best vacation ever!!!
Submitted: August 13, 2012
Stayed: August 2012
There were 10 people staying at the house, 8 adults and 2 children (ages 7 and 5). Even though it rained for about ½ of the stay, we had a wonderful time. The house is full of charm and character and lends itself to a comfortable gathering place. There is so much room that we never felt crowded or cramped. In fact it was quite the opposite. The covered patio was a perfect place to sit and talk, as well as play games with our family. We even watched movies on the patio which was wonderful for the kids. It is such a nice, private, secluded back yard and patio area.
The second you walk into the house you can feel how much the homeowners love and care for it. It is clean, warm and welcoming. The decor is so cool. It is such an interesting blend of old and new. The bedrooms are architecturally interesting and comfortable, the bathrooms are very spacious, the kitchen is large, fun and functional, the round dinning room table seats 10, the living room is a great place to hang out, and the patio was a favorite gathering spot. The pictures do not do it justice.
The house is centrally located for all area attractions, yet convenient with regards to traffic. Our outings consisted of a cog railroad ride up Mt. Washington and a scenic drive along RT 302, picnic lunches, a trip to Storyland for the kiddos, a gondola ride down Wildcat Mountain, Banana Village for miniature golf, shopping at Ravenswood in Jackson, a ride up Black Mountain, swimming at the river on Base Station Road (very cold water, yikes!!!)
We saw rainbow trout in the river (more than a dozen about 6 to 12 inches long). In fact they swam very close to us while we were in the water. Then in Jackson, going up Black Mt. we saw a mother bear and 2 bear cubs. On our scenic drive we saw several wild turkeys. On the drive home a family of raccoons ran across the road in front of us. I would say about 8 in all.
This was a wonderful place to stay. These are the times memories are made of.
Thank you Tim and Carol.
The Driscolls
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