Northwind Lodge at Ely
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It’s the Year of Animals at Northwind Lodge – 2020 – Ely, MN
Watching the TV last night and Annette started to sputter while pointing at our cat who was looking out the patio door window. A good-sized bobcat came in to take a look as his relative. Our grey cat didn’t appreciate his presence and arched her back while laying her ears down, growling slightly. He, on the other hand, looked curious for a very few seconds and then turned to leave. I managed to fumble my phone on to access the camera and shot two quick pics. Then, he decided to turn around and come back one more time just to make sure the grey house cat behind the glass was for real. I shot two more pics and tried to turn on video. Of course, there is no such thing as “quickly turning on” anything with electronics – like a switch – so while the phone indicated a video was being taken for two seconds, I ended up with a slightly blury video of my foot, then the ceiling, and then the wall. The bob cat turned, showed us his bob tail and faded into the brush like he was never even there.
At this point, I’m guessing we have served as many nights of boring entertainment for bobcats, wolves, pine martens, bears, and others while sitting in the downstairs living room. You can’t see them and seldom hear them. But, they are there always watching. What else have they go to do?
So, Summer 2020 is the year of the animals. We’ve had bears of all sizes wandering through the property, wolf tracks in the mud let by fresh rain, deer tracks (but not many with wolf tracks around) and assorted beavers, muskrats, eagles, loons, the occasional swan family, squirrels and chipmunks.
The fish have also been biting REALLY well in the last two weeks with big bass, northerns and sunnies really pounding on some days. Top it off with rather spectacular, temperate, weather and we are great place to visit to get away from the insanity on the outside. Hang out at the beach, take an art lesson, come see the art in the Fernberg Gallery, maybe go to town. Being hunkered down in the woods on a pretty lake has been resonating particularly well with our guests this summer. Plus the smell of barbecue wafting by in the evening makes one drool. We feel sorry for guests who need to return home after their stay. You can see on their faces that they feel the same. There’s always next season.
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