Well, we would have put our own photos in as "owners" but that wouldn't have been exactly true. We're really just life support for Rufus - our only modestly spoiled chocolate lab - and he's really the one who "owns" our life so it seemed more appropriate for him to represent us on VRBO. And, yes, he absolutely loves it here.

Our Sand Lake home was built by Art and Mary Ann Kempcke pretty much from the ground up and has been a part of the family for more than 30 years. It retains much of the feel of a Swedish "stuga" or lake home in accordance with Mary Ann's Swedish ancestry and carries the name "Seeblick" ("Lake View") as a nod to Art's German heritage. When Art and Mary Ann decided to move closer to their grandchildren in the Twin Cities, their daughter Heidi and her husband Peter purchased the house to keep it in the family.

Heidi and Peter live predominantly in Minneapolis, although both are fully engaged professionally - Heidi as a management consultant and Peter as a University professor - and travel a fair bit. When time permits - and the home is available - they spend time here ... Rufus wouldn't have it any other way.