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Bits about Brookside

Just can’t get enough Brookside? Follow along with our blog to learn everything from the best bike trail in our area to the secret recipe behind our famous Bait Sundae. 

The Things we Haven’t Told You…..

If Brookside had a 2023 Word of the Year, it might be Balance.  We’re trying to do that impossible task (many of you can probably relate) of balancing all the things.  Around here, that means: projects, ideas, marketing, reservations, technology, repairs, and lately - shoveling [...]

By |March 21st, 2023|Categories: News, Park Rapids, Summer, Traveling, Uncategorized, What's New|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on The Things we Haven’t Told You…..

It’s the Connecting for Me

When I started this blog a few years ago, my mentor in resorting told me: "There is nothing worse than a dead blog. If you're not going to post regularly, don't do it." Now, what she meant was there is nothing worse than a dead [...]

By |December 13th, 2021|Categories: Family, News, The Club, Uncategorized, What's New|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on It’s the Connecting for Me

Tell us What You Think!

As the days get longer and the sun gets warmer, we're thinking: SUMMER!  And planning for Summer 2021 has us doing a little tightrope-walking. We are balancing our strong need for normalcy, togetherness and fun with our other strong need of keep everyone safe!  Some [...]

By |April 14th, 2021|Categories: Activities, Cabins, Family, Summer, Uncategorized, What's New|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Tell us What You Think!

The Blog that was Long Overdue

2020. Whew. What a summer. What a year. What an adventure. I have been meaning to write to you for months. I was going to write in September and tell you how deeply grateful we all are for the community of Brookside. How this summer [...]

By |December 23rd, 2020|Categories: Family, News, Uncategorized, What's New|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on The Blog that was Long Overdue

Spring 2020: The Weirdest One Ever

I have sat down to write to you a dozen times in the last few weeks, but it always ends the same. A fragmented idea, a few sentences, and then an unfinished word doc crowding up my desktop.  However, that might be exactly how life [...]