A Beautiful Spring at Chestnut Oak Lodge

It's a super busy time of year, so when we had a chance to go to Chestnut Oak Lodge for a weekend, we hightailed it out to the Shenandoah Valley.  It's amazing how wonderful just a day or two away can be for the whole family....including our dog, who loves to spend time at the cabin!

 

 

 

An Amazing Snow!

We got the chance to spend a few days at the cabin this past week and were blessed by a beautiful snow fall!

We Welcome Birds, Too

The boys divided out the birdhouse into sections and each boy painted half of the house.  We'll see how the birds near the cabin like the boys' style!

The Cabin and Lake Laura in August

The Cabin in August

Views of the Loft

We love the cabin's upstairs loft area -- it's a great place to relax, admire the beautiful chestnut oak trees out the windows, watch television, play board games, read, or connect to the cabin's Internet access. 

Chestnut Oak Lodge in Summer

A View From the Upstairs Loft

Our family loves the view from the upstairs loft windows.   This is just a part of the view, but we think it's pretty special.

The Living Room

This is a photo of the cabin's living room, taken from the loft area above:

Snow, Snow, Snow!

We enjoyed a beautiful, snowy day at the cabin this past weeekend. 

Here are some photos from the various decks of the cabin:

And, here's a photo from a brief walk we took on the road leading up to the cabin:

A Winter Scene at Chestnut Oak Lodge

Photo taken by Jason Miller

Fall Foliage

It's not just the chestnut oaks that are beautiful this time of year! The maple trees are gorgeous, too.

From the front porch:



From the back porch:

Finishing Touches

With the cabin mostly finished, we turned our attention to details.... like putting lattice on the front of the cabin under the deck. We've been discussing this task for over a year, so it was great to see it finished. Jeff kept saying how much of a difference it all made. He was right. Even the baby got into the action with his drill. And, it was easy -- we could have done it ages ago!

Introducing Chestnut Oak Lodge

Now that the major work is done on the cabin, we turned our attention to final details. We need to put lattice on the front under the porch and complete a bunch of little tasks, but we think it's looking pretty nice!

A friend came up with the name "Chestnut Oak Lodge" in honor of the chestnut oaks that surround the property.

We're planning on renting the cabin out when we aren't using it, so Jeff just registered a domain name and is starting to think about web pages, marketing, and all those sorts of things. Stay tuned!