Ten people, five real beds, nobody on an air mattress

The sleeping arrangement, honestly

Plenty of cabins advertised for ten sleep six properly and put the other four somewhere nobody wants to be. Here it is five queen-or-larger beds:

• Two king suites, each with its own attached bath. One is the master, the furthest room from the game room and the quietest bed in the house. The other is at ground level.
• A queen bedroom on the middle floor with its own attached bath.
• A queen in the loft, on the top floor with the multicade and the board games.
• A queen sleeper sofa in the ground-floor game room.

Ten sleep comfortably. Twelve is permitted, and guests eleven and twelve are the two on the sleeper. The floor-by-floor plan is on the cabin page.

Three full baths, each with two doors

This is the detail that decides whether ten people in a house is pleasant, and almost nobody mentions it. All three bathrooms have two doors — one from a bedroom, one from the hall. Whoever has the bedroom does not lose the bathroom, and nobody else has to walk through it.

Two game rooms, on different floors

The real problem with a reunion is that a fourteen-year-old and a seventy-year-old want the same evening to sound completely different.

Ground floor: air hockey, a shuffleboard table, a foosball table that doubles as the coffee table, a dartboard, a large TV, and the queen sleeper. This is the loud floor, and the hot tub is just outside it.

Top floor loft: a multicade loaded with 65+ games, a game table, a shelf of board games, and a bookshelf that runs from novels to picture books to coloring books.

Two floors apart, with the living space in between. That is the whole design. The full inventory is on the amenities page.

Where everyone actually eats

Inside, the middle-floor table seats up to eight. On the upper deck, the long table seats up to ten, next to the gas grill and under cover. For a group this size the deck is where dinner happens most nights.

For whoever should not be doing stairs

Walk in at ground level and the king suite is a few steps away — there are only minimal stairs between the driveway and that bed. Its bath is attached, the game room is next door and the hot tub is outside. It is the one floor of the house where nobody has to go upstairs to go to bed.

The full picture, including what does not work well, is on the accessibility page. We would rather you knew before you booked.

The practical bits

• Four-night minimum. Most groups book a week, which for a reunion is about right — the first day goes on arriving and the last one goes on leaving.
• No extra-guest charge up to ten. Eleven and twelve add $50 per guest, per night. The whole cost breakdown is on the rates page.
• No events or parties. This is a house for the people staying in it, not a venue. The rules are on the policies page.
• Everyone must be on the list at booking. The Shagbark gate issues passes from the names we register, so an unannounced extra guest is a problem at the entrance.