For the past 16 years we, along with our 3 grown sons and their families (7 grands ages 4-12), and 83 year old grandmother (16 in total) use VRBO to locate an least 5 Bedroom, 5Bath with private pool for family vacation. We usually stay at the beach or in Orlando but we branched out this year and stayed in the most wonderful, resort like home ever!! Cherrywood Ranch had 4 owner suites with bedrooms to spare!! Every bed was wonderful! The pool area with magnificent view of the mountains was used continually and was of the finest quality!! The gorgeous landscaping was the backdrop for beautiful family portraits!! As mom/ grandmother of this crew, I cook every night! The outdoor kitchen overlooking pool/mountains was A+ and the gourmet kitchen had enough silverware for an army, t-fal cookware, induction stove, pot filler and a pantry stocked with small appliances and fabulous cookware! It made cooking SO easy!! We visited: Athens (first on the day we arrived... only 45 min from the estate) Bear Hollow Zoo and Sanford Stadium along with the student bookstore were all big hits in Athens.... We arrived at 4:00 and the owners met us! Luis and Nancy were super super helpful!! They went above and beyond, even offered to show a movie under the stars one night (our grandchildren were in bed by 8 each night so we passed!)!! We went to Unicoi and Helen (the kids loved the candy shop!!), hiked to Anna Ruby Falls, hiked up Curahee Mtn twice, conquered the stairs into Tallulah Gorge and hiked to Minnehaha Falls! We had Sunday brunch at Yonah Coffee and cafe’ (yum)!! We loved having family basketball games, and walking the property!! Everyone hated leaving Penelope (owner’s well mannered boxer!) and our week ended too quickly!! We celebrated our 40th anniversary and our master’s suite could not have been improved upon: gorgeous double head shower “shacuzzi”; fabulous jacuzzi tub surrounded in granite, his/her vanities and huge closet!! Best part: it opened to pool area! Thankyou, Mendezes, for a week we’ll never forget!! We will return! We’ve already shared info with two families that saw photos on Facebook!! Loved this place!