Sign you will see from the road.
As you can see, the hostel is a converted old New England farmhouse and barn.
up the driveway . . .
. . . toward ample parking!
a window along the side of the hostel.
As you can see in this shot of the back, the site has a wheelchair-accessible entrance. (It also has one wheelchair accessible sleeping room, which is big enough for 4 people, and an accessible bathroom).
Woodpile. In a tiny part of their *4 acres of lawn*. Frisbee, soccer, anyone?
A pile of rocks with steps going up to them in the corner of the yard.
Nifty arch, near the . . .
. . . firepit.
Rocks to sit on at the firepit.
closer front shot
sundial in the garden
Ok, now we're going to go indoors.
Front door.
Kitty!
Floor plan. (may not be up to date)
Front hall. Behind Coda is the door to the meeting rooms, and there are two bathrooms on this floor too. There's also a . . .
. . . Payphone! Do you need a "Hackers" style photo posing with a phone and a Captain Crunch whistle? Then here's your spot. *grin*
Door to the kitchen and dining hall. Love the window.
Kitchen
Refridgeration for your food is available.
Coda, Phoenix, and Dr Claw in the dining hall. We will probably put some computer places in here, as well as in the basement (see further down).
Passthrough to kitchen
Dishes cabinet
Nearby stores and restaurants. These also include (although not on the map, as far as I could see) Electronics Plus (liked by Dr Claw) and Aubuchon Hardware, as well as a Bickfords that serves, among other things, tasty gigantic German Apple Pancakes. That said, having seen dinner at the hostel, what they serve there has got to be pretty damn good.
A sideboard in the dining hall. Water cooler.
Pictures of the house going back to 1898. This site has been a family-run hostel for 62 years.
Piano!
They make their own honey on the premises.
Their honey has won a lot of prizes. ( :
back into the main hall, we're going to the meeting space (where demos will be shown)
cosy! Obviously the chair setup will change to allow for projector clearance.
Dr Claw in the meeting space.
The accessible bedroom.
Another downstairs bedroom. Upstairs ones are very like this too.
Basement hangout space. Room for more computer places.
Ping pong table.
Table in downstairs meeting space.
Gourds and bee frames in the basement. ( :
Upstairs hall.
An upstairs bedroom.
Upstairs hall, paintings on doors.
The stairs on the left go downstairs to the front hall. The ones on the right go up to the small dorm sleeping space. To the right of that is a door to the topmost and largest of the two dorm sleeping spaces.
Small dorm
Bunkbeds
Skylights
As seen from outside.
Cosy!
Large dorm
stairs to front door from large dorm. Duck head, duck ( : (taken by Coda)
Sleeping room next to large dorm.
