Prior Lake is such a beautiful and convenient stay, close to the cities. This home has a great layout for large groups with nice amenities and appliances. The owner had just put in a beautiful stone patio and beach area before our stay. The downside was that before our stay, geese occupied the entire yard and beach area and left behind poop everywhere - totally not the owners fault, just super unfortunate for us as that left the yard and beach unusable. Just a heads up that even without the poop, the water is not suitable for swimming in this area as the property is located in a shallow and weedy bay. Luckily Prior Lake has a nice swimming beach in town (a 5 min drive). We also rented a pontoon from the owner on one of our days, so we had a chance to enjoy the water from a boat as well. The pontoon was in great working order and very well kept. Prior Lake is beautiful with clear glacier MN lake water - absolutely the best.