Robin's wonderful, rustic home is cozy, quiet, and completely cloistered -- and yet just minutes from the gorgeous St. Croix River and all that it offers (restaurants on the water, boating, swimming, etc.). It's entire home with all the amenities: washer/dryer, living room and dining room, bookshelves crowded with great books. (The owner, I've come to learn, is a globe-trotting journalist.) Robin was an excellent host and incredibly responsive. If you want a wooded sanctuary from the Twin Cities, look no further.