As a busy homeschooling mom, knowing this place exists as an escape has improved my outlook on life!
Tips from our late October trip:
Woman and young child friendly! My 70 year old mom, 40 year old self, and 8 year old high sensory needs son had no complaints aside from wanting to stay longer.
The walk to and from the parking spot is steep-ish. We preferred carrying most of our bags up instead of the cart. Smaller bags are better!
Don't worry about being warm inside, the wood stove is quite good at its job and easy to learn to use.
We cooked mostly on the wood stove with our cast iron from home. We used the aluminum kettle on the stove for warm water for dishes, hand washing, etc.
We got ice from the dollar general.
I wish I brought quilts + pillows instead of sleeping bags. It's clean and nothing I brought smells of wood smoke.
The provided dishes, silverware, etc are quality enamelware and ceramic.
Water from sink tasted great!
Pots and pans are non stick aside from cast iron Dutch oven. Some plastic cooking utensils but many metal.
Outhouse and indoor composting toilet had no smell and were easy to use with great views ;).
No swimming in the pond, but there is a beautiful little river on a dirt road within walking distance and minutes by car. There were deeper spots to submerge and shallow spots to wade. We saw many large crawfish and it seemed quite clean. Of course it could look different during the summer!
Thanks again Mark + family