Bowler Family Cabin

Welcome to the Bowler Family Cabin! Thanks for your interest in potentially renting our cabin for your next vacation or reunion. It is available year round. Our cabin has provided our family with 90 years of family fun, good memories and a place to get away from it all. 

The cabin is located on beautiful Crooked Lake which is 8 miles north of Garrison MN on Hwy 6 and 17 miles east of Brainerd.  Crooked is composed of three interconnected lakes providing ample fishing and boating fun. 

The main cabin comfortably sleeps 9 but can accommodate 10 if a pull out couch is used along with two bathrooms. Amenities include a very functional kitchen, washer and dryer and wood burning fireplace. The guest cabin includes a bathroom and three bedrooms sleeping 5. Both cabins are air conditioned. The cabins come equipped with bath and beach towels, sheets, and toiletries.

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The cabin property features a main cabin and a guest cabin, a dock, a firepit stocked with wood and a canoe and kayak, and a screen house.  We have a sometimes unreliable pontoon boat that is not part of the rental package however it can be rented as a special arrangement.  Life jackets are available.  

We ask for a 2 night minimum rental.  Below is a list of rates per season.  A cleaning fee will be added to each rental. To reserve the cabin, please contact Chris at oacefamily@gmail.com or Patty at patty@oacefamily.com

Rules and Conditions:  Please treat our cabin like you would your home; our cabin has survived 96 years and we want to keep it going for generations to come!  Damages will be assessed to the credit card used for booking. You must make special arrangements if you are planning to bring your dog.  Cats and other pets are not allowed. Guests must fully extinguish any fires in the firepit and the main cabin.  Our lake is a quiet lake and we ask that guests respect our neighbors by not making excess noise.  Parents must accompany teenagers and young adults.

Main Cabin

• Master bedroom with private deck, full size bed and pullout couch
• Second bedroom with Queen bed, Twin Bed and sink
• Sleeping “cave” with one queen bed and two twin beds
• Downstairs general purpose room: 2 twin beds, TV, Stereo
• Second full bathroom with shower
• Large dining area
• Wood Fireplace surrounded by leather furniture
• Central music system (kitchen, fireplace, TV area, Patio)
• Fully stocked kitchen (so you don’t have to bring these items….)
  • Two crock pots
  • Rice cooker
  • Espresso Machine
  • Milk frother
  • Dual pot coffee maker
  • Pancake griddle
  • toaster
  • Microwave

Guest Cabin

• Three bedrooms (2 with 2 single beds, 1 with a queen bed)
• Bathroom with shower

General Amenities

• Three lots, two cabins and 270 feet of shoreline
• Wi fi, TV, Amazon Fire stick
• Fire pit and stocked wood
• Included for use: Canoe, rowboat, kayak, life jackets, and LOTS of floaties
• Carpeted screen house with 6 burner grill
• Beautiful elevated views of Crooked Lake
• Private dock
• Large screened-in porch
• Fire pit
• Full driveway
• Master Bedroom: Full size bed and twin pull out couch. Private deck
• Second bedroom with queen bed and twin bed
• Patio seating, table and umbrella, 2 chaise lounges and outdoor speakers
• Air Conditioning in both cabins
• Computer monitor, table, chairs (if you must work….)
• Room for parking multiple cars
• Linens, towels, etc