Hi. I don’t know if I can share some memories here — I will try. I spent the best summers of my life on the east shore of Lake Ada. Beginning when I was 6 in 1951, my family (mom, dad, and older sister) started going to Lake Ada one week every summer, starting at Old Point Comfort. where we were joined by one of my dad’s brothers and his family. We then moved on to 12 years at Whispering Pines, where several more uncles and aunts families joined us. Over the years the word spread in the family about the fun we were having at Lake Ada, and so many family members wanted to join us, and did join us. But Whispering Pines had only 5 cabins. Bill Henslen had a cabin right next to Whispering Pines so we grabbed that one every year also. We ended up in the later years with family groups at Dream of the North Woods, and Spring Beach — any place where a cabin was to be found and available during that certain week. It was the most amazing time of my life — having fun with my cousins, swimming, fishing, playing horse shoe and badminton, board games, and exploring beautiful Lake Ada. And owners Matt and Alvira Bendel would join in the fun with us. My last trips to Lake Ada were the many years I went to Ada Pine Beach where I got to know owners Pat, Leroy and Gene Invie. My last trip was 3 years ago. The last resort on Lake Ada is now closed. I am about to turn 80 soon, and these memories are as vivid as if I was there right now. The sun on the white caps, listening to the wind in the pines, grabbing the towels off the line when a storm was approaching, jumping into the lake and swimming out to the raft, long, slow walks on the road early in the morning where I would look for deer tracks, playing cards on the picnic table, and ending the day in the iron bed in my bed room in one of those little cabins. I would give anything in the world to go back to those days. Lake Ada will always be my HAPPY PLACE.
Do you have any early photos of Old Point Comfort, Whispering Pines, or Ada Pine Beach — all on Lake Ada. I am interested in all photos of Lake Ada and the area, but the three resorts that I named are the ones I have stayed at. Thanks. I am also interested in photos or info on George Lind Cottages, on the east side of Gull Lake in the 1950’s on Donaldson Road. I went to the Crow Wing County Museum, and they had never heard of this resort. I had a nice photo flyer of the resort, and they were surprised to see this, and they copied it for their files. Thanks. At some point I was told that George Lind was a doctor in Brainerd, built five cabins on Gull, one for each of his children, then years later made it into a resort. It is now gone, but the field stone wall along Donaldson Road where the resort once stood is still standing there.
Hi. I don’t know if I can share some memories here — I will try. I spent the best summers of my life on the east shore of Lake Ada. Beginning when I was 6 in 1951, my family (mom, dad, and older sister) started going to Lake Ada one week every summer, starting at Old Point Comfort. where we were joined by one of my dad’s brothers and his family. We then moved on to 12 years at Whispering Pines, where several more uncles and aunts families joined us. Over the years the word spread in the family about the fun we were having at Lake Ada, and so many family members wanted to join us, and did join us. But Whispering Pines had only 5 cabins. Bill Henslen had a cabin right next to Whispering Pines so we grabbed that one every year also. We ended up in the later years with family groups at Dream of the North Woods, and Spring Beach — any place where a cabin was to be found and available during that certain week. It was the most amazing time of my life — having fun with my cousins, swimming, fishing, playing horse shoe and badminton, board games, and exploring beautiful Lake Ada. And owners Matt and Alvira Bendel would join in the fun with us. My last trips to Lake Ada were the many years I went to Ada Pine Beach where I got to know owners Pat, Leroy and Gene Invie. My last trip was 3 years ago. The last resort on Lake Ada is now closed. I am about to turn 80 soon, and these memories are as vivid as if I was there right now. The sun on the white caps, listening to the wind in the pines, grabbing the towels off the line when a storm was approaching, jumping into the lake and swimming out to the raft, long, slow walks on the road early in the morning where I would look for deer tracks, playing cards on the picnic table, and ending the day in the iron bed in my bed room in one of those little cabins. I would give anything in the world to go back to those days. Lake Ada will always be my HAPPY PLACE.
Do you have any early photos of Old Point Comfort, Whispering Pines, or Ada Pine Beach — all on Lake Ada. I am interested in all photos of Lake Ada and the area, but the three resorts that I named are the ones I have stayed at. Thanks. I am also interested in photos or info on George Lind Cottages, on the east side of Gull Lake in the 1950’s on Donaldson Road. I went to the Crow Wing County Museum, and they had never heard of this resort. I had a nice photo flyer of the resort, and they were surprised to see this, and they copied it for their files. Thanks. At some point I was told that George Lind was a doctor in Brainerd, built five cabins on Gull, one for each of his children, then years later made it into a resort. It is now gone, but the field stone wall along Donaldson Road where the resort once stood is still standing there.