Beavers Point Cabin

The  Old Cabin                                                             Beavers Point Cabin

Welcome to our Home Sweet Home on Beavers Point as it say’s above the sliding glass door. A gift from our longtime friends, Doug and Jenell.  The place where our hearts and spirits have been nourished and a part of them will always reside.  This house, like my Mom and Dad’s home located directly behind us on what was once called, Hill Top Lane, was built with the help of family and friends.  If you want to test the true strength of a marriage, build your dream home together with your significant other.  Our hope and intention is that whomever ends up with this magical paradise, will retain its Wild Nature and not turn it into a green grass lawn filled with pesticides and herbicides.  The original Old Cabin is what I remember growing up as a child here on Orchard Lake.  After my retirement from the Army in 2003, we managed a B&B in Ely called Blue Heron Bed & Breakfast for a time.  As with most Dreams one makes in life, ours changed and we found ourselves back home in Lakeville, (not our preferred choice).  That story and many others will be shared in my latest book, “Natures G.A.S. Stations” as our journey unfolds.  Letting go of our dream home allows us to begin a new chapter in our lives together, an adventure driven by the Heart.  We’re strong believers in recycling and reusing quality materials, “Passing Of The Budda”, as Josie’s family and friends say.  So, allow us to share a few highlights of the treasures we’ve found over the years while building our Dream.  We found a beautiful spiral stair case at a place called Hot Sam’s, (Gladys Hood’s Dream), an antique dealer located near the Lakeville exit on interstate 35W, adjacent to Schmitty and Son’s School Bus Company.  Bob (son of Gladys), creator of this little magical destination rescued it from the Minnehaha Creek Fire Station when it was being demolished.  The other half of the stair case can be found planted near the beach at Hot Sam’s.  I’ve nic-named it, “The Stair Way To Dreams.” The glass panels of the deck came from the home of Tommy Reed, (Hockey Hall of Famer).  My good friend Patone and I visited several homes he had built or refurbished decks on, Tommy’s being one of them.  While enjoying a cold brewski on Tommy’s beautiful deck he said, “Pat you remember the glass panels you replaced?  Someone was supposed to pick them up last week but never showed up, you want’em?” Never being one to waste a good opportunity, I said, “I’ll take’em,”.  Thanks Tommy!  The two tractor wheels are from the old farm stead of Josie’s Aunt and Uncle’s place near Starbuck, MN.  Both the flag stone used for the fire pit and the Black Walnut used to finish the master bedroom and bath down stairs came from Northfield, Mn.  The Flag stone is from an old abandon homestead foundation.  The Black Walnut was locally harvested from a mystical forest home retreat called “Heart of the Woods” and gifted to us by our dear friends John and Susan.  I’ll close for now with a few words from one of my favorite Theologians of modern time, man of profound insight and wisdom.

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” ~Joseph Campbell