Meet the chef.

When your here at the lodge you can be assured that you will wake with the aroma of fresh hot coffee and the smells of a tasty breakfast cooking. Waking hours before the sun comes up, Jan looks forward to spending her day baking and preparing a home cooked meal for their guests. As a young girl she grew up learning to cook side by side with her mom. Jan remembers hearing stories about how her great grandmother would have an empty cupboard, but always manage to make a feast for the family when they came to visit. So she has always had the mentality of “If you cook, they will come.” Here at The Lodge at Circle J, Jan wants their guests to walk through the door and feel like they are at their second home… She wants them to have the sense of being at grandmothers house with the smell of fresh baked bread just pulled from the oven and apple pie on the sideboard. The aroma welcomes you in and it’s just a glimpse of what’s to come. Cooking brings everyone together for just that, and it’s one of her favorite parts of doing what they do.