We visited in early October of 2022. The leaves were changing colors, the temperature was cool but not too cold. We even got to light a fire and make s’mores! The hot tub on the deck was ready to go. All we had to do was take off the cover and turn on the jets, then replace the cover when we were ready to go back inside.
On Friday night, we had a great dinner at Brothers at Willow Ranch, in Young Harris, GA. Saturday night we picked up pizza from Cuzzino’s Pizza, in Murphy, NC. We can recommend both!
There were a few different events going on in the surrounding area. We wound up visiting an arts and crafts festival at the John Campbell Folk School.
The cabin itself was equipped as advertised. The kitchen had a tove/oven, microwave, fridge/freezer, drip coffee maker, plates, cups, silverware, and cookware. Some of the pans had seen better days, but it didn’t stop us from cooking bacon to go with the fruit and pastries we had picked up at the grocery store.
There was central air for heating and cooling, and there was a dehumidifier (I think?) running when we arrived. We turned that off during our visit because it was a little noisy, but turned it back on again when we left. We also wound up just turning off the A/C, simply because the temperatures were so mild during our visit. It was pretty cool on Saturday night, but we had a fire going, and it stayed pleasantly warm upstairs where the bed is.
The “front” of the cabin faces out into the forest on a steep mountain slope. We could hear water flowing in a stream down below, but the trees were too thick and still too leafy to get a glimpse of it.
There is another cabin nearby, but not super close, and there wasn’t really any direct view from one to the other that we could notice.
A couple of things to be aware of: the last part of the road to the cabin is a one-way gravel road. It was no problem for our Kia Sedona minivan. Also, the “driveway” ends right next to the cabin. It looks like it continues back around to the main road, but it becomes much more narrow, and there is a sign that says “Golf Carts Only”. There’s also not a lot of room to turn your vehicle around if you don’t want to back out, but we did manage it.