Returned home yesterday after a fantastic week at Spirit Dancer. The house is absolutely gorgeous, architecture-wise, decor-wise and location-wise. We were 9 adults and 2 tweens. Plenty of space for all of us to hang out together and have quiet time alone when wanted. ("Sleeps 15" says the site, and that's totally doable, but our group of 11 maxed out the private sleeping spaces, so 4 extra would mean doubling up in the downstairs bedroom or sauna/futon room or sleeping on couches, which would be totally fine for a family or group of friends that doesn't need some "alone space" like my family does).
The kitchen is fully stocked with pots and pans and a couple of drip coffee makers. I don't know if it's always the case, but we had fundamentals (salt & pepper and various spices, paper towels, toilet paper, a few garbage bags, washing machine tablets, dish soap, laundry detergent and coffee filters) waiting for us when we arrived. We stopped at the Walmart in Culpeper on the way to stock the fridge which was a good idea because, although the Little Country Store in Etlan - 5 min down the road - has ALL the basics (and great deli sandwiches for such a small place!), they close at 7:30 p.m. and we arrived later.
From the house within short drives we explored the Luray Caverns, Monticello & the Frontier Museum in Staunton and drove part of Skyline Drive (part of our group got very close up to bears!). We were there for VA record high heat and humidity which wasn't the house's fault, so our outdoor time was impacted b/c we were sweating to death, but on the + side, the AC in the house was perfect!
Some of us braved the heat and did a few hikes and enjoyed the hot tub and our tweens enjoyed "catch and release" of small frogs (toads?) and tadpoles they found on the trails and in pools around the house. We also completed 2 complex (monochrome! 550 and 1000 piece) puzzles as a group on the coffee table in the living room, 1 we brought and 1 we found in the extensive board game/puzzle room in the basement.
On July 4th we grilled burgers on the gas grill and made s'mores on the wood grill and enjoyed watching the fireworks display from neighboring farms.
As others have said, there is no WIFI and no cell signal, so if you want a luxurious but down-to-earth place to spend some well-deserved time disconnecting from your emails and Facebook and don't mind driving a few miles to place a call, I highly recommend the Spirit Dancer Lodge!!