In addition to providing information about hiking and other local attractions, this page is intended to give past and future guests information on changes that we continue to make to improve Happy Bear’s Hideaway. We take all feedback from guests into consideration, and sometimes add features based on it.

This month, we made a couple of improvements to the lower deck, to make its use more enjoyable for ourselves and others. In anticipation of the summer months, we added two rocking chairs and a small table, in order to encourage folks to sit out on the deck and enjoy our wooded surroundings. Also, we installed a roll-down shade along the west side of the deck, next to the hot tub. This can be lowered to create a little more privacy when using the tub.

Finally, based on repeated feedback that the hot tub was not heating to the set temperature, we determined that people were unintentionally putting the tub in “energy saving” mode. It is very easy to do this accidentally, and the controls on the tub are not at all intuitive with regard to getting back into normal operating mode. We added a laminated placard on the wall to explain how to do this.