Minn Haven, lakeside retreat cabin, an hour or so from Cities. Relax… breathe.

A comfortable cabin (Cabin 1 of two) with lake views close to the water on 163″ of lakeshore. … Lakes Louisa-Marie, on Clearwater Chain of Lakes, fed by Clearwater River. Beautiful cabin and meticulously maintained. Tucked on end of private road, shaded by trees, overlooking glittering water. Lake is quiet, not a loud party lake. Eagles reside nearby. Loons. Herons. Ducks. Deer. Otters. Peaceful.

NOW Accepting Reservations for 2020. Currently May 1 earliest, possibly early as third week in April. (enquire) July is taken already.

Excellent fishing lake, even right off the dock: Super bass lake, and some Big pike, nice crappies and sunnies, some walleyes of good size. The lake doesn’t get too much pressure… most fishing tourists go to bigger and more well-known lakes. This is a lake mainly for the locals and their guests… even though it’s on the Clearwater River Chain…

This is a superior weekend (or mid-week, or weeklong) retreat. You can relax here. Minn Haven is available for singles, a couple, or a couple with up to two children. I’d also consider the possibility of a longer-term lease, for a Writer or other artist or intellectual, who wants a private place for some productive time, or a couple of snowbirds-retirees… please do enquire. (Possibly a teacher Sept-May long-term lease…)

Close to the Twin Cities (cabin is about an hour or so from the cities, ten miles west of Annandale, just off Hwy 55 in Kimball). Only twenty minutes south of St. Cloud, but it feels like you’re away off in the woods. Reality is: this is much more convenient than Brainerd or other “up north” getaways. Once you see this place, there won’t be much reason to drive so far and fight so much traffic on a weekend. Just an hour or so northwest of the cities; it’s just seventy miles from MSP airport… easy drive. Relax. Enjoy your time. Spend more time at the cabin and less time on the road.

In addition to the canoe and two kayaks that come free with the place, there also is an aluminum 16′ Lund fishing boat with Honda motor for rent. Enquire.

Cedar plank interior siding. Vaulted ceilings with big lake-facing windows. Four zones of heating. Fully furnished. Full kitchen gear. One super relaxing bedroom with excellent queen SleepNumber bed. Sofa bed in living room for kids, perhaps a guest. Living room opens up (literally… large sliding glass doors) to big screened porch, with high-quality furnishings, overlooking the lake. Breezes off the lake. Sit inside, or sit on the sheltered porch; either way, you are gazing at the water. It’s mesmerizing, really.

Plenty of peripheral activities nearby. Excellent golf courses, including the inexpensive and very nice Kimball Golf Club (open to public) less than four miles away, nearby. Whispering Pines Golf is thirteen miles, less than twenty minutes, by Annandale. Famous Swappers Meet. Farm markets. Places to eat (even in Kimball… sometimes there’s even fishfry and the like happening… also Annandale, St. Cloud…). Basic grocery supplies in Kimball, two miles or so from cabin, or bring ’em with you… there’s grocery, like Cub, along the way here. So, go out IF you even want to…

But there’s a kitchen and an excellent newer Weber gas bbq at the cabin, all the utensils and quality pots and pans and even some spices and such, and it’s really quite nice here, so it’s entirely possible you won’t feel like leaving once you get here. Just stay put and cook! Enjoy the sunset. Go to bed early… or drink wine out on the screen porch… whatever 😉

Panasonic plasma TV (yes, real quality plasma) with big diverse video library of several hundred movies of all types and dozens of TV series on DVD, if it’s raining or night or whatever. Smart TV: stream netflix. Stream music from your Pandora app bluetooth to the integrated Pioneer sound system. Yes, free WIFI, of course. Guest internet laptop (15″ Chromebook) for email, etc., provided for your use. (Just take care of the nice stuff, is what I ask; I spent a lot of time and effort to pick out the best stuff for the place.) So, all that kind of tech thing if you even want to use it. Maybe you might want to just stare at the water and listen to the breezes through the trees, though, instead… it’s up to you.

And… ahhh…. good books to peruse.

You would be renting Cabin 1. There are two cabins on the property, and the rooflines and porch system were integrated when Cabin 1 was added, though the cabins are separate: no shared walls of cabins, and privacy wall makes your porch your own. Cabin 1 is the newer guest cabin, with four zones of heating; Cabin 2, the older cabin, is the owner’s cabin when he is there. The owner lives in California, but visits this beautiful Minnesota property for the same reason you do: rest, relaxation, stress-relief, health.