Minnesota holiday cabin

Well, to start, I arrived at the cabin before the other members of my family. I unlocked the door, but it would NOT open; the doorknob turned, it was obviously unlocked, yet the door wouldn't open. I called the owner's cell phone and left a message saying I couldn't get into the cabin, and to please call me back. I NEVER got a return call! I had to wait outside for an hour until my husband arrived, and he somehow got the door to open. Several times during our stay, we couldn't get it to open from the inside either. What if there had been a fire? The other exit was on the other side of the cabin, and this cabin is quite large. We found that there were no working smoke alarms and the fire extinguisher was missing. Also noticed an outlet with no cover on it, so not safe for small chldren. The bathroom door needed a new doorknob also, it would come off in your hand.

The description says firewood is available. There were some big log chunks piled in the yard, but no way to split them, therefore they were unusable. Had we known we needed to bring an ax we would have. Just would have been nice to have everything spelled out so we knew what we needed to bring.

It IS a very charming log cabin, furnished very nicely. It could have been cleaner; there were dirty towels left in the bathroom and furniture was dusty. Not a real big deal to us, but every other cabin we've stayed in was spotless upon our arrival.

We did enjoy our stay. Bay Lake provided good fishing opportunities, which is our main activity during vacations. I would recommend the cabin to familes, as long as the safety issues were taken care of.