Overall, we had a peaceful stay at this cabin. The area was quiet and you could hear the creek from the front porch. My family and I enjoyed having coffee on the front porch and relaxing in the hot tub. The cabin was cute and fit our family of 5 just fine! There were some very notable things however, that would cause us not to stay here again.
First, the road going to the cabin. We were warned by reading the listing info, as well as the management office calling us to let us know we would need 4 wheel drive to go up the road of the cabin. We have a big four wheel drive truck, so we were prepared. However even with a four wheel drive truck, the road is just plain ridiculous. It was a pain in the butt every time we had to go up and down it. One of the days we even popped a tired coming down. It took a whole day off our vacation because we had to sit in a tire shop and get that fixed. Also, You’re supposed to have a four wheel drive vehicle to get there, but there’s hardly enough room to turn around once you get to the top.
Next, the cleanliness. There was a Cheeto bag in the living room. The basket in the bathroom that held the hairdryer had dead bugs in it as well as dust caked in the back of the hairdryer. There were cob webs on the ceiling and the light fixture upstairs was full of dead bugs. And last, when we went into the closet between the bedrooms to see if there were extra blankets, there was a can of bed bug spray, which although the beds appeared clean, did not make us feel good to see.
There was no phone signal at all, which would not be a big prb if the Wi-Fi worked. But the Wi-Fi was not working the entirety of our stay. That made it frustrating because we couldn’t look up anything we needed for our stay, but more importantly, we weren’t able to make a phone call if needed.
Last, we had to stop by the vacation office to get a packet of directions to the cabin because gps won’t take you there. We wish they would have just emailed us the info in the packet. After using their directions the first time, We ended up just dropping a pin on our phone’s map app to get there with our gps every time, which was much easier.
Despite all the negative, we still enjoyed our stay, which speaks volumes for the cabins potential. Would we stay here again? No. However if some of these things were fixed we would definitely consider it because the peaceful surroundings and privacy were well worth it.