The Building Crew

Nate Rude, Joe Breker, Jerry Sapa, Jeff Richards, Phillip Breker and Kirk Ivankovich

Nate Rude, Joe Breker, Jerry Sapa, Jeff Richards, Phillip Breker and Kirk Ivankovich

As you can see, the lodge is really coming along! We can’t wait to show it to you in person. Obviously, a lot of planning, hard labor and wind blown hairdos have gone into this baby. So many folks have poured their talent into this project. We’ve had road builders, excavators, concrete workers, electricians, engineers, attorneys, investors, bankers, drafters, plumbers, lumberjacks, truck drivers, log peelers, carpenters, dreamers, people who keep dreamers from adding on a 250 foot water slide, 18 hole golf course and drive-in movie theater, welders, picture takers, video makers, sunbathers, boulder movers, cookie bakers, crane operators, weekend warriors, fresh pine smell addicts, bloggers, quilters, chainsaw craftsmen and cigar smokers. And we haven’t even gotten to the landscapers, furniture makers, drywall installers, health inspectors, painters, decorators and stone masons.

Coteau des Prairies Lodge would like to say a special thank you to Horizon Custom Contracting (Nate Rude and Jeff Richards) and Kirk Ivankovich. These three God fearing family men hail from the Moorhead area but have basically lived weekdays on the farm at the Breker Homestead since July. We appreciate the sacrifice and commitment it takes for these men to do the amazing work they do away from home.