Forget your worries in this spacious apartment and peaceful place at the woodsy end of a country lane, not far from two state parks, five lakes, a wine trail, Carbondale, Murphysboro, Southern Illinois University and other interesting features of this area. The apartment is large, has a kitchen, dining room, 2 bedrooms, living room/bedroom, a full bath, and a utility room, 2 exterior doors, one to a patio with a fire pit and charcoal cooker. The place has 6 rooms, a full bath and a patio with a close forest view. Guests may enjoy an easy hike on our property that starts at a slide and swings for small children. The trail ambles through oak trees to a loop and back, for 1/3rd a mile. We, the hosts, live upstairs, so we are close. We welcome the opportunity to communicate with our guests by phone, text, email or in person. However, guests may check in and out on their own and be as private as they wish. We love this place because it is at the end of the lane. Therefore there is no through traffic. Guests who come in their own vehicles will park at the apartment. Taxi services will ordinarily use the circle driveway in the front of the house to leave off their passengers. Of course our guests may come and go at any time while they are here. When you drive the lane to get to our property, 3 neighbor dogs may bark at your car. They are electrically prevented from leaving their property.