The Sherburn house is quite unusual. I stayed there for four nights with my wife, three sons, two daughters-in-law, and one additional relative who came for two nights. The house is rambling and filled with interesting antique furniture, salvaged Victorian light fixtures, a huge book collection (ranging from treatises on particle physics and mathematics, to human evolution and behavior, many other technical and art volumes, to diverse fiction by the best authors), and original artwork by the owner, Sherb (artistic glass) and others. It consists of three stories, with the entrance foyer, three bedrooms, laundry room and kitchen on the 1st floor, kitchen, dining, pool table, and TV on the 2nd, and a large master suite on the 3rd floor. There are a number of excellent wall murals, especially in the master suite. The hot water was good & we had plenty of towels and pillows. We enjoyed 3 great meals at the dining table as a group, also including my nephew and his wife and daughter and a close friend whose second home is nearby. All of us enjoyed the pool table, with many games over the 4 evenings, and some lively board games at the kitchen table. The aging charcoal barbecue worked pretty well for two meals. The kitchen is well stocked with tableware, pots, pans, grinders, a mixer, a range, and the "cadillac" of citrus squeezers that we exercised heavily. We always appreciate the environment around Pt. Reyes Station and enjoyed this location in the midst of woods, frequented by ruby-throated humming birds and visited one evening by a grey fox that crossed the lawn in back. It is very quiet there in the night. The owner responded graciously to our principal concern, which was that we were very cold on the first morning. The house is hard to heat in chilly weather using only space heaters spread around the rooms. Some of us were wary of the space heaters and would not sleep with them running. The rooms were very cold in the mornings. Sherb brought us new, less intimidating space heaters that improved heating in a lot of the house after the first morning. We had sunny weather, and the deck was warm when the sun was high enough. The house has many windows facing south, so the sun warms it a bit by mid-day. Without sun, it would have been too cold. All in all the sojourn at the Sherburn house was a success. The great meals, excellent Pt. Reyes Station coffee shops, comfortable beds, hiking, and each other's company gave us a good and memorable reunion.