so comming off a very busy growing season at the vineyard and nursery we work at, with only 2 weeks to ourselves before "wreath season" we were beyond needing to get away. and getting away for us is usually the beach,but my family likes to pride ourselves on doing things diffrent,,break away from "our norm" and i had been looking at The Brn for some time now and just never "took that break from our "norm". so a quick family meeting and we all said we had done nothing different this year,,so the barn was chosen. and the fact that "fur baby's" are allowed,,well enough said, deal DONE! the Barn was exactly as described and then some,, like you get off the highway and drive through some pretty awesome countryside,, peacefull, fresh air,,and blue sky for as far as you can see. This place is a "must see" and "must do" if you want to do "nothing". "nothing" as in do what you want,, wake up fix yourself some good coffee and go out and stand in the lane as the sun comes up,,then wander onto the side pourch and lsiten to the awaken,, the squrills and chipmonks fighting for soybeans and walnuts, the geese in the fields preparing to do whatever it is geese do during the day,, and before yo know it,,it's 11 a.m and you havent even had breakfast. and you never noticed that you do indeed need to eat,,cause there is so much more to do,,thats awaits you in doing "nothing". take a trip down to the alpacca farm,, good products great prices, do to the "pay it forward" store in town,,so worth it,,and go to "the disneyland of ice cream"(as the kids called it" Velvet ice cream. the town of utica is pretty cool. then come back,,plat games in the game room,, make an awesome dinner in the kitchen then ,,even though it was our intention to have a fancy dinner, we all sat on the side pourch and ate. then we walked far ou into the fields and explored as we watched some of the most awesome sunsets ever. BUT be sure to have your fur babys inside by dark,,as the coyotes come running through every night. sooooo cool. we would wait on the porch every night for them to come,,then you would hear them,,it is the most insane noise you ever heard! as they run through the fields and then it just stops!!!! do not be afraid,,they are pretty harmless(i spent years traveling in oregan, washington idaho and montanna,,and i am more afraid of an running elk herd than a coyote). the host are great people,,leave notes and instrutions everywhere,, only thing missing i can think of is an axe,