Stumble Strand - Tyst & Private Retreat på Lake Ontario

Sara … I’m glad you and your family found everything you needed at the cottage. Thanks for switching out the gas grill LP tank with my backup tank. We have some great parks near the cottage along the shores of Lake Ontario … glad you were able to visit them. Thanks for doing a fantastic job tidying up the cottage prior to your departure. You’re welcome back anytime😊

Anatoliy … It was great to see you and your family again. I’m pleased you had a chance to visit the large animal rescue farm (Alasa Farm) as well as the Sodus Farmers Market during your stay. There are so many roadside veggie & fruit stands and Farmers Markets nearby during August and September, that one can almost skip going to the food stores. I’m thankful we had good weather during your stay, despite how wet the summer has been so far. Thanks for taking good care of the cottage during your stay and for doing such a fine job tidying up before your final departure. You're welcome back anytime!

Heidi … Thank you for your lovely detailed review and for including some great photos of Stumble Beach. I’m thankful that the few days when we had hazy skies (due to the Canadian wildfires) didn’t put a damper on your family’s enthusiasm and desire to explore the Upstate NY environment. Actually, the wildfires can create some sublime and out-of-this-world sunsets. Thanks for doing a great job tidying up the cottage prior to your departure. You’re welcome back anytime!

Veronica … it was my pleasure to meet you and your family! Thanks for being my 1st guest of 2026 and for doing a spectacular job tidying up the cottage prior to your departure. I wish our cold & wet May weather had been better for you during your visit to the Rochester Lilac Festival. You’re welcome back anytime 😊!

Dan …. It was a pleasure to meet you and your family. I will forever cherish the lovely water color painting that your wife created of the cottage beach front! Your painted beach stones have been sealed with acrylic clear coat and added to the footpath to the lake. Thanks for doing an OUTSTANDING job tidying up the cottage. Looking forward to seeing you next year!

Marco … it was my pleasure to meet you and your family. Thanks for giving the Stumble Beach cottage TLC during your stay! You’re welcome back anytime.

Andy … it was a pleasure to meet you and your family! Thank you for your kind VRBO review … I just love those photos that you included of the riparian zone! It’s surprising how enjoyable, therapeutic actually, stone painting is! (It must have something to do with the natural texture and 3D aspect of the stone.) Your wife’s collection of painted beach stones will be treasured and placed along the footpath to the lake so that future guests can enjoy her artwork 😊. (My favorite is the RIT Tiger stone!) Thanks for doing a great job tidying up the cottage prior to your final departure. You’re welcome back anytime! 😊

Bill … I’m glad you were able to make it to the PGA and that the weather cooperated … most of the time. Thanks for taking great care of the cottage during your stay. You’re welcome back anytime!

Mindy … it was my pleasure to host you at Stumble Beach. Those beautifully painted lake stones that you left behind will be added to my painted stone collection from my cottage guests. Thanks for doing a great job tidying up the cottage before you left. Your welcome back anytime 😊

Joe … I’m so pleased that you and Kathy had a relaxing stay at the Stumble Beach cottage, and hopefully your doxies enjoyed the new sights & smells. Glad you were able to make time for a hike at Chimney Bluffs State Park and view Lake Ontario from a height of 150 feet above the lake … it’s a different perspective for sure! Thanks for leaving the cottage in a pristine condition!!! Hope to see you all again in 2024.

Summer … it was a pleasure to meet you and your family. Thanks for taking outstanding care of the cottage during your stay and for tidying up so well before you left! Both of your painted stones have been added to the collection of guests’ stones on the footpath to the lake. I hope you were able to take a day trip and visit Niagara Falls. You’re welcome back anytime 😊.

Jill … I’m glad you and your sister had good weather during your stay at the Stumble Beach Cottage. Thank you for giving my annuals in the flower boxes a drink and for taking good care of the cottage during your stay. You two are welcome back any time 😊

Cindy … I’m glad you were able to sit back and enjoy the peacefulness that the Stumble Beach cottage offers. It’s also good to know that you and Ray were able to rent a slip for your fishing boat next door at Hughes Marina for the week, as well as charter a fishing boat out of Sodus Point. Thanks for taking good care of the cottage during your stay. You’re welcome back anytime.

Russ … it was my pleasure to host you and your extended family at the Stumble Beach cottage. A big thank you for the excellent job you did in tidying up the cottage prior to your departure. You’re welcome back anytime!

Jenn … It was my pleasure to host you & your family at Stumble Beach and I’m elated that you all had a relaxing and enjoyable stay. Thanks for texting me during your stay that the loft A/C unit wasn’t pumping out cool air. (I replaced the unit immediately after your stay.) Even with Lake Ontario being 1.5 ft above normal water levels, it’s important for guests to bring water shoes for getting into and out of the lake … so my future guests, who read the VRBO reviews, Thank You for mentioning that fact. Peppino’s restaurant has the best Italian Cuisine this side of NYC. You can now cross off “Kayak on Lake Ontario” from your bucket list. 😊 Many thanks for taking such great care of the cottage during your stay and for doing an outstanding job tidying up prior to your departure. You folks are welcome back anytime!!! Lastly, thanks for uploading some of your photos to share with future VRBO guests.

Betsy … it was a pleasure to meet you and your family. Thanks for capturing the spirit of the Stumble Beach Cottage so succinctly 😊. Also, thanks for doing a great job tidying up prior to your departure. You’re welcome back anytime!

Jess, it was a pleasure to host your family at the Stumble Beach cottage last week. I’m thankful we had good weather most days so you could enjoy the lake. Also, thanks for taking good care of the cottage during your stay - - it was hard to tell that a family of 4 with a dog had visited 😊. You’re welcome back any time.

Lisa, it was my pleasure to host you and your extended family at the Stumble Beach cottage. Your comments on the beach are spot on. Although the beach isn’t really steep, one needs to step very carefully over the stones to access Lake Ontario for swimming, tubing, or kayaking. Folks really need to be wearing water shoes as the stones at the very edge of the water are typically slippery. As an alternative to the cottage beach, there’s a free sandy beach at Sodus Point just 12 mins away, and as you mentioned, a public beach 30 minutes away at the east entrance to Chimney Bluffs State Park. Thanks for doing a fantastic job tidying up before your departure. Looking forward to seeing you folks again in the future!

Alex … it was a pleasure to meet you and your family. Your 4-mile trek via kayak, from the cottage to Pultneyville and back, for a beer run, has inspired me to do the same.😊 I’m glad you were able to visit & hike Chimney Bluffs State Park with your dog as the glacial deposited drumlins and spires along the Lake Ontario coastline are w/o question … unique. Many thanks to you & your family for tidying up the cottage so well. You’re welcome back anytime!

I’m so glad that you enjoyed your stay at Stumble Beach, Amanda. For sure … September is a month when the boat traffic on Lake Ontario begins to thin out as the end of the boating season approaches. This drop in boating traffic makes the cottage all that much more a place of solitude where the only sounds you hear are waves and bird calls. Thanks for doing an exemplary job tidying up the cottage prior to your departure. Looking forward to seeing the three of you again in 2022!

Mitch … it was a pleasure to meet you and Pam. That’s great that you were able to make some bonfires on the beach in the evening hours. Thanks for keeping my new bamboo plants hydrated and for the fantastic job you two did tidying up the cottage prior to your departure. You’re welcome back anytime! PS: Pam’s painted lake stones are magnifique!!! 😊

Amanda … A big thank you to you and your husband for your kind VRBO review and for leaving the cottage in a near spotless condition! I’m pleased that we had reasonably good weather (for the month of May) during your stay. Hopefully you got a chance to capture some great photos of the sun setting into Lake Ontario. You’re welcome back anytime! 😊

Olena … it was my pleasure to host your family at Stumble Beach. I’m glad your family appreciated the natural environment that surrounds the cottage, and were able to take in Niagara Falls during your visit to Upstate NY. Thanks for doing a fantastic job tidying up the cottage prior to your final departure. You’re welcome back anytime!