We had a lovely fall weekend at this little one room cabin. It is secluded, but not remote. We enjoyed our stay and would stay again, but now we know what to bring and what to expect. The cabin is cutely decorated. First, the road up to the cabin is not for a sport car, nor even a regular sedan. This time of year there was 6 inches of leaves, so it was difficult to know where the gravel road was. I am a bit frustrated when I rent a vacation rental and find things not working, or broken, etc. I believe it is up to the cleaning crew to check everything. In this cabin the doorknob leading to the screened patio was not working properly. It was loose so it would not unlatch the door. The screen was locked so you could not get into the screened patio! We worked on it until we got it to open, but it did not open every time. The light in the kitchen was out. There is not enough light anyway, so this made the kitchen very dim. The lights in the main room were so bright I felt like we were in a football stadium. A dimmer on those lights would be really great. The TV is small by most TV's today and the distance the sofa or bed is from the TV makes it difficult to see. Not there to watch much TV anyway. There could have been more towels, for the kitchen and the bath. There is no dishwasher, so you have to wash dishes. There was one dish towel and one scrubber and a tiny bottle of watered down dish soap that we used up and resorted to hand soap. The dishes were not really clean. But I understood why, with not enough soap, and having to wash up everything before leaving, people aren't as careful as normal. There was a beer stein in the freezer that had a spot of beer left in it. (this was typical of most the eating utensils. I noticed most the dishes were not really clean. But with little and poor quality soap it is understandable.) The oven is dirty and smells like old oil each time we turned it on. The first time I looked for a pan to cook with all I found was one wok-type of pan and a crock pot with not lid. After looking in every cabinet I found the cookware in the back of a corner cupboard that is the hardest to get to and you can't see it in. I moved all the cookware to the cupboard by the stove, where it is used. The cookware was awful, the "non-stick" surface was either gone or peeling off. Didn't want to use those for health reasons. There were no wine glasses, but 2 corkscrews! Ironic! There is a hot tub, but we saw algae in it so we would not get in it. But there are not enough towels to use anyway. I'm glad we brought extra blankets as the lightweight ones there would not have kept us warm. A bit better quality control of checking things would be a good start. A few good quality cookware pans would be good also. My suggestion is to take cookware, towels, blankets and wine glasses. Make sure you are in a truck or SUV and enjoy the seclusion. read more