D G.recommendsSeptember 30, 2024
The Tipi
Great Tipi in a private location
Rented out Jamie’s Tipi last minute and arrived at 7pm, the location was easy to find and the tipi was bigger than I expected. The bench inside is a nice touch, and the firewood was easily accessible. The property is only a 5 min drive from In n Out and a few fast food places if that’s your thing. It was a great experience overall, would definitely come back!
Claudia C.doesn't recommendSeptember 3, 2024
The Big Oak
We had a quiet night at this place but unfortunately the place was a bit disappointing and not very accurate to what has been described. The campsite was not well maintained, no firepit as described nor was there farm animals around. For what we paid and with no facilities, I would have gone somewhere else.
Sheila L.recommendsSeptember 2, 2024
The Tipi
experience in living off grid
We had a great and memorable experience! The It was our first time making a fire in a tipi and sleeping in a tipi. The best part was learning about ranching from Cody. He is a great instructor and loves to share his amazing knowledge. We learned how to make rope from goat leg tendons. We milked the goats and fed and held the ducks. We will return for a workshop in October.
Ruth H.recommendsJuly 7, 2024
The Tipi
Super accommodating and kind hosts! Hearing the animals in the morning was definitely a plus!
J S.doesn't recommendMay 3, 2024
The Big Oak
Big oak, goat poop and thistle
The big oak it self was magnificent, easily a several hundred year old tree I reckon somewhere around 250 to 300 yrs old. Aside from that the rest of the hip camp site and experience falls flat.
We pulled up to the site and had a tough time finding the hosts even after phone calls and messages via Hipcamp, when we did find them , turns out the address listed isn’t the same one you’re staying at, you have to go to next property over to park. Which was a tight turn in and out of the first property and onto the second property next door in our 30 ft rig.
There wasn’t much signage or direction at the next site. But given that the site consisted of a triplex and we desired some privacy we squeezed between a shed and the big tree. The shed had a lot of random “stuff” stored outside. We ended parking on a thick layer of mulch, goat poop and very pokey thistle. Luckily my kiddos were too tired to play outside and we called it an early night.
I reached out at 9 am to the hosts to point me to the water spigot, I didn’t get a reply till 11 am(an hour before check out time) turns out the spigot was 75’ or 100’ away.
Luckily we had decided to leave promptly and not decided to wait around for a reply.
It’s sites like these that make me want to quit the platform.
Melissa B.recommendsDecember 10, 2023
The Big Oak
We spent a great 2 nights here to be close to Gilroy Gardens. Our two small children loved waking up to roosters walking around outside our windows and to see horses on the other side of the fence. The hosts were gracious to let them visit their “farm” (goats, ducks, chickens, pigs, etc) both days. Our 5yo was gifted a whole bag of pomegranate seeds & was so happy. We’d love to stop by again. Thank you!