Our time at the cabin was highly unusual and will be a trip that we won’t forget.
The cabin is in a very beautiful and peaceful location if you’re looking to stay somewhere outside of the hustle and bustle of the tourist towns. The manager, Linda, greeted us when we arrived and showed us around the property. My husband and I enjoyed the private and cozy guest cabin, while my parents slept in the main cabin. Both cabins were clean, comfortable, and had plenty of furniture for four of us to sit in the main cabin, which we ended up doing a lot of.
The week we were there, the Black Hills was hit with a historic snow storm on May 21. The area received 18” of snow and the cabin lost power for about 36 hours. (One might laugh that there is still an outhouse on the property, but it certainly came in handy!) We had plenty of blankets to keep warm and the experience was kind of charming…for the first day.
The snow stopped the next day, but we couldn’t go anywhere since the forest service road wasn’t plowed. Linda could sense that we were getting stir crazy in the cabin without power, so she went out of her way to find someone to plow out the road so we could do a little sightseeing.
Upon returning from sightseeing the next day, we came back to discover that the creek was slightly overflowing the bridge on the road leading back to the cabin. We decided to leave early the next morning in case the snow started heavily melting in the coming days and the road flooded even more.
However, overnight, the water rose and was completely overflowing the bridge. Linda said she didn’t recommend us trying to drive through it. So we went back to the cabin to sit again. Linda kept an eye on the situation though and came down to the cabin when she thought the water dropped enough for us to drive out. She said she’d drive through it first with her UTV, and if she made it through, we would could too. When Linda didn’t float away, we followed behind.
The best part about our stay at cabin was meeting Linda. She sincerely is concerned about her guests and their time there. Not only did she go the extra mile to hire someone to plow the road, but she also put herself at risk by driving through the creek first to see if we could get out. She came down to the cabin regularly to check on us to see if we were doing OK, and to give us updates on the snow storm. Linda is a sincere, kind, caring person. She is what made our trip a 5-star visit.