Enjoy the adventure! Rent long term 2021-22, by the week, month, season or longer. Kitchen, living room, queen loft. Off-grid, 3-season hot shower & sink in shower house, composting toilet. In winter, you bring water from main house 250’ away. 3-season water is plumbed into the yurt. In winter there is a do-it-yourself type shower side the yurt. Land is shared with another yurt, tiny house, tent platform. You are welcome to be part the community or not. Covid-careful here. This sweet rustic 24' yurt is nestled in the trees, near a year-round stream. With a queen sized loft with overhead view for sleeping, there is room for more mattresses on the common floor, Water in winter comes from the main house spigot 250’ away, there is a composting toilet that you take care of in the yurt’s shower house. Winter shower has set-up in yurt. The yurt heats with a woodstove, with backup propane heater (you are responsible for propane use). There is a kitchen, living room. Off-grid solar power, propane refrigerator. You can hike locally and there is a town forest. There are trails nearby to nice places, including a hill with great views. Winter: There is no running water in the winter, though you can carry water from the spigot behind the right side of the main house. There is a winter indoor shower system as the shower house is 3- season. Composting toilet in shower house will work ( bucket system, that you take care of. )If all this works, along with you are NOT smokers, and understand that this is not a drinking facility( well, a celebratory glass of wine is fine), then come on along. When you leave, please clean super thoroughly and make sure you plug in the ultraviolet purifier for COVID, and put it on the corner of the table. Sometimes the next guests are coming before I get back from work. The machine is stored inside the storeroom under the loft bed. It is in a tall thin box. Plug it into the green cord and get ready to leave the yurt your final time, then push just the button on the little white remote control that says 60 minutes. This is the last thing you do. Take the remote to the door and leave it on the edge of the sink. This will clean the yurt. Thank you very much. Driving: Winter tires are highly recommended. The driveway is a hill down. Depending on snow, you might need to park up the road across the street on the RIGHT side, nearest spot to our place and perpendicular to the road, and then walk back the 0.1 mi, depending on snow. ( please don’t use the pullout on Miller Pond Rd that is closest to my house on the Left— the neighbor needs it). You should keep track of the weather. Your parking spot is halfway down the driveway on the left across from the white tiny house., with room for 2 cars. To drive out in snow, back up to my house and give it one shot to the top without stopping till wheels are on the road. In winter running water is at the main house--bring jugs/buckets from the yurt to the spigot behind the right side of the house. Then you carry or wheelbarrow or sled the water back to the yurt. In 3 season warm weather, the potable hose is at the yurt and plumbed inside.. Summer Drinking water is behind the right side of the main house, faucet on outer wall of house. There are kayaks (with instructor tips) for rent or guided adventures, and cross country skis. Trails, creek, hikes, cross country skiing, small lake nearby. The internet is wifi at the yurt, but has to be turned on and off at the house. There is no cell service here, but there is a landline phone at the house. however much interaction you would like, but certainly enough to explain the systems. We are in the country, with a creek and hills to explore, nearby trails and xc ski area ( Strafford Nordic Center). no, there could be carpooling ** Vermont Covid rules i t is up to you to check if there are guidelines to follow currently. Here are the old 2020 rules: You need to sign the Vermont travel compliance--find it at Agency of Commerce and Development, and the red link: Cross State Travel Information. You need to go to the links and read the guidelines and travel maps. Scroll down past the map to find the Certificate of Compliance This is the wording for the certification of compliance: ** I certify that I have reviewed the State of Vermont out-of-state traveler guidelines and travel map and comply with current health and safety requirements for traveling to, from, and within the State of Vermont. I further certify that I understand all travelers should stay home if ill (with any symptoms); maintain physical distance of at least 6’ from anyone outside their household; wear a cloth mask when in public spaces; and wash or sanitize hands often. By accepting this reservation, you are agreeing to these terms. When you are here, you need to maintain social distance, clean behind you, and do not go to public places. There are plenty of quiet trails around here. ********************** WINTER at the yurt: In the winter, it is like winter camping, with amenities. Bring your sheets and sleeping bags or let me know if you need some. ALL Seasons: You are on your own for caring for the yurt bedding. The tan 24’ yurt at the driveway level: Directions: Download directions before you leave the highway. From Rte 132 in S Strafford, go up Miller pond rd just 1.9 miles. Mailbox # 1885 ( old number was #107) on right. Driveway on left. Park on left along the hill in your own turnout above the tan yurt -Your woodpile is in the woodshed by the yurt. We suggest bringing kindling and paper, as we don't have much. Pay attention to Woodstove if you use it. Instructions are written out on the wall. Be careful. -Pack it in, pack It out. Everything. -Sink in yurt works in 3 seasons. Winter- sink can drain to bucket on porch, which you need to empty daily away from the yurt (don't put solids down the drain). --Winter water--you can carry buckets/tubs of water from behind the house. --Hot water: flow through tank. Turn on when using. Dial up for hot. Comes out through sink, up to 40!degrees warmer than the incoming water. Winter: carry tub or bucket of water to yurt and place pump in it or flow through hot water into sink. -Cookstove. 3 burners. Cooking gear is there. Please clean up after yourselves. There are pots and pans and dishes and silverware. Please leave everything clean when you are done. Kitchen sink drain: in winter we disconnect the drain outside by the stairs, so it does not freeze. Place a bucket under the drain from the sink, and daily carry your waste water away to dispose of it. Do not let any solids go down the drain. -Compost: there is a stainless compost bucket on the counter. When full, carry it up the driveway across from your parking area, put compost in middle pallet bin, and cover it with ashes or sawdust. Wash out the bucket. No compost in the woods- and don’t attract the bear to find us. -Power: Solar powered lights on solar panels/battery system. Back up system is green power cord running off my house power. You can use the cord to recharge the solar generator on top of the bookshelf, when the solar is not coming in enough. To use electricity at the yurt: turn on the top button on the unit on top of the bookshelf. You need to hold it for up to 10 seconds to get the light to go on. Then push the second button for DC (usb port on front of unit), or the third button down for AC. Then the lamps will work. Please turn off top button when not in use. Other lights: two wall lights have hi/low settings and charge with the small solar panel attached to the back of the yurt. If there has not been enough sun, they may go out. When you depart: please use the green cord to sterilize the yurt when you leave, with the sterilizer unit that is under the loft. Push remote for 60 minutes as you leave the yurt. It gives you 10 seconds to leave, do not re-enter yurt. - POTTY: when you use the shower house potty, 3 season, (behind the yurt) , you are responsible for bagging and removing it when you leave, and putting in 2 new bags, one for spare in there. Also * wash down the pee diverter with water to clean EVERY time you use it. Use coconut shells fiber in top of poo. In Winter, there is a composting bucket potty in the shower house behind the yurt. First a composting bag, lipped over the edge of the bucket, Then use a scoop of shavings or cocoa shells in bottom of bag, also you may add a poo powder tablespoon or some EcoGel to gel up liquids. Put another scoop of shavings or cocoa shells over deposits. At end of your stay, or when the bucket is getting full: You take the Composting filled bags to the wire bin behind the furthest back pallet bin, up the driveway behind the three compost bins. Cover with shavings or wood chips from the left hand bin. Shovel is there. I know it is a lot of directions—it takes some doing to have alternative systems. Enjoy.