We all called it. I don’t think anyone thought it would be above a one star place. Brrr, it sure looks like a cold cabin, but that is what we expected. Where’s the outhouse?
Some of the best times I’ve ever had have been under similar circumstances. One such place was a tiny cabin, much like this one, in the Himalaya. It was primitive, but warm and comfortable.
This reminds me of the movie Dr. Zhivago when Dr. Z. and Lara (played by the magnificent Julie Christie) were snowed in during a harsh Russian winter. Bleak, cold, snowy, and remote, not a Starbucks to be seen. Darn Russian Revolution messed up everything.
Ok, gang, we once agreed that it would be the “lodge experience” OR “the trip".
Go back and read this strip. First ignoring the GPS, they mistake the cabin (a.k.a. Lodge) for the “gatehouse” ; and start looking for the “Lodge”. The SIGN on the far side may be for us as they drive off into a storm … still looking.
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions
As they drive deeper into the woods and get stuck. This could get dangerous! Someone ventured that they would find a nice mansion down the road – maybe the security system will alert a cute Ranger for Luann and he can make them all comfortable down at the station while he fills out the trespassing paperwork.
Years ago, we decided to rent a cabin at a State Park for a week in the fall. We didn’t research too well (pre internet) but we were think like a ski chalet. Big fireplace comfy furniture. What we got was a one room cabin. No bathroom, no fireplace, no running water, no electricity. Just a bed, a picnic table and a propane stove to cook on. And we had the greatest time. Going on hikes, playing cards, cooking food outside, campfire at night. More fun than at a ski chalet
Lodge in this case is a rustic cabin, and, not a resort. As Ivex said, we’ll see how “rustic” it is inside. I have a feeling if it’s too “rustic” Luann and Nancy will have them returning home in the morning.
We went snowmobiling and stopped for the night at a friend’s summer camp. We thought it would be okay for the night, but it wasn’t very pleasant. We found it hilarious, a week later. Now it is just a good story of what not to do.
one year we rented a lakeside cabin for a family Thanksgiving, on snowy night at 10pm, we arrived, went down the steps, and noticed lights and sound coming from inside…upon knocking, we discovered another family already ensconced, one of the family forgot to tell the other that it was not avaiable… we ended up waking theproperty manager, who had to get out of bed, meet us down at the town office and find us another site…we ended up with a 3 level condo on a golf course, one of the best trips ever!
After they find the “lodge” I picture the DeGroots spending a week suddenly motivated into making repairs. They fix it all up and end up buying DeGroot Camp.
That’s the “lodge” that the VP lets his employees use….the real lodge for him and his country club friends is 5 miles away on a resort style lake with a golf course
Didn’t anyone think to ask for photos of interior/exterior and possibly a selfie of the owner in and around the cabin; ask if hot and cold running water, inside toilet, gas or electric appliances?
I just hope they brought food; the word Lodge implies at least some basic amenities (which that place may not have); surely Frank’s colleague would have given him information about what to bring and what to expect. Next week they go back to the “guard house” and find the truth.
A beautiful rustic cabin. I’m sure Frank will be happy about it. But dunno what Nancy, Luann and Brad will think. Or Joe played a really bad joke on Frank, or him totally misunderstood what kind of place it was. But maybe the place holds some surprises. Beautiful landscapes, interesting neighbors, a nice fireplace. Everything will become a great memory. Plus, Luann will end up with a fun story to wrote.
chassimmons 7 months ago
Cozy. But the chimney is dubious; most such places have a stove pipe chimney.
lvlax 7 months ago
Well, there’s a big surprise!! I called it and so did lots and lots of other people here. We rock! ;) lol
So now we’ll see just how dilapidated this lodge is. It doesn’t look really good from the outside.
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So will they all be spending Christmas at this tiny cabin or will they decide to head back home?
Asharah 7 months ago
Will they be able to leave or be stuck until spring?
Caldonia 7 months ago
Yeah, they did this to themselves.
9thCapricorn 7 months ago
Uh-oh. They did not take the word of Frank’s boss that it is a cabin and not a room in a lodge.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 7 months ago
Wherever you lodge is a lodge.
Enter.Name.Here 7 months ago
That was expected.
Willow Mt Lyon 7 months ago
We all called it. I don’t think anyone thought it would be above a one star place. Brrr, it sure looks like a cold cabin, but that is what we expected. Where’s the outhouse?
sallymargret 7 months ago
What’s wrong with it? There’s something very nice about spending Christmas in a tiny cabin with those you love.
yoey1957 7 months ago
Listen closely. Do you hear banjo music? Or is it the theme from The Twilight Zone?
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 7 months ago
And there is one twin bed and 2 straight back chairs. Good times……
wormfood 7 months ago
Anyone here played Simpsons tapped out recently? The similarities.
sallymargret 7 months ago
Some of the best times I’ve ever had have been under similar circumstances. One such place was a tiny cabin, much like this one, in the Himalaya. It was primitive, but warm and comfortable.
Joe1962 Premium Member 7 months ago
Luann will be sending out a SOS to Les and Gunther to come save them.
snsurone76 7 months ago
Do all four of them expect to squeeze into that shoe box? Isn’t that carrying “family togetherness” a bit too far??
nightflight 7 months ago
This reminds me of the movie Dr. Zhivago when Dr. Z. and Lara (played by the magnificent Julie Christie) were snowed in during a harsh Russian winter. Bleak, cold, snowy, and remote, not a Starbucks to be seen. Darn Russian Revolution messed up everything.
illuminare 7 months ago
whoever called it a lodge needs their head examined. its a cabin.
Wilkins068 7 months ago
Gads the ‘Zeus Lodge’ sign is nearly half as big as th cabin.
When th CFO bought it he didnt know the cabin once belonged to a German Shepherd named ‘Zeus’
Bernedoodle 7 months ago
Reminds me of the novel and the movie, “The Shack”. What an uplifting and vivid story.
ewaldoh 7 months ago
Ok, gang, we once agreed that it would be the “lodge experience” OR “the trip".
Go back and read this strip. First ignoring the GPS, they mistake the cabin (a.k.a. Lodge) for the “gatehouse” ; and start looking for the “Lodge”. The SIGN on the far side may be for us as they drive off into a storm … still looking.
Tune in on Monday.
wolfiiig 7 months ago
Make the best of it and get cozy.
oakie817 7 months ago
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions
coffeemom88 7 months ago
They’re going to drive past and end up who knows where! Probably at a mansion nestled deep in the woods.
BLUEBONNETS Premium Member 7 months ago
Yeah, kind’a saw this coming.
cdward 7 months ago
Predictable. At least they can use their body heat to stay warm.
atomicdog 7 months ago
Turn around! Now!
Prescott_Philosopher 7 months ago
Well, there’s four of them in the lodge does not look big enough for two bunk beds.
jruckman 7 months ago
Looks like a dream lodge to me!
mourdac Premium Member 7 months ago
Hopefully there’s a big woodpile. The outhouse experience is going to be a cold one.
cdillon85 7 months ago
Don’t judge by appearances.
comic reader 22 7 months ago
As they drive deeper into the woods and get stuck. This could get dangerous! Someone ventured that they would find a nice mansion down the road – maybe the security system will alert a cute Ranger for Luann and he can make them all comfortable down at the station while he fills out the trespassing paperwork.
morningglory73 Premium Member 7 months ago
What a let down. Who wants to stay in an old and cold rundown cabin? Turn around and go find a nice inn to stay in.
PaulAbbott2 7 months ago
Years ago, we decided to rent a cabin at a State Park for a week in the fall. We didn’t research too well (pre internet) but we were think like a ski chalet. Big fireplace comfy furniture. What we got was a one room cabin. No bathroom, no fireplace, no running water, no electricity. Just a bed, a picnic table and a propane stove to cook on. And we had the greatest time. Going on hikes, playing cards, cooking food outside, campfire at night. More fun than at a ski chalet
ctolson 7 months ago
Yep. just as I called it – a run down shack.
Ellis97 7 months ago
I had a feeling that this was going to happen.
BuckarooDave 7 months ago
Sunday : Shannon asks Santa for a special gift!
kingbrlee Premium Member 7 months ago
They must not be too far from civilization, the cell phone is still giving directions.
morningglory73 Premium Member 7 months ago
I’m wondering if there is a really nice lodge just up the road and this first one is just the entrance to the main one. I hope so for them.
Is like a melody Premium Member 7 months ago
The name “Zeus Lodge” is a joke. Zeus is the legendary god of weather, particularly BAD weather. They’re going to be stuck there for a while.
rrsltx 7 months ago
Let me guess. Frank picked this place? If he doesn’t understand how to use GPS, he’s likely never heard of Google either.
WilliamVollmer 7 months ago
Lodge in this case is a rustic cabin, and, not a resort. As Ivex said, we’ll see how “rustic” it is inside. I have a feeling if it’s too “rustic” Luann and Nancy will have them returning home in the morning.
brick10 7 months ago
I can hardly wait to see the “rustic” interior. Hope there is dry fire wood inside.
YorkGirl Premium Member 7 months ago
Cozy! Maybe Zeus Cabin is more appropriate. ;-))
NELS BALWIT Premium Member 7 months ago
We went snowmobiling and stopped for the night at a friend’s summer camp. We thought it would be okay for the night, but it wasn’t very pleasant. We found it hilarious, a week later. Now it is just a good story of what not to do.
tremaine53 7 months ago
“I get to sleep on the hallway floor!”
Bwahahaha! 7 months ago
What is this – Foxtrot?
tcayer 7 months ago
Who didn’t see this coming? Anyone? I didn’t think so.
timzsixty9 7 months ago
I’ll bet it’s very homey and comfortable INSIDE! (once they get a fire going, and light the kerosene lamps)!
jrankin1959 7 months ago
If there’s a kid inside playing a banjo…
reedkomicks Premium Member 7 months ago
Have fun folks!
Count Olaf Premium Member 7 months ago
There’s more than one Zeus at the lodge? Asking for a Punctuation Persnickety Grammar Nasty.
BJShipley1 7 months ago
Is there anyone who didn’t predict this?
Toshmanii 7 months ago
one year we rented a lakeside cabin for a family Thanksgiving, on snowy night at 10pm, we arrived, went down the steps, and noticed lights and sound coming from inside…upon knocking, we discovered another family already ensconced, one of the family forgot to tell the other that it was not avaiable… we ended up waking theproperty manager, who had to get out of bed, meet us down at the town office and find us another site…we ended up with a 3 level condo on a golf course, one of the best trips ever!
comic reader 22 7 months ago
After they find the “lodge” I picture the DeGroots spending a week suddenly motivated into making repairs. They fix it all up and end up buying DeGroot Camp.
Cincoflex 7 months ago
The only issue I have is the HUGE YELLOW SIGN on the front, as if it’s a restaurant or something.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator 7 months ago
Is it just me, or is the lodge on the side of the car opposite the way Luann was pointing?
alasko 7 months ago
Yep, a hovel, just like I predicted in the first day of this story.
dpatrickryan Premium Member 7 months ago
Shocked, SHOCKED I am.
kaycstamper 7 months ago
They’re driving right past it! Like driving to my son’s, very remote, GPS quits before you enter the maze…
ltrinemeyer 7 months ago
That’s the “lodge” that the VP lets his employees use….the real lodge for him and his country club friends is 5 miles away on a resort style lake with a golf course
Angry Indeed Premium Member 7 months ago
It’s aptly named Zeus Lodge when there were just a few Greek gods around and he couldn’t afford to build a palace on Mount Olympus yet.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 7 months ago
This was too obvious.
Mordock999 Premium Member 7 months ago
HEY!
It’s Jed Clampetts old homestead!!!
“Come and listen to a story about man named Zed!”
“A LYING little Snit with a pointy little head.”
“And then one day, he conning this heah FOOL,”
“I’d tell you what I think, but you’d think it kinda Crude.”
”BOILS, that is!” ;-)
percheronhitch6 7 months ago
Well, what do you know! It’s the cabin the Clampetts left when they struck “crude” while shootin’ at some food!
Call me Ishmael 7 months ago
Close quarters! Will they discuss politics? Will the police discover four dead bodies? Stay tuned.
DaBump Premium Member 7 months ago
I don’t know how funny it’s supposed to be, but I can’t stop giggling!
ridenslide65 7 months ago
Well that’s a giant lodge…lol….
tutibug5 7 months ago
The basement under the lodge has an indoor pool, bowling alley, game room & theater. Now that would be funny!
mindjob 7 months ago
I hope Zeus lodge doesn’t throw thunderbolts
Vilyehm 7 months ago
Blow up the last panel. Two white dots under the porch are not gigantic snowflakes.
dlestersprint0 7 months ago
They will probably get marooned in the snow storm.
huew 7 months ago
This is like a plot of a horror movie, in which no one ever gets out alive.
byword84646 7 months ago
Didn’t anyone think to ask for photos of interior/exterior and possibly a selfie of the owner in and around the cabin; ask if hot and cold running water, inside toilet, gas or electric appliances?
Jesquire 7 months ago
Anybody not see this coming?
The Quiet One 7 months ago
Yep, just what we all expected.
RSH 7 months ago
I just hope they brought food; the word Lodge implies at least some basic amenities (which that place may not have); surely Frank’s colleague would have given him information about what to bring and what to expect. Next week they go back to the “guard house” and find the truth.
Argythree 7 months ago
I haven’t been following this ‘toon for years, like some folks here, but I can’t remember any other time when all of us were saying the same thing…
raybarb44 7 months ago
You would think that Zeus would have a bigger place……
RSH 7 months ago
They’re dressed like they think they are going to some hotel
eb110americana 7 months ago
The colorist appears to have given Mom a case of pinkeye.
mort b. 7 months ago
Who will be the first victim of the Zeus Lodge Axe murderer??
computerprogrammer2028 7 months ago
Time for something called a “U” turn.
Dragoncat 7 months ago
I’m still reminded of For Better of For Worse…
Asharah 7 months ago
Lucky Toni didn’t come, she may need to lead the rescue effort.
GaryCooper 7 months ago
Mmmmmm-hmmm.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member 7 months ago
Maybe Zeus’s Lodge is huge, and that is just the outhouse.
Aladar30 Premium Member 7 months ago
A beautiful rustic cabin. I’m sure Frank will be happy about it. But dunno what Nancy, Luann and Brad will think. Or Joe played a really bad joke on Frank, or him totally misunderstood what kind of place it was. But maybe the place holds some surprises. Beautiful landscapes, interesting neighbors, a nice fireplace. Everything will become a great memory. Plus, Luann will end up with a fun story to wrote.
wormfood 7 months ago
The simpsons tapped out has it similar right now. Family is at the cabin based on grandpa’s will.
eddi-TBH 7 months ago
There’s room for them or their stuff. Not both.
Sisyphos 7 months ago
All too predictably, “Zeus Lodge” is a shack (or, as Lulu put it, “the guardhouse!”). Now what?
EXCALABUR 7 months ago
Backup and read boys and girls
Black76Manta 7 months ago
As Han Solo would say, “I have a bad feeling about this.”
RSH 7 months ago
the gps will say they have gone past the destination.
Moon57Shine 7 months ago
Just how I pictured it…