Walked into one of the cleanest rentals I have ever stayed at. All the cookware you need, Wine if you’d care to purchase it. Roomy, well decorated and downright beautiful. 35ish minutes to Nantahala Outdoor Center were there are many awesome activities. Nantahala Village Riding stables aren’t too far for $30/hr wonderful trail rides. Gem mining is near it and there are tons of hiking trails. Bring a coffee pot if you don't use K-cups. The walk down to the small lake isn't far, uphill is a little more difficult if your a bit out of shape and toting a kayak, but expected at a mountain house (I mean how can you live on a mountain and not have hills) the kayak launch is a little tricky, bring water shoes, we couldn’t do it without getting our feet in the water and we originally thought the neighbors launch was theirs, they cleared that up pretty quickly. No luck fishing but we are NOT the best fishermen. The kids and I Kayaked from one end to the other and we did see a few good sized fish. Not sure if I would swim in August as I originally thought it was rain hitting all over the water, it was those bugs that skate on water, all along the shore. However There is a awesome place to swim if you you like hiking over a little bit of rocks in streams ( we love it) drive down the mountain and there is a dirt road on the left that goes over a bridge, the right side has an amazing waterfall and swim hole over your head! Shhh Im sure not many tourists know. We drove an hour to go to bust your butt falls. This was 10 min and you can swim.! Had smores and a wonderful night sky. If you require an internet that doesn’t keep shutting freezing your movie for school/work it might not be the best. We even made everyone disconnect from the wifi. We decided to play a board game, they have a few and some DVDs as well. Hot tub was nice too!