Our first stay at Claudia’s cabins was in February 2008 and we have come back two to three times every year for 10 years! Claudia is welcoming, friendly and super accommodating. Our two Labs are made to feel right at home - these are true dog friendly cabins and the dogs are free to enjoy them with no requirements to be crated or taken out of the cabin when the humans want to go out for a bit. Of course, this applies to well behaved dogs and anyone with an anxious dog would want to respect the cabin and make suitable arrangements.

We have stayed in all of the cabins and they are cozy with many homey touches and all of the essentials for preparing meals. In “our” cabin, we love the 1st floor king bed so our dogs can sleep close by even when they get older. On nice mornings, we sit on the front or back porch and enjoy coffee and watch a variety of birds, some that we don’t see at home. There is always plenty of wood ready for the wood stove and we love to keep a fire going and read the day away if it happens to be too rainy or cold to get out for a hike or snow shoe. Plenty of towels, bed linens and even nice fleece throws on the large comfortable sectional sofa and a handy washer and dryer if you stay long enough to need them. A little TV for those who care about that but we never turn it on and excellent WiFi that is way better than our service at home.

We drive quite a distance from western NY so we always try to stay for at least a week and longer if we can work it out. There is so much to see and do within short drives of the cabin in every direction that we are still making new discoveries and we have so many favorite walking and picnic destinations that we have to choose the ones to revisit on every trip. The natural areas offer breathtaking beauty and often we spend a few hours on a trail and never see another person.

While there are many, many restaurants, we prefer to make most of our meals at the cabin. The provisions at nearby Co-ops, and farmers markets are terrific and there’s are several specialty and full grocery stores just a quick drive away too. For anyone who enjoys specialty shops, Stowe will be delightful and there are little book stores and artists galleries in many of the nearby villages too. Dog parties at Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury are a lot of fun for dogs and people and we often make the 1 1/2 hour trip.

We love our time at Claudia’s and count down the days between visits!!!