Boating on the Cass Lake Chain

Saturday we rented a pontoon for the second time this year and went out on the Cass Lake chain of lakes with our friends Lindsey and Eric Potter, Jason Slominski, and Matt, Maci, and myself.  We rented from Joe's Lodge this time and they were nothing but friendly.  We would gladly rent from them again. 

We started off on Lake Andrusia and headed towards Cass Lake to pay a visit to Star Island.  The cool thing about Star Island is that there is another lake within the island.  It's called Lake Windigo.  "Lake Windigo, sitting inside Star Island, is the only spring fed lake within a river fed lake in the northern hemisphere. Lake Windigo’s unique location earned it a notation with “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” in 1958. The lake covers 199 acres with a maximum depth of 25 feet."  That's a little blurb I found on http://www.casslake.com/attractions.html.  I thought it was kind of interesting.



Lindsey, Maci, and Eric as we're pulling up to Star Island.  You can see Lake Windigo in the background.

We were only out for about 4 hours and it was a little breezy in the morning, but we tried to get out before the extreme heat was supposed to hit.  We swam, snacked, and relaxed and Maci slept most of the time.  I think the rocking of the boat helped with that. :)  This is definitely something we need to do again.  It was a fun way to spend a summer day on the lake.

Matt and Jason

Matt and I

Big yawn!

Testing out her life jacket before we head out.