Five-star lodging for three-star prices. Highly recommend!…read more
Comfortable, quiet, clean, upscale concepts without being stuffy or pretentious. BIG YES! for all the amenities that give you a high-end experience in the high Oregon desert. Great free breakfast bar includes cereal, bread, bagels, English muffins, OJ and milk. A 'help yourself' and "please don't be shy to use it" attitude in both the upstairs and downstairs kitchen. There's a computer setup in the downstairs. There's WiFi. There's a laundry room. There's a deck with a huge bbq setup...there's a garden seating area set apart from the house with a green patch of lawn. Rooms have balconies and outside seating. Ample private parking.
Stayed only one night. I had Room #1 "Wapinitia" with access to the upstairs kitchen. Room (#3 is called "Boxcar"...all the names coincide with the names of sections of rapids on the river.) The upstairs had two adjoining rooms that can be locked. The upstairs main room has two double beds and one small cot-like twin bed. Great for families who want some togetherness time, also great for parents who want their privacy but still have access to the main room and the big well-appointed kitchen. (Had plenty of silverware, cups, plates, large coffeemaker, all the small utensils like can opener, bottle opener, etc) There was even milk and butter and cream cheese in the frig for us to use.
PLUSES: Great attention to detail, which I noticed and much appreciated even though I didn't need it or use it. But just that it was available was awesome, such as, and in no particular order, there's NUTMEG and CINNAMON SPICES in the kitchen cupboard, MAKEUP REMOVER packets in the bathrooms, real FRESHLY-GROUND QUALITY COFFEE in easy-to-open jars along with the usual instant stuff and a variety of STASH teas; there's showers with BUILT-IN SHOWER SEAT and LOW SHOWER ENTRY for people in wheelchairs or the elderly, so thoughtful. The two BOOKS in my room were good summer reads, not the usual mental pablum, however, I had read both already and well, no time...because the place is within WALKING DISTANCE to the whitewater rafting OUTFITTER and HENRY'S CAFE and THE OASIS CAFE and a local MARKET.
CONS: NONE.
SHOUTOUT -- I did have to call the proprietor Mike to open the door for me because I locked myself out. There's a lock box at the entry, and all he had to do was tell me the code, and voila, I was back inside my room. Awesome. Saved him a trip, right? WRONG. Also brain-addled, I couldn't figure out the teevee...so Mike did come over in less than 10 minutes, and he helped me figure out the TV settings.
OVERALL: A stellar experience...only wish I could've stayed longer. Friendly helpful proprietors in Mike and Dani. This is the place to stay if you want to be happy.