The Cook House

The Cook House has a life of its own.  Located  about the distance of half a football field from the Main House on a winding wooded path, this house was built over one hundred years ago as one of the first homesteads in the

Upper Peninsula.  It was dragged across the frozen lake to its present site in about 1908, and has served as the place where the family cooks and eats since then.  Heated with the wood cooking stove, the kitchen is the warm morning site of everyone, as they make their way to the coffee pot, the toaster, and the hot cereal or eggs.  Each family group is "on their own" for breakfast, left-overs or sandwiches are offered for lunch, and family "teams" take turns serving the sit-down dinner meal on the historic Blue Willow china

each night.  This house is where we watch all the sailing yachts go by; the endless shopping lists are developed; where the plans for the day are decided; where countless birthdays have been celebrated, and memories are made. 

Love, Liz