Trip to Burntside Lodge 2013

      Recently my family took a trip to the Northern Woods of Minnesota. We were so far north that we were about 10 miles from the Canada/U.S. Border. Our family was staying at Burntside Lodge. Burntside Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes I have seen. What makes it so special is the sunsets, the presence of so many loons, it's clear water, and the occasional  moose, deer, or wolf you might see.  Burntside Lake is also a entry point to the BWCA (Boundary Waters Canoe Area). Many people have cabins or houses on Burntside Lake. Some of the houses are really amazing. The only way to get to your cabin is to boat or take a float plane in. Only some residents can access the lake by dirt road. We have been going to Burntside Lodge for two years now. The first year we went for four nights and this year we went big time by going to Burntside Lodge for a week. Going to Burntside Lodge for one week is really a treat. We had a blast.
      We did many things during  our stay. We went for a hike around Bass Lake, we went Walleye fishing on Thursday morning, rented a pontoon so that we could explore Burntside Lake, and had the opportunity to take a guided tour of Listening Point on Friday. The Walleye fishing on Thursday morning was one of the things we did on last years trip. We only went for one fishing outing this year where last year we went for two. We had a very good fishing trip this year.  Our guide to us out on   Garden Lake, which is part of a chain of Lakes with Farm Lake and one other lake in the area. We fished on Farm Lake last year. We put the boat into Farm Lake and sped over to Garden Lake to fish on a beautiful sunny morning. We caught 8 Walleye which gave us 18 smaller sized fillets. Along with the Walleye I caught a big Small Mouth Bass and a few Perch. We made a very good Walleye fish fry on Friday for lunch with the fish we had caught.

Here is the Preparation for a delicious Walleye lunch:

•  Prepare the fish in a simple egg, flour, and bread crumbs coating 
• then we put the fillets in a frying pan and fry the fish until the bread crumbs were golden.

Ingredients:

• 16 small fillets (8 Walleye)
• 2-3 Eggs
• 1 Cup Flour
• 1-2 cups bread crumbs 
• Enough Olive Oil so fish doesn't stick to pan. (Amount of oil will change depending on size of pan)

The amount of flour and bread crumbs will change depending on how big the fillets of the fish 

Before our Fish Fry on Friday we took a tour of Listening Point. Listening Point is located on the South Arm of Burntside Lake which is approximately 4 miles away from Burntside Lodge. Listening Point was a second home to Sigurd and Elizabeth Olson. This second home was their retreat in the woods. On the 36 acres there is a beach, a cove that is bordered with alder and willow, a Sauna that has almost burned down multiple times, and a very cute cabin. This piece of land is truly beautiful. What also makes the land so beautiful is the glaciated greenstone rock on the shoreline. This greenstone is so interesting. When the glaciers were shaping the earth the greenstone was scratched numerous times. Even today you can still see the lines were the glaciers scraped the rock. I was so happy that I got a chance to see this famous piece of land.
    Listening Point is also on the National Register of Historic Places. This happened in 2007. That is also why Listening Point is so beautiful. I will put a link to the article later on in the post.

To read more about the meals I ate including Walleye and the ones that didn't, read my next post!!!!!!
       



Links:
http://listeningpointfoundation.org --------- Listening Point

http://listeningpointfoundation.org/listening-point-named-to-national-historic-registry-in-2007/ ------ 
Listening Point Named to National Historic Registry in 2007

http://www.burntside.com -------- Burntside Lodge




      

Me and my small mouth bass

One of the Walleye I caught