Dear Covekeepers,

We wanted to write and thank you for a wonderful vacation! We both truly enjoyed our stay with you last week and have come back to reality refreshed and feeling alive.

We've travelled quite a bit in our years together going to Hawaii, St. John, St. Martin, St. Thomas, Cabo, and the San Juan Islands and never have we come back as relaxed and fortified as we did from Shakti Cove. Without a doubt we will be making return trips.

Thank you for absolutely everything!

Casey & Dakota

Best Places Northwest is famous for star-rated restaurants and lodgings in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. We have been featured in the following editions: 1998-99 and in all editions since 2001.

   Shakti Cove Cottages

Though the Shakti Cove Cottages are just off Highway 103, you'll feel miles from the outside world. Ten small cedar-shingled cabins stand in a semicircle around a gentle green, each funky-cozy, with its own carport, bath and kitchen facilities. Amble a quarter mile down a private gravel road to the beach, likely passing black-tailed deer grabbing a meal from the Shakti's wild-flower garden along the way. Shakti Cove is popular with gays and lesbians, as well as travelers with dogs (even large ones), but the "covekeepers" Cavalli make visitors of every kind feel at home. As one former guest wrote in the in-cabin journal: "It's so nice to feel welcomed instead of just tolerated."

This review excerpted with permission from Best Places Northwest, 13th Edition, edited by Giselle Smith, published by Sasquatch Books