This was the first place I found for our stay in Washington State when researching. Based on the pictures and this site, I almost planned our entire itinerary on staying at the cottage. Coming from Texas, it seemed to be very much my image of Washington State. From my original email contact with Linda, I knew it was the right idea. She was incredibly organized and even included lots of tourist information and restaurants early on so it was easy to find even more things to do in the area.
Not knowing the area, we came in to Union in the evening. I thought it was a little bigger of a town so at the last minute, I was trying to find eggs and bread or basics to make breakfast at the cottage in the morning. We ended up picking up some nasty glazed cinnamon rolls from the gas station to get us by. Linda’s driving directions were easy. We arrived at the cottage seeing just what was in the pictures. It was so cute and cozy. Again, coming from Houston, Texas, I even thoroughly enjoyed looking at Linda’s house nearby along with our wonderful views of the canal. The dock was a very short, scenic walk where a seal and her pup greeted us along with a beautiful sunset! As for the cottage, very very clean. Pristine clean but cozy at the same time. Many places I’ve stayed have a greasy film in the kitchen from lack of thorough cleaning. This place was well taken care of. The kitchen was more than stocked. Linda had filled our refrigerator with a new milk, juice, full dozen eggs, bagels, and cheese. I don’t know if she normally stocks the fridge but considering we almost drove back to the nearest town 25 minutes away for groceries, she sure made our day! The pantry was more stocked than my pantry! Lots of coffees, teas, hot chocolate, cooking spray, spaghetti noodles, etc. which I’m sure the supply changes as people leave or use these things. The cottage also has a washer and dryer which we did use. I was also surprised that detergent was provided. I was spoiled with that as our last place did not provide and any detergent! Heaters and lots of blankets were everywhere. Both bedrooms were very nice and very comfortable bed. My one difficulty was that the Asian theme room near the bathroom was very dark. Sorting through our suitcases to find things was a little difficult. Yes, we wear glasses but we are in our 40’s and still had a little trouble with that. Small price to pay!
Somehow I managed to plan a busy enough schedule during our stay that we had little down time