Your Own Lake For The Weekend or Week

(Posted by Frank)

Just got back from this perfect Hideway in Hastings Michigan on 7-11-2010. It has a 65 acre semi-private lake that is all yours if you rent both the cabins available. This land use to be an old Girl Scout Camp Ground back in the 50's and 60's. It was closed down in the 70's and went to weeds. Most of the cabins the girls sayed in have fallen in or trees have fallen on them. There were 13 in all. You can go on a hike and check them out.

This place comes with a pontoon, paddle boat and row boat. Plus they have fishing poles and trust me we caught alot of fish. Mainly blue gills, bass and some catfish.

The houses come with washer and dryers,TV with DVD, stove and refrigerator, everything you would need for a comfortable stay.

This is our 5th year staying here. We always rent both cabins for us and our children and the grandkids. Down at the lake there is a large fire pit with a screened in little open room house. It has a long bench in it I guess for eating and looking at the lake. The picture is below. The fire pit is hard to see in the picture, I guess it was to bright out that day. There are trails all around the lake to go on. We always put the kids in life jackets and go out to the middle of the lake on the pontoon and jump off and swim. It really is alot of fun. The lake is very deep in the middle.

The kids love catching minnows up at the beach. The only thing is the beach is a little seaweedy but seems to be okay. The are real keen on keeping everything natural. The first year we stayed they had chickens in a little chicken coup and Heather (who runs the place) said we could have all the fresh eggs we wanted for breakfast. The kids really loved that. Heather will usually come out to check you in when you get there.




The blue cabin use to be the Girl Scout Store were the girls would buy thier candy and stuff. The green cabin is where the Scout Masters stayed and needed the least amount of work.



Well you get all this for only $125 per night for each cabin. We have thought about having a family reunion here. It would be the perfect place.

The cabin pictures aren't mine, I copyed them from the website. But the rest are mine.

This picture is looking from the blue house down to the lake.

This one is out in the pontoon looking back at the beach.

The website if you are interested in this hideaway is http://www.vrbo.com/98768