A journalist writing a story about Tikchik expects the VIP treatment, but a limping generator and a bat infestation threatens to shut the whole thing down. Then, a firewood mission goes awry leaving people lost and wet.

A proposed open-pit mine threatens the very existence of the lodge, Bud lays down the law with his staff and the old generator may sputter its last breath. That's all set aside, though, when a wounded warrior arrives.