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September 20, 2021
We rented the Eagle's Nest for a week. This is a two bedroom, one bath cabin. One bedroom has a queen bed, the other has two twin beds. This was perfect for our young family as the kids each got their own bed. The living room is roomy and has a gas fireplace, a kitchen table with six chairs, two recliners, and a pull out couch. It has a 40" LCD TV with basic cable, and a DVD player. WiFi was pretty weak in the cabin (I found the antenna and it seemed like they had it aimed more toward other cabins.) The kitchen had almost everything we needed. There was a can opener, but it was almost unusable, but everything else from pots and pans, knives, plates, glasses, and silverware were good. The cabin does have ceiling fans in the bedrooms and plenty of box fans, unfortunately there is no AC so on hot or rainy days it can get a little stuffy. The only real challenge we had was the size of the bathroom. It has a bath/shower, a toilet, and a sink. The bathroom is very tight with barely enough room to turn around, there is very little counter space so we kept our toiletries in our room and brought them into the bathroom when needed, and my 5 year old daughter had a little difficulty with the sink since it's on the high side. We rented a pontoon boat on two different days, which was excellent. The boats are brand new and work well. We rented a Montego Bay one day and a Bennington the other. We felt the Montego Bay had a better layout but the Bennington had better handling. Both were excellent boats and you can't go wrong either way. Lake Little St. Germain is very ****y, especially late in the summer, so watch out for the shallow spots. We tried our hand at fishing and while the lake is known for northern pike, musky, and walleye, we managed to find a spot on west bay that was loaded with voracious bluegill. The second we dropped a hook with a worm on it into the water it was immediately swarmed with a school of bluegills. Between my two kids they must have caught almost a dozen within a hour as well as lost quite a few worms to sneaky little fish who are very skilled at removing worms from the hook without getting hooked. Little St. Germain is not a huge lake and we were easily able to cover the entire lake twice in one day. While out on the lake, there were lots of boats fishing and quite a few other boats tubing and water skiing. Black Bear Lodge has multiple docks including ones right in front of the cabins, so we were able to come back to the cabin a few times throughout the day and dock just steps from our cabin. They have the boats set up for novice boaters. The docks have rings and the boats have clips on snuffers so there's no need to know how to tie a cleat knot, you just clip on to the ring. Fenders are just hung on the rails so they pop on and off easily. Just remember to remove them before going high speed. We forgot and lost one and despite retracing out path were unable to find it, so we ended up having to pay for a fender. If you have y