Three Little Bears

Three Little Bears is a long, low cabin of dark siding and stone in a subdivision north of Broken Bow, with string lights looping through the pines. It was built for big groups. There are four king bedrooms, a bunk room, a bunk nook and enough floor space that nobody has to take turns.

The main room has a vaulted pine ceiling and a stone fireplace with a TV above it. Tan leather sofas sit around a hexagon coffee table. The kitchen shares the room, with gray cabinets and an island with four wood stools. A long bench table and a second dining table with black chairs mean the whole group can eat together without anyone carrying a plate to another room.

The four king bedrooms follow the same plan: whitewashed pine walls, a framed bear print, a big window, and a bathroom of its own with two vessel sinks, round gold mirrors and a tiled shower. The bunk nook sits in an alcove off the kitchen with three twin beds stacked in a column and a Three Little Bears sign hung above it.

The game and bunk room is the busiest spot in the house. Two triple bunks stand along one wall, three twins each. The rest of the room holds a poker table, a sofa, a wet bar with a small fridge, a pop-a-shot basketball game with two hoops and an air hockey table. A shelf is stacked with Monopoly, Scrabble and Sorry.

Outside, the covered porch has a wicker sectional around a stone fireplace with a TV above it. A hot tub sits under its own roofed section of deck with a ceiling fan overhead. A giant Connect Four and a cornhole board stand by the front windows, and the grill sits in a stone counter with a small fridge built in. In the yard there is a wooden playset with a slide and swings, and a fire pit ringed with black Adirondack chairs.

Everything inside is on one level, so hauling coolers and bags to the bedrooms is not much of a chore. Ride out to Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend State Park in the daytime, then come home to the hot tub.