blast.  Well during the Summer 72 degrees feels cold, and we had a few of those days.  

   Again, whats the deal with the good fishing???      Jim

We have had two weeks of truly chilly weather.  That’s not supposed to happen here.  Well the sweatshirts have been selling like hot cakes.  HAHA!!   We should be about 85 degrees every day. It has been hitting 75 every day but the mornings and evenings have been much colder then usual.  At least the fishing is still holding steady.  But not every body that comes here is a fisherman.  Many of the last few days people have taken the day trip to Itasca State Park.  It is mostly inland from the lake breezes.  The walks on all  the trails is wonderful.  Many of the states largest trees are right here.  Just a few minuets up the trail from the road.  Wading through the headwaters gives you a sense of enpowerment as you know the size the river gets just a few hundred miles south.     Jim

   This 4th of July celebration was different. Once every seven years the 4th of July lands on a Saturday.  Saturday is our customer change over day. So we said good bye to all our guests, and went to work for the next seven hours. Our new guests checked in from 4pm till about 9 that evening. 

     Usually we, in the past, have done a fireworks display on the night of the 4th. But as we thought many people would still be busy unpacking. We decided to forgo the usual fireworks display, and we did a Sunday classic rock band instead.  We had good reviews from most of our guests.  Actually most of our guests stayed right at their cabins and sat around fires, and listened to the music.

   Many boats pulled up to our sand beach and sat there and listened. A few of them came up for a while and ate a burger or two and had a drink.  We  cooked some food and supplied drinks to all. Happy 4th!!   Jim

   This past week was a great week for getting sun.  The weather was great and because we have a southern facing beach it was really warm.  I saw a few guys walking around with way too much sun burn.  We are so far north that June and July the sun is extremely strong.  The sun comes up at 5:30 and sets at 9:25.  These are extremely long days.  Every one runs around all day, and these days are so long, that when it is time to put the kids to bed they just zonk out. The kids sleep so well, that on the day of our minnow race, Tuesdays, that sometimes we have to go knock on doors to get the kids up to participate.  Jim

   We at Kohls resort are always concerned with having your stay a safe and fun filled time away from home.    Last July we had purchased back two condos that are on the resort property. They had been sold by prior owners. This left us with the possibility that we might not have enough dock spaces, if everyone were to bring their own boats.  So about two weeks ago we had a new dock system installed.  This new system will hold ten extra boats, ensuring that everyone will have a spot.  Soon we will have pictures of the new dock on our web site  www.kohlsresort.com     Jim

    At www.Kohlsresort.com we have posted a new rustic fishing trip.   Spring of this year we started bring guests on a primative type fishing trip.  Here is what my flier says:   Hello, I’d like to tell you about our special fishing trip:  Imagine a lake with no boats on it, except yours - and nothing as far as you can see, only pristine wilderness.

   You will be taken to a two chain lake - connected by a shallow channel  our 20 minute drive, mostly on backwoods gravel roads, ends on a deeply rutted fire trail.  You get my 12ft boat, trolling motor and 2 batteries. We’ll also supply the landing nets, life vests, and stringer.  I will drop you off for a 4 hour fishing trip. This is the type of fishing trip you would have in Canada or the boundry waters. If you don’t like fishing for northern pike, stop reading.  The two lakes total 80 acres and have a maximum depth of almost 70 feet.  1/4 of the one lake is a designated eagle sanctuary.

  This is an experience you and your fishing buddy will not forget.  I tell my friends all the time,” We are made up of our life experences”.   Your host   Jim

    The new pond is a welcome sight to the north side of the lodge.  We have planned a spot for a small garden.  There is a berm and plantings around it.  When I was looking for water plant life, I spotted a little baby frog.  I scooped it up and now it is living in the new pond.  I hope the little gold fish we put in the pond leave it alone.  The cleaning girls are working diligently at doing a Spring clean to all  the buildings.  Even though we are open year round, there is still a lot of things to take care of.   We have hired many of the same cleaning staff as we have had  the past few years.  Deb did still have to run an newspaper ad for cleaners. She must have had 50-100 calls.  We felt bad as we only needed 7 new girls.  We try to hire people that are close to the resort, so they don’t have to drive very far.  But we had applicants from up to 40 miles away.     Jim