Early Summer at Cascade Lodge

It is a busy time around the resort here getting prepared for the big summer season. Painting, grounds work, planting flowers and maintenance are just some of the many jobs going on at this time. The weather has been great for the most part- mild temperatures and avg. rainfall will hopefully keep the grass green and forest fire risk down for a long time. The hiking trails and mountain biking trails are drying out nicely and the first wildflowers should pop any day now. Our weekly activities program is set and can be viewed as a PDF from the activities page on the website. There is something going on everyday of the week; definitely fun for the whole family! With all the activities, events, and festivals planned, it should be a most memorable season. In staff news, Matt just returned to the area after attending his best friend’s wedding way out in Chamberlain, SD. I guess it was a beautiful ceremony in an excellent location- a pheasant hunting lodge up on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River Valley. All just a mere 12 hr. drive from Lutsen! Our first foreign exchange students should be arriving from overseas in a couple of weeks. This year they are from Russia and the Ukraine. We are all very excited to meet them and to host their 4 month work visas! Until next time readers; have a great summer and hope to see you all soon!

Outdoor Life

It seems we may have some new residents that have moved to our neck of the woods this spring. Several moose have been spotted by our crew along Highway 61 between Solbakken Resort and Cascade Lodge. The O’Phelan family has reported seeing, “Moose everyday on the way home for the last week!”They will try to get a picture one these times to post on the blog! Another employee saw a group of about 15-20 loons all in a big circle on Lake Superior just down the shoreline from the Lodge the other day! He thought the reason being was that there is still ice cover on most of their interior lake homes. Seeing that many stately birds together at once is a very rare sighting! Although the ice might not be out on all the lakes by the fishing opener (May 10th), the spring steelhead run is in full effect in the Cascade River! Crewman Michael Jr. caught a nice 5 lb. steelhead on 5/4, but shortly thereafter had to release the fish because it was not clipped-Native; only clipped fish-Stocked may be kept for dinner. Several other non-clipped steelhead were caught by anglers that day. This is a very good sign that native steelhead are making a strong comeback in Lake Superior. Author’s note; Jr's big fish story was indeed confirmed by a DNR trout and salmon official!