It's been great to be back up at Tetu!  Ed arrived two weeks ago with Darryl, Lindsay and Rene. I followed four days later and we've been going strong ever since!  These last 3 days have brought in many of the remaining staff and Sak returned on Wednesday.  I can't tell you how relieved I was to hand over the "oven mitts" to him!  Although I love cooking for the staff in the beginning and end of each season, it's wonderful to have him back and taking care of the food!  Marsha also is back in the Tetu kitchen baking, cooking breakfasts and the staff dinners at night.

The dock work was complete the first week, then I think Ed was in a building mode, as he tore out the bathrooms in the lodge and we are almost finished with the new ones.  They look fantastic and hope you all appreciate them!  The office is also getting a mini-remodel and we thank our good friend, Dave Gramling for providing the beautiful granite for the new counter.  Also, Al and Ken Paulsen who also remodeled our home kitchen made us beautiful desk tops and counters to work off of in the new office area.  Ed and the boys are working on cabins three and four today and replacing the vanity tops with beautiful granite ones, also from Dave's business in Eden Prairie. All this granite! It's gorgeous and what an improvement over the plain white ones! We're getting spoiled-

We have a returning party from IL, the Pini family fishing for the first day of our season today! It's a little cool and cloudy, but we're hoping they had a great first day on the water and caught some nice fish-We have a couple groups arriving this coming Tuesday with 27 people and by next weekend we will have a full resort!  The resort weathered well this past winter and we're working on the landscaping and flowers today. New deck chairs were added on the front deck of the lodge and they look perfect out there-

We have a new generator coming in the next couple of weeks, so that's a relief. We also are purchasing a new 225 HP motor for one of the big Crestliners. The new dining room linens look beautiful and the girl's new serving outfits look great on them! Lindsay and Tracey will be returning to the dining room and we're in the process of finding one more gal to fill in while Joy is gone. Amanda is back in the office and we have a sweet new gal named Lilly for the laundry. Misty is also here and we're so glad to have "our girls" of Tetu back at it this season! What a great group of young ladies we work with and we're so fortunate to have them-they make everything here look great and CARE about their duties and make sure they are done RIGHT the first time!

The "boys" of Tetu have been so busy since they arrived I hardly see them except at meals-boats, landing, decks, docks, yardwork-you name it, they have been working hard on everything to prepare Tetu for the season.  We have some great new guys who are joining the guide staff and they seem to be fitting in extremely well with everything. All of the new guys have some guiding experience so once they become familiar with our system, they will be out on their own.

Our labs-Cooper, Caliber and Muskie are all thrilled to be back at Tetu! Caliber had surgery in February and she is doing pretty well, but not quite back 100% yet on that back right leg. Muskie is hanging in there and she was so excited when we reached the landing on our trip up.

It feels awesome to be back here for the new season and we're excited to see everyone! We are offering some special rates and deals for the times we have left to fill.  We're posting on our FACEBOOK page and will get some 2011 fish photos up soon.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend with your family and friends! We're thrilled to start the year off and are expecting some fantastic fishing and stories from all of our VIP guests and friends!

Kathi