What a wonderful home! 7 of my girlfriends and I decided to skip town during the chaos of Christmas and celebrate a birthday. This was the perfect spot! The home is beautifully updated and is fully stocked with everything you could ever need to enjoy a relaxing weekend in the mountains. We had SO much fun!! We spent hours relaxing in front of the fireplace on the enormous sectional, laughing and playing games. We enjoyed Happy Hours out on the patio area under the gorgeous Redwoods. We cooked meals together, and the large table sat our whole group!! We went hiking on the nearby trails that are right outside cabin. We made the 5 minute drive over to Henry Cowell State Park to go for a run through the magical trees and on our last day we drove into Santa Cruz to explore the thrift shops, beach and restaurants there.
The location is so perfect, only 40 minutes outside of the Bay Area but it feels like a different world! We didn't utilize any of the facilities in the Mount Hermon Conference Center, but the house is only a short walk away from all their amenities. The home can easily fit a group, like ours, but it is also somewhere I'd love to take my family back to. The Boardwalk room is amazing, my boys would absolutely love it and the house has a trampoline! I think it could comfortably fit two families. Another thing that blew all of us away was that we all slept great. Everyone remarked on how comfortable the beds were. Thank you Laurel for a terrific weekend, I highly recommend this house and can't wait to come back!