Easy Breezy

Easy Breezy is a one-story cabin on a gravel lot in Hochatown, with a steep metal roof and a front wall of glass that glows after dark. It has four bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, plus a half bath off the living room. Everything inside sits on one level, and the whole place is built around getting a big group in one spot.

The living room runs up to the rafters. A stone-faced fireplace with a TV over it anchors one end, a long gray sectional faces it, and tall windows look out at the pines. The floors are polished concrete. The kitchen opens into the same room, with a white island, four black stools, a double wall oven and a stainless refrigerator. The dining table is long enough for the whole crew. Around the corner, a pantry room holds a second refrigerator and a washer and dryer.

Three of the bedrooms have king beds, dark-stained wood walls and a window onto the woods. One has a framed highland cow over the headboard, and another has an iron bed with a green quilt. The bathrooms are white shiplap with black fixtures. One has a freestanding tub, one has a double vanity, and one shower is tiled in dark slate.

The fourth bedroom is the bunk room: two stacks of queen beds, two high, with a bathroom of its own. Eight people fit in there without anyone sleeping on the floor.

The game room sits beside a wall of glass that looks onto the deck. A foosball table takes the middle, and the wall holds Connect Four, a basketball hoop, a baseball toss and a few more target games, so the kids stay busy while the adults argue over the grill. Bean bags and a TV fill the corner.

The covered deck is where the group will actually live. There is a long table for meals, a ping pong table, an outdoor gas fireplace with a TV above it and sofas around it, and a hot tub with an egg chair next to it. Steps lead down to a fire pit with black Adirondack chairs. Past it, a timber swing frame holds two round net swings, with hammocks strung between the posts.

Easy Breezy is in Hochatown, a short drive from Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend State Park.