Everything was almost wonderful. Peaceful and relaxing location, beautiful home, all things worked great. The downsides: TV rarely got service, and when it did, only 4 channels (did get a lot of reading done though!) Adding wired cable could help! Zero cell phone reception. We could not speak to our significant others, no calls out or in, 20+ minutes to send/receive text, not even able to access internet/social media theough cell phone data. Adding a Hotspot or signal booster could help! (Yes we knew no internet, which was no problem. Just didn't expect no cell phone or TV too! We run a small business and were there for work, so not even being able to access social media/websites through our phone data was a problem!) Only other downside, the tub sides were way too high for us shorter people (5 ft 2 inches!). Also, the place has 1 lone ac unit. The fans helped, but still warm in the bedrooms and bathrooms. Thankfully it wasn't super hot outside. All in all, if the cell phone signal could be stronger we'd definitely be back!

Let me start by saying the area was great. Very pretty and quiet. The view of the lake from the kitchen window was nice. The backyard was big and our kids loved playing out there. The big deck was great and we used the grill most nights for dinner. The town is full of friendly people and the local grocery store had everything we needed including a fantastic meat counter with an awesome variety of different sausages made in house. We especially loved the blueberry breakfast sausage and the Hawaiian Pineapple sausage. Delicious! They also have a grind your own coffee station with a dozen different options. We loved it. It was too cold for boating and lake activities but there are lots of flee markets in the surrounding areas for those that love a vintage treasure hunt and Eureka Springs, AR is just 30 minutes away. That town is so cool. We spent a few days wandering through all the shops and historic sites and even toured one of the many caves open to the public. Now as for the cabin… our trip happened to be during the coldest winter the area had seen in decades. The cabin only has one heat source in the living room by the front door. It reminds me of a space heater where it’s either on or off. Blowing really hot air or nothing. The living room was roasting hot and the bedrooms were freezing. The weather started to warm up eventually and we started to get more comfortable and the kids were able to play outside, but those first three days we were freezing. We bought two space heaters at the local hardware store but they kept tripping the breaker so we could only use one at a time. We warmed up the kids room and my husband and I shivered under extra blankets we brought from home. Not a great first 3 nights. It got better though. As an unrelated side note, we did appreciate the access to the washer and dryer with available detergent and dryer sheets. We went home with without any dirty laundry. So nice. We were there for over a week and by the end of our vacation the weather was warmer and we were sad to leave. We recognized we were there under completely abnormal circumstances since the winters are normally more mild, but we decided that if we were to visit again we’d prefer to go during warmer months.