Dog Friendly Cabin with Hot Tub & Fireplace near Camp Richardson

I don’t write many reviews but felt I should share my experience in case others are considering this place. Upon arrival we found the house in need of some serious repair and upgrades. The carpet hasn’t been cleaned in years and was stained, torn and full of pet hair, some furniture was tattered, and more: - Broken coffee maker - Cracked cutting boards - Broken faucet fixture and shower door handle broken - Dirty pots, pans, dishes and glasses - Damp towels - Torn chairs - Chipped paint on walls - Dirty sink Then after 2 nights my daughter found 3 bites of some type on her body (was not there before). We ended up leaving earlier than planned.

Nice location.

Really enjoyed our stay here - well kept, responsive host whenever there was any issue. Great stay!

Great location in quiet neighborhood, near trails, beaches, and restaurants. House is well equipped with everything you need. Comfortable beds and couches, nice TVs, grill and hot tub. Bonus if you like wildlife, we loved all the bear sightings. Local Vacasa support was great if we needed anything.

Location! Quiet neighborhood and thank you John. Could not find dishwasher soap so washed dishes in sink but could not keep water in the sink so used more water then we wanted. Very comfortable and beds were wonderful. Cooked every night in the cabin and Bbq'd - so easy. Nice, large new ? upstairs walk in shower. Thank you for being "dog" friendly - she appreciated it and so did we.

We really like this place; its wonderful!

Upon arrival, we found it nice and clean. Our lockbox checkin was smooth. It’s a really nice place; everything is very clean, cozy, and comfortable. The hot tub was ready to go. We would definitely come back.

The photos are accurate. The couches and beds are comfortable. The kitchen is well-stocked with many pots, pans, plates, bowls, cups, and silverware, and plent of other dodads. We did make use of the pyrex food storage containers we brought, so we could use them to warm up leftovers, as we did all of our own cooking for every meal. The hot tub is fairly new, sparkling clean, and ready to use upon arrival. The shower water pressure is excellent. It seems like an older home, and yet everything was in perfect working order and nice and clean. The lights don’t brighten up the living room as much as some might like, so I would only suggest maybe they add some brighter ceiling lights. There were many soft towels: each person had 2 bath towels, 1 hot tub towel, and 1 beach towel… can’t beat that! Wall decorations added to the very cozy feeling. Whoever decorated did a very nice job.

The location is really nice. We biked the path to Pope and Jameson beaches. We took kayaks from Jameson beach to Baldwin Beach (marsh is closed to kayaks this year). We biked to Valhalla and Tallac (parts of Tallac are closed). We made a reservation at the horse corral and had a lovely ride! We went to Fallen Leaf Lake for deep shade on the hot days. We always find our way to the Camp Richardson Icecream Shop, about 10 feet from the bike path. One thing to be aware of is that while Lukins Way is a nice quiet street, the backyard is on a much busier and noisier street with regular loud traffic and some loud street maintenance sometimes. This makes the backyard a little less relaxing, but it all quieted down by the time we wanted the hot tub each evening.

In the meadow just a short walk west of the home, we saw a bear! I’m happy to report that it was going in a hurry in a direction not towards us. We saw it twice more. That meadow also has a tire swing. I lost count of how many bunnies we saw in the front yard and across the street, and same with squirrels and chipmonks! We also saw many woodpeckers, stellar jays, robins, Canadian geese, blackbirds, crows, gulls, magpies, chickadees, margansers, a tanager, and two osprey!

You can’t believe how many wildflowers were about: fields of lupine and mule’s ear. Tons of columbine, pussypaws, sierran woodbeauty, yarrow, snow plant, warrior’s plume, stickseed, penstemon, wild rose, and allium; a photographer’s dream.

We would definitely come back; we had a wonderful stay here.