During the Pandemic, my family tried to find a safe place to spend the week after Christmas until New Years. We were five altogether - my husband, our two children (ages 18 and 20), my Mom, and our 14 year old dog. This house was perfect in so many ways. First, we could bring our aging dog; we didn’t think she would still be around at this point so we were overjoyed to watch her walk in the ocean water and hang out on the beach. She especially loved sitting in front of the fireplace after an eventful day.
We knew that we wanted to cook most of our meals to stay safe against COVID. The kitchen was more than furnished with everything we needed. For Taco Tuesday, we even had cactus-shaped glasses for our margaritas! There were so many dishes and appliances that we found something for our every need. Yes, the stove is small, but it works just fine and we cooked all of our meals on it. On our last night we ordered take out from Barbara Jeans restaurant one block away; we highly recommend the crab cakes!
We loved having our own rooms and bathrooms. Our youngest daughter slept on the sofa bed and said it was comfortable. There were plenty of towels (even dog towels), pillows, blankets, and spaces to be. One of my favorites was the chair near the front door in the morning where I read my book and sipped my tea. The front porch was also a favorite spot for all of us and our dog loved watching people go by; the fenced yard was wonderful too.
Favorite parts of our vacation: renting bikes and going all over the island and beach (Ocean Motion will let you take the bikes on the beach if you don’t get them in the water), finding the island spirits carved in trees around the island (go to the Visitor’s center next door to get a map), biking to the Avenue of Oaks, playing tennis or pickleball right down the street, going to the beach (4 chairs provided and lots of beach toys), going to the Lighthouse museum and climbing to the top of the Lighthouse (also right down the street), playing games on the dining room table, getting ice cream at Moo Cow (1 block away - on the way to the pickleball courts), watching the sunset from the Pier, and at night we loved watching movies from the extensive VHS (yes!) collection. We watched some classic movies our girls hadn’t seen; good laughs!
Carol was very attentive to our questions and I’m sure would have helped us with any problems; we didn’t have any.