This house and trip exceeded all of our expectations. We have been coming up to the Smith River and camping for many years and decided to have a more comfortable trip this year. I looked at a lot of rentals and this one stood out based on the location (wanted to be on the river) and house (it seemed well maintained and just generally nice).

And everything about the house was indeed super nice. Three bedrooms with comfortable beds (king, queen and two twins), two full bathrooms, very comfortable living room with a couch some sitting chairs and a TV, dining room with table for 6, fully appointed kitchen with pretty much everything you need. Nice deck with beautiful views of the river. Fireplace outside and BBQ. Laundry, cable, good Internet.

An important note. A lot of vacation houses we've rented have been filled with low quality stuff - things that it seemed people didn't want in their main house. Not this place. Everything here seemed like it was bought to be used by people in this house. I can't think of a single thing that was low quality or didn't work. You get the idea - it's a really nice place.

About the only thing that is not ideal is that you can not access the river from the house. You are perched above the river and there's a pretty long steep drop down from the porch to the river. This makes for great views, but means you have to trek out to get to the river. Fortunately there are a ton of places nearby. On the advice of the owner our first day we went to Stoney Creek on the North Fork. It's a 5 minute drive and then a half mile hike, and you end up crossing a creek and then clambering down some rocks to get to the river. It was spectacular. The swimming was great and there was absolutely nobody else around. Definitely go here if you can do the hike and don't mind climbing down some rocks to get to the river (my 7 and 11 year olds did it with no trouble). Other days we swam at a place about a half mile south of Gasquet right over the Mary Peocock bridge. There's a parking area there and a short trail down to river. This place is popular (maybe 10-20 people there most days) but great for kids - lots of wide open swimming, rocks of various sizes to jump off, some swift current that the kids "surfed" down and a lot of river life including tons of cutthroat, snakes and frogs.

Shop in Crescent City or Grants Pass before you come (people at Gasquet market super nice but not a ton of stuff) - and enjoy!