“Thank you for a wonderful vacation away from everything! We needed it.”
This last week, Becca and I went on vacation. After looking online in several locations, we settled down on Summit Haven Retreat. Since we had never vacationed in the Hocking Hills area before, we honestly didn’t know what to expect price-wise.
Along the way, our landlord decided to start painting a day early while we were visiting friends and family in Dayton and Cincinnati. We were upset that even though we told him we were taking that cats, leaving on Tuesday and hadn’t even packed the suitcase yet (it was laying on the bed open), he had started painting anyway. The cats were hiding under the bed. He moved everything, got paint on my laptop screen and keyboard because he didn’t even shut the lid, and even took down our calendar which had 12-17 of June marked as vacation in bright blue marker when he started painting on Monday, the 11th.
My first (actually all of our) experience with Summit Haven was positive. We called and asked if we could come a day early. There was no way we’d be able to stay at home that night. They were flexible and said we could come on down a day early, no problem.
When we arrived we were greeted only with a sign by the door that simply said “Welcome To The Big Oak Lehman’s. Enjoy Your Stay.”
The cabin was clean, the location was quiet with a ton of shade, except for that clearing over the skylight where the bed was, where you could see the stars as you went to sleep.
The next morning, Scott, who runs Summit Haven along with his parents, Don and Cindy, stopped by to make sure we were okay and if we needed anything. I asked about the trails around the cabin and he gratefully informed us that they were overgrown with poison ivy in the summer and that we might not want to try those trails right then.
The cats particularly liked the wood beams that ran across the cabin. This was their regular spot throughout the week. I honestly think that they enjoyed the week as much as we did.
One night after Kayaking, we lost electric when a storm came through. We built the fire high and opened up a few windows and listened to the storm pass, and the rain pelt against the tin roof. The next morning, Scott came by to check on us and brought us some water to flush the toilet and told us if we needed to, to dip a little out of the hot-tub. He also offered us some ice for keeping groceries we had bought cold. Don later came by to make sure we were okay. Becca had talked with Cindy over the phone, and I had spoke with both Scott and Don. Everyone we talked to was nice and did their best to make sure we had a great week, that we had good directions, and that we had everything we needed.
Thank you to everyone at Summit Haven, (Don, Cindy and Scott) for the great week and wonderful time we had there. We look forward to coming back.
Here’s some more of my favorite pictures over at Artist Hideout from the trip
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