Hello to all of you out there! We have survived the winter and hope you all have too. It has been a long cold one ~ and snowy, but what can one expect in Nothern Minnesota. But the snow is melting and the smell of spring is in the air...kinda. Last week was 30 degrees below zero and this week we hit 52 above, crazy.
But with spring there are sportsman's shows and Jerry and I are heading to Iowa tomorrow to promote the resort in Fort Dodge. We were there our first time last year and it was great. A lot of friendly conversations with visitors, vendors and the people putting on the show. If you're in the area we'd love to see you there!
The picture is Jerry with Minnesota's Favorite Outdoorsman, Ron Schara of Minnesota Bound ~ it was at a show in St. Paul. He is a great guy and we hope someday he may make it up to Birch Haven.
We have trees tapped for sap, so I'm sure we'll be letting you know how that goes.
Take care,
Kate & Jerry

Don & Family

Here we have Don, the patriarch of the family - does everything he can to bring everyone together for this one week out of the year. Don takes his daily walks down the driveway and hops from cabin to cabin where his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren stay. (They feed him - as they should!) The picture is of Don, son Jerry, and great grandson Zaden. Generations of fun. They have been coming to Birch Haven for about 17 years - creating a lot of memories. We look forward to having this group every year - they are so much fun. Volleyball, tether ball, using the game room (wink,wink)...they are active on the lake and the resort and enjoy every minute here.

39th Year at Birch Haven Resort

Bob and Alice and their family have come up for the 39th year. This year they had all the grandchildren up - never a dull moment! We love hearing Bob's stories of how the resort used to be and all the memories they have created here.

Terri's Big Catch

What a catch - caught on the their last day here. Terri was beaming! It is so much fun to see guests pull in something like that! Terri, Fred and their boys have been coming up for about 9 years, enjoying the fishing and other families that have been coming for years.

Fish Cleaning House - THANK YOU!

Time to catch up with the BLOGS! We'd like to thank all you guy that helped raise the fish cleaning table this year. We now have a back friendly fish cleaning table - a great contribution to Birch Haven Resort history.

Family Tradition of 50 Years

We are so proud to say that it is the 50th year for Ruth and her family to vacation here at Birch Haven Resort. Ruth comes for two weeks a year - the first week to relax and inhale the therapeutic tranquility. The second is to enjoy her family, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We couldn't ask for greater guests and love that they love the resort as much as we do. We look forward to many more years with Ruth and her family. As we're told, it's a hard place to leave.

Happy Fishermen

Hard to believe it is the end of June already! We have been having so much fun watching everyone fish and enjoy the resort. The weather has been great...along with the fishing. Here's a picture of Bob & Steve - just another great day fishin'.