We used the cottage as a staging ground for various kayak outings as we did not have much time to do extended camping trips but this also allowed us to get our first take on the waters around Galiano. Cottage is great location, ridiculously easy access to ferry. Very quiet (sans the ferry traffic itself, and super private which was a plus for us). Deer wandering through the yard, and a cacophony of birds pretty much all day. Fun place to do some boat spotting too, if you are into that kind of thing. The place is dog friendly which is awesome, but we did not bring ours -- though should have. Kitchen provided everything we needed as we mostly cooked rather than eating out which was great. Only minor drawback was the electric bbq grill...those things just take way too long to heat, and quite frankly produce sub par results, then again I'm a true briquette snob....so if you are going to use the outdoor barbeee be prepared for that. Hosts aim to please. Enjoy.