Winning bidder will receive a weekend stay at the cabin of Devotion parents Charles Morgan and Cathy Loula. Weekend is to be mutually agreed upon between winner and owner and is good for up to one year from the auction close. The cabin is usually not available in late August (but is available the first twoweeks of August this year), Columbus Day weekend, and Thanksgiving, but there are many other beautiful weekends available summer, spring, fall, and even winter.  The cabin is located just outside of brattleboro in the town of West Dummerston. 

This modern, well-stocked cabin has two small but regular bedrooms on the second floor, one with a king bed, one with a bunkbed (lower bunk is a full bed)-- there is a tiny bedroom on the first floor (with a full bed, not much else)- off the top bedrooms is a screened sleeping porch onto which a mattress can be pulled out, or one of our blow up mattresses for sleeping extra kids. etc. There is also an attic space, easily accessed by short ladder, with space for kids and also connect to the screened sleeping porch.  It can comfortably sleep two families (approximately 8 people). Extra folks can be squeezed in, however, on a folding couch, if necessary. 

Environmentalist's Dream Cabin in Vermont

 On a hundred beautiful woodland acres in Southern Vermont (2 1/2 hours from Boston), on top of a hill at the end of a long, rugged dirt road, this comfortable 3-bedroom cabin is completely off-grid (run totally by solar panels and wind turbine), yet has plenty of power for everything from the coffee grinder to the dishwasher.  This is a place for folks who like to be in the thick of nature, falling asleep to the cry of coyotes and the hoot of owls at night, and waking up to the mellifluous chatter of dozens of species of birds as the sun rises over Mt. Monadnock in the East. 

There is a beautiful clean swim pond, walking trails right from the cabin, half-court basketball and ping pong in the barn, all in the midst of the unspoiled flora and fauna for which Vermont is renown. The small, quaint, thriving town of Brattleboro is a short drive away, with all its wonderful shops, good restaurants, and a fine art museum.  Yet you may not want to leave the hill once you have succumbed to the relaxing hypnotic effects of this incredibly private and revivifying vacation spot.

Kids and grownups love the open space, the quiet, the freedom, and the wildness. But this is not a place for everyone: if you are not the outdoorsy type, don't know (or want to know) how to build a fire, and drive a car that has never seen dirt or mud,  you might want to think seriously about whether you are ready for a Thoreau-type experience.  (At the same time, a young family in a neighboring cabin serve as caretakers of the property and are always happy to help out.)