Napa Vacation Rental house

Our family group of 5 adults, 4 teenage girls and dog visited the Harvest Lane house for the Thanksgiving holiday. We were impressed from the moment we walked through the door. Everyone agreed that the VRBO pictures did not do the house and yard justice. The rooms are spacious, ceilings high, the layout is great with nice flow and separation of space. The house is nicely furnished with comfortable, contemporary design. Bedrooms are lovely: lots of great linens, new beds, big closets and a huge master suite. We chose the house because of the access to great bicycling routes through the vineyards and we could not get the smiles off the serious bikers faces. They rode up Dry Creek to the Silverado Trail with stops at the Bouchon bakery in Yountville for pastries/bread selection we had not seen outside of Europe. We also spent a lot of time walking and biking the miles of trails across the street at the huge park/natural area. Dogs are permitted and there is lots of opportunity to run and fetch, but be careful about police enforcing the leash law. We were lucky and our dog had a lot of exercise during the weekend running up and down the hills. The backyard of the house had a beautiful landscape design and we used the chat set and hot-tub quite a bit during the evenings. The big kitchen was perfect for our holiday cooking. When we arrived, Dori (property manager/next door neighbor) promised that we could come and borrow anything we were missing, but we never had to take her up on the offer. Loved the big refrig, gas convection oven/stove and large dining table. We brought a couple of chairs down from the master suite so we could seat 10 and still have an extra table in the kitchen for serving or doing a big jigsaw puzzle. Bird watchers will want binoculars because the vineyard was buzzing with birds. It's a lovely view out the back of the house, but we never saw the balloons launch due to foggy mornings. We'll have to visit again! Thanks Thom and Dori for making us so comfortable. Julie

The house is so comfortable and big! My family and 6 month old son were all very warm and cozy and there was lots of open living space to lounge in after a long day of wine tasting. And the view outside the back is amazing!! Vinyards as far as the eye can see (the hot air balloons were only in signt at 7am however). And we even used the jacuzzi even though it was cold outside, because you can't NOT use a jacuzzi that has that great a view!! Thanks also to Dori the property manager who helped us figure out how to use the oven, and who checked in on our lonely puppy while we were out to make sure he was ok! She's great. Thanks so much. A+