This is hands down the most amazing vacation rental I've ever had the pleasure to experience and communication with the friendly owners was very easy. My family and I travel all over the world and decided to hit the Pacific Northwest this summer for a reprieve from the summer heat. The house is exactly as described in the listing, beautifully decorated, well stocked, and most importantly SUPER clean. It's also located in an amazingly quaint neighborhood with really friendly neighbors who also have beautifully maintained homes and yards. The home overlooks the water and it's less than a minute to walk to the waterfront at the little community beach. We were blessed with warm days that allowed us to go swimming. The owners were also good with having kayaks delivered and stored at the house. There's a kayak rental shop less than a mile away that will bring kayaks to you (Hood Canal Kayak Rentals). Kayaking the Hood Canal was totally amazing! At this end of the canal (South end) there's virtually no current and the tides come and go quite calmly. We paddled against the flood (incoming tide) at one point, but never would have known it based on the ease of the paddle alone. We're experienced kayakers, but I would have no qualms recommending this area to novices too. Just be sure to practice basic kayak safety, wear a PFD, and look out for the few boats. (This water is so calm we even saw a distance swimmer crossing the canal with curious seals following behind her.) Lastly, the location of Belfair is perfect. The house is just rural enough to be peaceful and quiet, but a short 10 min. drive to town for groceries and several restaurant choices. We'd never been to the PNW before and wanted to check out a good portion of it. For this portion of our trip we started out with a drive down from the San Juan Islands, which was about a 3.5 hour drive from the ferry terminal in Anacortes. We used this house as a "home base" for our other adventures. We spent a day circling the Olympic Peninsula, spending a couple of hours at Ruby Beach (amazing), a few hours at the Hoh Rain Forest (super awesome hiking), and taking dinner in Forks (cute town with some novelty Twilight Saga fan photo ops and Twilight menu options at Pacific Pizza). We also headed out for hiking at Mt. Rainier National Park, which was about a 2 hour drive from the house. And, of course, hit Seattle a couple of times, which was about a 1.5 hour drive. I would highly recommend this rental property!!