My sister was getting married in Radford so my family and I flew in from San Diego and met up with my parents and my nieces, whom drove down from Northern VA. We all stayed at Blackberry Morning and couldn't have found a better, more peaceful, clean, well-kept mountain house to host us! The home is very spacious, the views are stunning and the grounds are just vast and well-kept. We had 4 kids ranging in age: 1 1/2, 4, 7 & 10 all of whom ran around to their heart's content outside EVERYDAY! They played near the streams (caution though, there is poison ivy so beware) and ran around outside every day! It was a rainy week but we welcomed it and it only rained mostly at night. The mountain cool air makes the a/c not a necessity, we cranked open the bedroom windows at night and enjoyed the fresh, cool air. The kitchen was fully stocked, the laundry room equipped w/ newer appliances and the verizon booster worked for our cell phones since that is our cell carrier. The TV room and games were great as was the big living room/kitchen area that has the stellar views of the mountain ranges and their property. We saw deer, 1 wild turkey, rabbits & lots of lighting bugs:) My husband went out several mornings and ran along the Appalachian Trail which is up the road from the house. If I ever return to the area, maybe for one of my Alma matter's football games (VA Tech) and I was staying for more than a few days, this would be my destination. You will not be disappointed, I promise. The ONLY thing I would change is a little bigger signage on the drive up to get to the house, the GPS doesn't exactly know where it's at and kept telling all of us it was to the left, but in fact it is a SHARP right turn. I'm not sure what type of restrictions there might be w/ re: to signage, but since all of us drove in at night looking for it, we definitely all had to turn around and really search for it.
