Healing For Heroes

The retreat in pictures

A walk around the place.

The lodge, the land, and the people who fill them. Real photos from around the retreat, taken by the people who keep it running. New ones land here after every season.

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A view into the meadow on the mission's land. — Into The Meadow

Veterans and friends gathered around the fire pit in front of the cabin on an autumn day — Around the fire · October gathering

Neighbors setting up tables and chairs outside the cabin before a fall gathering — Many hands before the potluck

The lodge

The lodge living room with a stone fireplace burning, log railings, and an American flag on the wall — The stone fireplace, lit

The vaulted great room with log railings and the loft above — The great room and loft

The lodge kitchen with maple cabinets, a breakfast bar, and windows into the snowy woods — The kitchen, stocked for a full house

A first floor bedroom with plaid bedding, wood floors, and forest windows — A first floor bedroom

The cozy attic bedroom with warm wood floors — The attic bedroom

The back deck with a table and green umbrella, surrounded by summer woods — The back deck in summer

The front door of Paradise Lodge under its carved sign, with green rocking chairs, a cushioned bench, and mums on the paver patio — The front door, mums in bloom

The great room with a brick fireplace and stone hearth, a mounted deer above it, an American flag, and leather recliners on a patterned rug — The hearth and the recliners

An upstairs bedroom under a vaulted ceiling, with mounted antlers between two wall sconces and blue and white striped bedding on a log frame bed — Antlers over the bed

The attic bedroom under the eaves, with a ceiling fan, striped blue bedding, and a dresser beneath the windows — The attic bedroom

A bedroom with sage green walls and windows on two sides, a teal quilted bed made up with fresh towels, and a luggage rack by the door — Towels folded and waiting

A bedroom with red, white and blue striped bedding and plaid pillows, a rustic shelf unit, and a small jack-o-lantern on the top shelf — Red, white, and blue

The game loft with a shuffleboard table running toward a red door onto the deck, arcade cabinets beyond it, and a skylight overhead — Shuffleboard by the deck door

Two arcade cabinets standing beside the shuffleboard table in the game loft, under a skylight and a log post — The arcade cabinets

A skee-ball lane in the game loft beside a brick chimney, with a mounted deer and an American flag on the wall — Roll and score

A tiled bathroom with a glass walk-in shower, a wooden corner bench inside it, and a vanity below a framed mirror — The walk-in shower

A newly built deck wrapping the cabin, with firewood stacked under the overhang and pines beyond the rail — Firewood under the overhang

An open deck platform with a wooden rail, built out into the pines — The deck, built into the pines

A hot tub on the deck beside a teal umbrella, patio chairs, and a brick terrace along the cabin wall — The hot tub and the umbrella

The land

Paradise Lodge seen through the trees, with a bench and fire pit out front — Paradise Lodge through the trees

The archery range in the autumn woods, a foam deer target beside hay bales near the trail — The archery range, waiting

A picnic table dressed in a red checked cloth with a pot of white mums, standing in the autumn woods — A table set in the woods

A fire basket ringed by wooden benches and picnic tables in the woods, with the retreat's second cabin behind the trees — The fire circle and its benches

A hand-lettered CABIN sign with an arrow, nailed to a tree on the wooded grounds — This way to the cabin

A dirt track running through the bare autumn trees into an open grassy clearing — The track out to the clearing

An older cabin with a long covered porch on log posts, standing above a bank of green ground cover, with a woodshed stacked full of firewood beside it — The old cabin and the woodshed

The log post porch and steps of the older cabin, with a gravel drive and a picnic table in the woods beyond — The porch on the old cabin

Have photos from a gathering? Send them to hfhbemuspoint@gmail.com and we will hang them here. The flyers behind these days live on the events page.