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The Logbook

Dispatches from five acres on the edge of Shenandoah — trail guides, cabin history, and what the creek is doing this week. Signed, your hosts.

July 23, 2026 · Cabin history

The piano in the walkway

Every guest eventually asks about the second cabin — the low log one with the stone chimney that doesn't appear in the listing photos' captions. That's Potlikker House, it's been standing since 1865, and the strangest thing on the property is set into the path beside it.

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