The listing is for a room in a restored pre civil war farmhouse on Crickenwood Farm. Guest rooms are in the main farmhouse and share the common areas of the kitchen, laundry, library, living room and great room. Outside there is a patio with a BBQ, stock pool, farm pond and large porch. This is a small working farm with cows and horses. There is plenty of parking. There are several friendly dogs on the property. Sampler Room: Small bedroom with Twin size bed with a memory foam mattress in the new wing about 5' from the two shared full bathrooms. The one window with a darkening shade overlooks the patio. This room is small and only accommodates one. Each room has a folder with brochures, maps and instructions for using the wireless internet. Each room has a microwave, small refrigerator and a safe. TV streaming services and movies can be viewed in the Kitchen, Library or indoor theater in the Great Room. Guests are welcome to share the Indoor theater in the Great Room, the library, kitchen, wrap around porches and patio. Guests are expected to clean up after themselves in the common areas. To use RV parking make requests in advance. We only have one 30 amp outlet. For guests to entertain friends in the common areas, especially the kitchen or BBQ, please ask permission in advance so there are no conflicts. The laundry is available for guest use with the condition you are considerate of others using the washer/dryer and don't handle their laundry in a manner you wouldn't want someone else to handle yours. Also there is a clothesline off the side porch. The pool is a stock tank pool and just for cooling off and relaxing. It's only 2' deep and 12' across. We open it up when we can and close it when we decide it's too cool. Hosts are present at the initial night of the guest's stay and usually during the entire stay. We tend to leave guests to themselves unless they request us to do otherwise. Most people have told us they are coming to the country for some peace and quiet and to get away from it all. We respect their desire to do that. This is a historic working farm in a transitional suburban area with cows, horses and a stocked pond. The location is peaceful. We are about an hour from Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD Antietam, MD, and Gettysburg, PA. Harper's Ferry, WV is about 45 minutes away. The Maryland historic towns of Frederick, New Market and Mt. Airy are a few miles from us respectively West and East on the Old National Pike. For more sophisticated dining and shopping Frederick, MD is about 20 minutes to the historic downtown. Frederick is home to the Civil War Medical Museum, the Monocacy Battlefield and the famous "Clustered spires" of downtown Frederick. For current local events go to the Frederick County Tourism website. Substitute "." for the space in the following: visitfrederick org. This should take you to links for local parks, historical locations, breweries, wineries, shopping, art galleries, and entertainment. There is no public transportation. The nearest DC Metro stop is 20 miles in Shady Grove, MD. Please no people with bad allergies or afraid of friendly dogs.