New cabins nice rental boats and we caught lots of fish. Ron and Pat are very nice people and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone. Their store has bait and groceries so you don't have to run to town. Also they have icecream which they will have to reorder because my nephew bought them out .
Bonnie Beach Resort is a modest cluster of weekly-rental cabins on the shore of Battle Lake, a clear, lovely motorboat lake in a popular vacation area. The main "lodge" offers laundry facilities, a small game room and a store that stocks a few essentials. The nearby town of Battle Lake has a full supermarket, other specialty stores and a couple of restaurants, so there's no need to bring much food with you. The cabins are basic and a bit run-down. Our bathroom door opened only part-way because it collided with a fluorescent light fixture. Each cabin has a sizable screen porch. Furniture is old, musty and in some cases decrepit. The mattresses are among the worst I've ever slept on. Most guests don't spend much time indoors - other than to cook, eat and sleep - unless the weather turns nasty. Another deterrent to lounging indoors is a sulphurous odor that pervades the cabins via the water supply. Plan on using bottled water for everything. The resort includes a small beach and a smaller playground. The beach has two paddle boats for guest use. The recreational facilities are not as clean as they really should be for children: I found large heaps of dog droppings on the sand in both areas - a harbinger of hygienic problems to come. On each occasion, I gathered the feces and disposed of them in the resort's sanitation area - where they remained for several days. In general, our extended family enjoyed our week at Bonnie Beach. The lake is idea for water sports: large, clear and not at all crowded. Ramps and docking facilities are adequate. The staff was friendly and quite responsive with regard to basic services like gas for our boats, so I'm sorry to have to post bad news. Unfortunately, a week after departing, we learned that children in two different families - who had returned to homes a thousand miles apart - had become infested with lice for the first time in their lives. Of course, it's possible that one of the kids brought the nits in, but the indifferent sanitation and cleaning practices evident throughout our visit point to a different explanation. I would urge visitors to check their beds and other surfaces very carefully.…