For months we planned and pinched pennies to enable getting away for a few days for our 25th anniversary. Toward the end it seemed that the universe was conspiring against our going, but we remained determined. As you can imagine, our expectations grew and grew. It'd be easy to enable the unachievable in our minds but for the reality we experienced which eclipsed all fantasy, wild and otherwise. The guest house is everything the VRBO described. Missing, however, in the description was the differentiating and critical contributor to the experience - the host family. Angelle and David, and their commical overgrown puppy made us feel like we were visiting distant but loved family. We will miss them most of all - at least until we can return.

Now, if you're holding out for summer, and you may, you'd be depriving yourself of the fall and winter wonder that this property offers. Leaves changing, falling, exposing the hidden places deer and other animals hide, and eventually being covered in beautiful white snow - all with the beauty and mystery that Lake Michigan offers when the winds howl and stir. Of course you may elect to watch it all play out from one of the many balconies, or through the plethora of panoramic windows, but why when you can take a short walk right to the beach and commune with Nature as God presents it.

The location is ideally centered between Manitowoc and Sheboygan, each a short but idealic country drive away. Lots of wonderful state parks, sand dunes, trails too plentiful to count. ...or just hide away in or near the home and catch up on all that reading you've been putting off (or write that novel churning in your head). The home seems way off the beaten path (like witness protection program remote), yet nowhere near inconvenient should you want to run to a store or restaurant.

We havent seen that many stars at night in a long, long time. Thanks for setting that up.

The home is fully equipped with everything one could want or need to cook in or out, ...well, only you can determine your food preferences, as it should be.

Decor was perfect. Tasteful. Not overdone. Simple. Very modern appliances. Furnishings were all more comfortable than our own. Gas fireplace in the walk-out master bedroom next to king bed. Adjacent bathroom with really, really great water pressure in the shower. Gas grill outside. Firewood-stocked ring out on the sandy beach next to plentiful furnishings to rest and contemplate on.

Just go!