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BAUDETTE, Minn. — The wet spring was not kind to resorts on Lake of the Woods.
The owner of Bugsy's on Bostic said they've had to take on rising water for almost 50 days, and she and her staff finally started getting it under control.
"It's been a struggle. We've diked up as good as we could, and then we had a great big northwest wind that brought the water in through the whole resort," said Gayle Ecklund, owner of Bugsy's on Bostic.
Ecklund says they've lost shoreline and docks from the flood.
"It's a mess. I'm not even sure I want to see what it's going to look like when the water goes down," Ecklund said.
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With the rising water blocking off roads and damaging property, they've also lost revenue.
They're not the only ones. At Morris Point there are huge waves that have crashed over dikes as water creeps right up to cabins.
"There's other resorts that are going through the same issues or even worse. And pray for no northwest winds, and no more rain," Ecklund said.
Ecklund says anyone willing to help with sandbagging, or who has a spare pump, there are many resorts in the Lake of the Woods region that could use the support.
While there is rising water, surrounding resorts are open with available cabins.
