Did not have the best experience this time around. The directions say that the woodshed should be unlocked after Dec 15th and it was not so we could not cut any kindling. Fortunately there was a bag of charcoal that we could use to start the wood stove. NO DISHWASHING LIQUID!!!! So it was uncomfortable to think of what conditions the dishes that we ate out of were in. We used lysol spray to wash them and rinsed with boiled snow water. They want you to pick up dog waste but nothing to pick it up with. It is impossible to pick up dog poop that has frozen into the ice with a bag or anything else but some kind of shovel. Some HUGE critter living in the walls and ceiling... which is to be expected, but this was not mice. A little more often upkeep would make this an amazing experience every time.

Did not have the best experience this time around. The directions say that the woodshed should be unlocked after Dec 15th and it was not so we could not cut any kindling. Fortunately there was a bag of charcoal that we could use to start the wood stove. NO DISHWASHING LIQUID!!!! So it was uncomfortable to think of what conditions the dishes that we ate out of were in. We used lysol spray to wash them and rinsed with boiled snow water. They want you to pick up dog waste but nothing to pick it up with. It is impossible to pick up dog poop that has frozen into the ice with a bag or anything else but some kind of shovel. Some HUGE critter living in the walls and ceiling... which is to be expected, but this was not mice. A little more often upkeep would make this an amazing experience every time.