Amasa Lodgings

HARDWOOD HOTEL at TALL PINES
(906) 822-7713
The rambling A-frame complex incorporates the Tall Pines grocery store, the hotel, and a deli with sandwiches and coffee. Each of the 8 pleasant guest rooms has 2 double beds, cable TV, and a mini-fridge. All have phones and wireless internet. Most have fans; a few are air-conditioned. Rates are $54 for a single person, $59 for 2 or more. The resident manager makes for a quiet atmosphere. A nice feature for groups of snowmobilers and others is the common lounge with a microwave. At the Tree House bunkhouse at the top of the A-frame, up to 6 people can save money by sharing a room ($79). Men use one bathroom and shower, women another. The common area has a trestle table, microwave, and TV. Smoking permitted. March, 2008

THE LISTENING INN
(906) 822-7738; thelisteninginn.com
Carol Stokes and her late husband, Mark, spent five years creating their dream lodge: 10,000 square feet with six guest rooms on three levels and a central gathering area with massive stone fireplace 24' high. They cut the logs from their own property—some are 22" in diameter, and more big trees are standing—then hand-scribed them to fit tightly together. Construction details are fascinating. The house uses radiant hot-water heat with an outside wood-fired boiler. Note: the spiral staircase to the second floor is not for anyone with a fear of heights. You can see through the spaces between the log slabs.
   "Mark and I always listened for different birds," Carol explains. "We heard three notes in a sequence. What was that? Listen! What? Listen!" "That's it," Mark said. "The Listening Inn."
Carol grew up the only girl on a farm, and she and her late husband managed a fly-in Ontario resort for 25 years. She can do most anything: live off the land, make jam and bread for the full country breakfast, hunt and fish, canoe and kayak, build a log house. Ask about special romantic dinners - and about weddings, canoe and kayak trips and various classes in canning, wreath-making, and more. Also black-powder and longbow hunting.
   Rooms are available on both the upper and lower floors. The lower-level rooms have separate entrances, kitchenettes and a small eating area, and a queen or double bed and a set of twin bunks. The interior sides of the exterior walls are log, so every upstairs room has a very rustic feel. Rooms begin at $117. per night for two guests and second nights are $5 to $10 less. Be sure to ask about the special event packages!
   The listening Inn offers a full country breakfast, wireless internet and Wine and Cheese beginning at 4pm. In the winter the have 14k of groomed Cross Country Ski trails, separate snowshoe trails and snowmobile trails are located near-by. Summer activities include; Kayak and Canoe trips and Fishing.

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