The Lake

Back in 2004 we bought lake property in South Haven, MN. Both of us really enjoy the outdoors and thought it would be fun to have a place to get away to in the summer. We started looking at lake property with cabins and shortly realized that within our price range we would need to look at much older cabins than what we wanted. So, Dan started looking at lake lots instead that were buildable and we could build a cabin on in the future. We found two lots on Lake Marie in South Haven on Hwy 55 about an hour from our house in Minnetonka. It does have a little red "cabin" on it already but it doesn't have electricity or plumbing and is about 16' by 8' with bunk beds on one side. The last two summers we've enjoyed swimming and cruising around in our 7.5 horsepower fishing boat.

Last summer, in July when it was about 100 degrees outside and we were trying to sleep in the red cabin, we thought about how nice it would be to have an air conditioned place to sleep in out there! We started the LONG process of getting approval from the township and Wright County and in November 2006 were told that we could build on our lake! (We'll explain the longer version of that process later).

This winter we had the final drawings done, got a construction loan through my dad's bank: Financial Security Bank, and now that the road restrictions are up (you have to wait until April/May to bring heavy machinery on country roads after they thaw) we are going to start building!

The trees were cut down last week and this Tuesday and Wednesday they are going to start digging. We are going out on Wednesday night to take some pictures and I'll post them soon.