The Lookout – Part 1

For ages, it seems, we’ve had this gaping hole in our roof. What’s with that, you say? We’re so glad you asked! We too wondered if the day would ever come when we started working on ‘The Lookout’. The lookout is basically a room on the roof of the lodge, a fourth floor, which provides…

Coteau des Prairies Legendary

By Phillip Breker Unless you have been living under a rock, you have seen the familiar ‘North Dakota Legendary’ ad campaign. I find the theme fitting for the larger-than-life legends of North Dakota such as Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, General Custer, Sitting Bull, Theodore Roosevelt and also the American bison, the rugged Badlands and the renowned farmland, blanketing the state. Not…

Midsummer Construction Roundup

As the weather warmed up this summer, construction really started moving along at the lodge! Here are some highlights from June and July at Coteau des Prairies Lodge. Click on an image below to open the photo gallery.