My husband, two boys (7&10), 10lb dog and myself LOVED everything about this property! We were hesitant to book at first because most of the activities that interested us were on the west side of town closer to Banner Elk but we kept coming back to Nature's Call listing because it looked perfect for us and it was! The downstairs game room/den was so much fun, as was the hot tub, fire pit, big swing out front, creek in the back. The wrap around porch was great with plenty of rockers, swings, large table, hot tub and grill. We had a blast snow tubing @ Hawksnest, Wilderness Alpine Coaster, Grandfather Mt. Suspension Bridge, and hikes at Moses Cone & Julian Price Memorial Lake. We ordered delivery from Bella's our first night but our fave meals were at Lost Province in Downtown Boone and Banner Elk Cafe. The coolest place we went was "Avante Garden Home" between Hawksnest & Sugar Mt - craft beers, local wines, snacks, make smores at your own fire pit while sitting on swings and feeding free roaming turkeys and chickens. No real cons about property just observations: the stairs down to basement and incline to back creek are pretty steep, the porch is enclosed with gates but we were worried our little dog might try to sneak out the bottom unattended. Cabin is right off a road you rarely heard/saw cars but there is no neighborhood or side area to really walk a dog. Ours got enough exercise just around the property so it wasn't an issue. The front yard is not somewhere you wouldn't kick/throw a ball, uneven surface with wildlife droppings but kids didn't mind because they loved the swing so much. Well stocked kitchen +some essentials like left over saran, tea, oils, coffee filters, fire starters, starter TP, paper towels,soaps,shamp/cond. Dimly lit upstairs but the heat worked great for both upstairs and basement-important for us Floridians : ) Bunks were not made up but we found linens downstairs -which is listed in info binder but we didn't get to read it until after scrambling to get kids to bed. We drove an average of 30-40minutes each way for most of our outings but it wasn't an issue. We have travelled to many places and this is definitely one of our favorite rentals!