Cabin At The Swinging Bridge

I love this place! On rainy weekends especially when all looks bleak in Charlotte, we head to "our cabin" and sit on the back porch with a cup of tea. The porch has a tin roof and along with the sounds of the tree frogs and the river, it stills your heart and soul and couldn't be any more relaxing.

We were up for a wedding in Asheville. The cabin is real close to the Blue Ridge Parkway, beautiful area, right beside the river. Our kids managed to collect some beautiful rocks despite the cold water of November. They had a great time, we will definitely return! Ron and Lois were excellent hosts.

The cabin was run down and dirty. The bathroom floor was soft and the toliet moved. There was mold growing in the bedroom walls. The woods leading the the swinging bridge were overgrown and the state closed access 2 years ago.

I chose this location for a stress-free weekend away, and was sorely disappointed. Only after arriving did our host, Ron, decide to inform us that the "cabin" has an unmanaged rodent infestation. We found feces in every corner of every room. The whole place also stinks of mold and mildew. The rope bridge has been in a state of disrepair for some time and is unsafe to use. Traffic can be heard from the front porch, and we were "asked" to not lock the extirior doors because Ron the owner has lost the keys. Ron also lives less than 50 yards from this structure in his own house, so the setting is hardly private. This was more of an elderly person's unkempt and delapitated guest house than a cabin. I could not bear to stay the 2 nights that I had booked and I left the morning after my first nig

Quiet, Rustic, Nothing fancy, but if you want to get away, this place is great! No TV and phone service depends on your carrier... ATT does not work here, so just plan for that in your stay. You can get service if you drive about 15 miles. I think you are ok if you have Verizon or Sprint. Other than that it is definitely a good place to connect with nature and pull away from technology!!