We had a quiet, lovely stay. The house is nostalgic, charming, comfortable, and peaceful. Owners are welcoming and have dogs my daughter had a great time with. Magical gazebo near the confluence of two creeks. Cathy provides an abundance of linens, blankets, kitchen items galore, candles, even a tape/cd player for us 80s kids. We took our elderly dog with us and the house worked well for him. There’s a grassy incline up to the house for humans or animals who have trouble with stairs. We had a few fires in the fire pit off the back porch (all firewood and kindling provided in abundance!) and grilled out (again, all charcoal, newspapers provided). The house is far off the road but you can still see and hear cars, just FYI (didn’t bother me but I grew up in the city).
Seemed like we got peak leaf season. We took the train to McCaysville on the four hour ride. I highly recommend for adults wanting a slow (10 mph) look at the vivid leaves and to get some local history (but my 4 year old daughter found it boring). McCaysville was fun as was Horseshoe Bend Park. Overall a refreshing and relaxing mini vacation.