Spent a wonderful week at this lovely cottage right on Little Traverse lake with our 3 adult children and oldest daughters husband. Extremely clean, comfortable and well stocked house that really allowed us to both chill and reconnect with with family , while also being a great step off place to explore Glen Arbor, Leland, Sutton's Bay, Sleeping Bear Dunes, the many wineries of the Leelanau peninsula and the awesome restaurants and other venues in Traverse City . Loved the fire pit and kayaks, and enjoyed swimming in the sandy bottomed lake. The large front yard also provided ample space for tossing a baseball or frisbee around, or the multiple games of baggo (a small portable cornhole game that the owners also provided). The close proximity to Glen Arbor allowed us fill up on everything cherry at the huge Cherry Republic there - as well as grab whatever groceries needed at a very well stocked (really top-end - even had Sanders bumpy cakes!) mini grocery store (Andersons) that included GF and DF stuff food for one of the family - while also having an onsite sommelier and an extensive liquor section. This allowed us to prepare and sip some specialty, late night old fashions, sazerac's and gin/tonics by the fire or around the dining room table while crushing each other playing board games. This house is conveniently located to also visit more in-depth than in our previous N Michigan vacations the quaint town of Suttons Bay with all its shops and some really good restaurants. For us though, the highlight of the trip was the jaunt a few miles south to "downtown" Maple City where we took curling lessons (too much fun) and competed with each other at the Broomstick Kitchen and Taphouse. After a most enjoyable 2 hours, went up front to have an awesome meal with excellent beer listening to live music under the trees. Really - I highly recommend this vacation home. The owners (who were great to deal with) have thought of everything that you would need to enjoy a week on a lake "Up North" - the house is functionally laid out well with a nice kitchen, comfortable beds - and its on a beautiful, swimmable lake that isn't busy or chock full of tourist - so if you want to relax in an adirondack chair, read a book and feed the ducks - you can do it successfully. Next time we are in area, will definitely look to stay here again - its such a nice place.