This place was perfect! I am a runner and when I travel its hard to find safe areas to run, or feel comfrtable with. The trail right out the back door really helped me enjoy my stay. It was exactly as described in the listing. The area was safe and very convienient to what we wanted to do. This was a vacation, so we easily accessed routes to downtown, Mt. Rainier, Olympic National Forest, and Vancouver from the house. We didnt need to pack as much as we did because of the convience of the washer and dryer. We bought breakfast items and found everything we needed in the kitchen. We even baked a pizza in the oven, as the local restuarants are a little pricey. One of the bike locks broke and Melissa quickly replaced it and had it waiting for us when we got back that evening. We had 5 adults staying here(our kids are 26,24,21) and it was perfect. The only advantage of a hotel is room service and fresh towels, but we did a load of towels when we left, dryed them in the evening and we made our own fresh towels. I would pick this over a hotel anyday. Thanks Melissa!