**HOT TUB - Reconnect with someone you love in this secluded getaway. You deserve it! Fall & winter are great times to see the mountains! 2/2 with CA King beds, large 2nd floor screened in deck to watch wildlife. What adventure will you try this season? What lifelong memories will you make? Come stay here and watch the trees, deer, birds, or the stars from a covered hot tub tub!

This 2 bed 2 bath home is the perfect getaway for a couples retreat or small family. Each bedroom has huge CA king beds with memory foam mattresses, plush linens and memory foam gel pillows. You won’t want to leave. The only thing you need to bring for yourself is flip flops to walk to the hot tub!
We personally love the screened in 2nd floor porch. Sitting out there and watching the sunrise, listening to the birds, and watching the deer walk by the yard is an amazing way to start any day. Enjoy some coffee on one of the chairs and just relax!

See the Blue Ridge Parkway, visit some of the local wineries, walk around quaint downtown Lexington, take a carriage ride! You can do as much or as little as you want out here. Whether you want to curl up with a good book or have an adventure, this is a place for either type of family vacation.

The home is situated near the end of a dead end paved road up in the mountains of Lexington, Virginia. If you want peace and quiet just follow the various creeks and rivers out of downtown to the quiet seclusion of Deer Ridge Manor. The drive through the countryside from downtown Lexington will relax you and take you back in time to a simpler and slower way of life. Wake up to birds, fall asleep under the stars. Leave the hustle and bustle of city life as you re adjust to the sounds of nature. Take your dog hiking too as we are dog friendly!

This is our personal home - we are a military family stationed away from the area right now. We aren’t some big corporation hosting random people - we love this area and this home - literally as our own. We put a lot of pride and effort into it - so know your stay helps out a military family too! We have several repeat families we host every year, do you want to be one as well?

**🏔Enjoy being out in the country but also close to several major attractions in the area! 🏔
** 23 miles to the closest Blue Ridge Parkway entrance
** 13 miles to VMI and Washington & Lee in Downtown Lexington
** 12 miles to Virginia Horse Park
** 18 miles to the VA Safari Park
** 21 miles to Natural Bridge State Park

The master bedroom is spacious with a California King memory foam mattress bed and full bathroom. The spare bedroom also boasts a California King memory foam mattress bed and lots of shelving with books to read. Our little lending library grows! We have a policy of bring a book and take a book, so if you want to be part of that fun please bring a book!

The home does have internet access, it is a DSL signal, so this will be potentially a connection lite stay. You may not be able to download entire video series out here, but with the natural beauty and peace you won't want to be staring at a screen. Zoom calls do work - and we have had guests work remotely from the home without an issue.

The property sits on 8 acres of woods, and is just around the corner from Lake Robertson, a large lake park with fishing, hiking, kayaking and canoeing. You are also only 20 minutes from Natural Bridge State Park and Caverns and the Virginia Safari Park. We back up to the George Washington National Forest, so we frequently get wildlife - most notably deer, turkeys, racoons, possum, tons of song birds, and the occasional black bear.

There is firewood on the property for the outdoor fire pit. Some guests find it easier to light fires if they bring some sort of dura-flame log or precut/treated kindling since the firewood on the property is untreated natural wood.
If you are looking for more things to do in Lexington while you are visiting please visit: https://lexingtonvirginia.com

There are a ton of great resources for dining, activities, events, and history information on that site. You will not be disappointed!

Please note we do not allow hunting, ATV's, dirt biking, smoking or shooting any firearms on the property. When walking around the property please realize that there may be plants and animals harmful to you, such as bears, deer, ticks, snakes, poison ivy, poison oak, etc. Do not eat any of the wild plants or remove/fall any of the trees on the property. This is a rural, wild place and we would like to keep it that way, so please do not leave food items and trash outside. It attracts animals and makes them dependent on human interaction, which in the case of a bear is lethal to them.
This property does not have municipal garbage service, so please take your trash to a collection center just down the road. The municipal trash collection area is open 7am to 6pm Monday through Saturday and 1pm to 6pm on Sundays. Do not leave trash outside the home. We do have wildlife that travel through the area and this property. You will likely see many while staying at this home.

This property is also on well water (filtered and water softener used) and a septic system, Please do not flush anything down the toilet except toilet paper. The property does not have a garbage disposal in the kitchen, so all food items must be put in the trash, not down the sink drain.

We ask you keep pets off the furniture. There are extra "dog towels" next to the front door to wipe off muddy feet and coats, in addition to bins to put your shoes when you come in. This helps keep the home cleaner and tidy for your stay. We would like to keep offering the home as pet friendly, so we ask that you monitor your pet at all times when in the home, and if they are going to be left alone they should be in a crate. Owners will be responsible for damages done to the home or belongings by their pets. We do have wire kennels available in the home for your use during your stay, along with some dog beds and bowls for food and water.

Please use the hot tub in moderation, for no more than 15 minutes at time and never above 103 degrees. Please ask your medical professional if hot tub use is advisable. Do not allow pets of any kind in the hot tub and do not add chemicals to the hot tub ever, as this is a salt water hot tub. Please place the cover back on the hot tub when not in use - make sure to snap the lid closed on the front - and when you check out make sure it is securely fastened.

If using the hot tub please unsnap the two buckles that secure the lid. Pick up the first half of the lid by the handle only and fold it over onto the other half. Then tip up the cover so it is now opposite to the controls and standing vertically. We have an easy open cover arm system installed which will do most of the work.

Please do not eat or drink in the hot tub or attempt to perform any maintenance on the tub. If you have any questions about it’s operation please reach out to us. Periodically you may hear it kick on as this is the motor circulating and maintaining the temperature. Do not leave the cover off the hot tub when not in use. Guests are responsible for any damages done to the hot tub.

Lastly - we ask you do not allow pets to pee on the side of the hot tub. We want to keep this a pet friendly property but if this happens we will change the property to not allow pets to preserve the hot tub and other aspects of the home.

There is a Ring camera system outside the home that shows only the exterior of the home including the driveway and the back of the home looking up the hill.

We do allow pets with a maximum of 2 dogs per reservation. Please keep dogs off furniture, include sofa, chairs, beds and outdoor balcony furniture. We would like to keep this home dog friendly and ask guests with dogs be respectful of the home and property to continue to allow this benefit to families who wish to travel with a pet. If there is evidence of a pet on a bed or furniture a deep cleaning fee will be charged. We have had problems with guests letting dogs on the beds and damaging the bed linens. We even had a dog pee on a mattress - causing us to replace the entire mattress and box springs underneath. We kindly ask that you bring appropriate bedding for you dog and they not be allowed in bed. We do not allow cats or birds in this home.

This property is in a rural area and not fenced in. If you are bringing dogs please make sure they will stick with you or walk them on a leash for their safety. The neighbors do have dogs which you can hear on occasion barking in the distance. Take extra care in walking the hilly trails on the property, some are on steep terrain.

We do have an inclined gravel driveway. It is approximately 300 feet long. Put your vehicle into low and head up the driveway slowly. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out. We will try out best to work around the weather and reschedule guests as needed due to weather concerns especially in the winter. We do not have EV car charging stations at the home, but do charge a $25 per day per vehicle fee if a guest would like to plug in their EV during their stay. Guests are required to bring all the required items to charge their vehicle such as extension cords, converters and batteries. We will send a request over at the day of check in, just let us know how many vehicles you will be charging.

We do not allow smoking of any kind inside the home. This is our personal home so we ask that you either do not book the home if you are a smoker or refrain from smoking while staying. An additional cleaning fee will be assessed to treat the home for smoke smell remediation and replacement of any soft surface items or filters that retain the smoke smell.