Large room and guest kitchen on large property

Beautiful ranch to enjoy relaxing grounds with gazebo, picnic table and solar heated pool. Indoors share a large TV game room with foosball, air hockey, desk, guest kitchen and dining space. Laundry and gym available. The "Cardinal" room, with private attached bath, has a new queen and twin bed. One mile from regional soccer fields. Licensed by Modesto so we pay hotel tax on your stay --we cost more than some listings but worth it! Horse & art lessons at discount for guests. Great staycation! Sports families, visiting workers and travelers can enjoy our spacious property on the east side of Modesto--close to town with a country feel. An additional sibling under 5 can stay for free. If necessary, a larger group can arrange an extra fee for an additional person to sleep on the couch in the entertainment room (it is just a couch, not a sofa bed), or on our fold out sleeping mat. Your private "Cardinal" bedroom has a brand new luxury foam topped queen size bed plus an additional twin bed to accommodate a third guest. A mirrored wardrobe closet and large dresser are available for your use. Your room entry is through the entertainment room. The attached private bath has a large shower with bench. We hope you enjoy the beautiful antique furniture. If you need a bathtub, check out our other room listing, "Private entry for 3 near regional soccer field." If you want breakfast, for $4 per person, we are happy to add a self-serve breakfast with boxed cereals or oatmeal packets, English muffins or toast, yogurt, a selection of fresh fruit in season, or our home made dried fruit, and our organic chicken eggs ( we will boil them for you or you can request them fresh that you can cook up in the kitchenette), and choice of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Please let us know before you arrive if you want the breakfast and you can pay the hosts cash. You can add a horseback riding lesson or art lesson at a discount for overnight guests. Prices and information about offerings are on the common social media book page of Art and More Camp (AirBnB will not allow the social media name to be shown here.) SHARED GAME ROOM and KITCHEN The television is in the entertainment room which adjoins the Cardinal room. This large room includes table space for games and dining. There is plenty of desk and work space. There is an air hockey table, foosball table, and we can even set up ping pong if you choose. The guest kitchen includes stove, oven, microwave, and refrigerator/freezer space. There are books and board games available in the shelves. Please make sure that all game pieces are safely returned. 2 cats and a small dog share the game room. The hosts use this shared room daily to feed the cats, to access the back yard, and for occasional projects. Dog and cats use the "doggie door" in this room to go in and out of the house. Please do not close the screen door past their door. CHECK IN and PARKING We have plenty of parking space. To check in, you can park out front and come to the front door. We will take you to your room and thereafter you will enter and exit privately from the back of the house. We can make arrangements for a late self checkin. You are welcome to enter the gate at the north side of the house and drive back to park near your room. Please close the gate when you will be staying or gone for a time. It is a security against animals entering and a secondary defense if our horses get out. ALLERGY ALERT and PET INFORMATION *The host cats and dog move throughout the entertainment room so our facility is not suitable for people with pet allergies. Our animals do not like to be picked up. If you would like to pet them, give them the chance to choose to come up to you. HOSTS We have lived in the Central Valley for over 30 years and are happy to point you toward activities to do and places to visit. You choose if you want your privacy or to interact with us. We are empty nesters who recently remodeled with an eye to providing a nice place to share our wonderful piece of country next to the city. We also offer our private horseback riding and art lessons at a discount to overnight guests. OTHER NOTES Late check in can be arranged. Wifi Laundry is available. Use of our gym can be scheduled. No smoking on our property--not just in the rooms. Self check in can be arranged. GROUNDS Guests have access to the grass yard, gazebo, pool and shared entertainment room. Please do not enter the chicken coop or horse areas, or climb the fences. Please do not feed the horses. Guests can request to accompany the host at feedings. INDOORS Guests enter the TV/game room through the sliding glass door at the rear of the house. The "Cardinal" bedroom is entered from the entertainment room. Your privately locked suite door is inside this game room. You have a private attached bathroom. There are two bedroom closets, one is marked as personal belonging to the hosts. The kitchen includes pots, pans and china dishes or paper plates. The refrigerator/freezer by the gym room door has space for you to use. However, it is shared with the hosts so please respect our food. Help yourself to condiments that you need and the filtered bottled water in the fridge. Also, help yourself to the push up pops in the freezer on the top right. If you choose to add the breakfast, we will leave yogurt, butter and eggs for you in the refrigerator, and we will do those breakfast dishes. Just leave them on the counter. There is a tea pot or Keurig machine for coffee, tea, and hot chocolate which is available to each guest. The gym room is available while the hosts are home, with your notification that you wish to use it. The door is at the back of the game room near the refrigerator. The laundry room is available at any time. It is located in the hall off of the game room. If doing more than two loads, please leave a tip for cost of detergent. Please do not enter any other areas of the host home without an invitation. We do schedule some classes in the shared entertainment room and will notify you when that space is needed. For short term guests, we try to avoid booking classes while you are here, but longer term guests will need to accommodate the students. Hosts have provided information in the rooms and on this site about the local area and will enjoy sharing ideas for activities and sight seeing. You can also book time with the host for private horse or art lessons (at a price discounted for overnight guests). Options are available on my website. You can text at any time and call our house phone if you need anything while staying. Enjoy our peaceful surroundings on a quiet dead-end country road between farmers' fields and pastures. We are about a 15 minute drive to the east of the 99 freeway. Shopping and dining are within a five minute drive. Down the street is Modesto's regional soccer field as well as baseball fields. Downtown Modesto and the Gallo Center for the Arts are ten minutes away. The city bus is a short walk down the lane. We are within a 10 minute drive of Amtrak and about 15 minutes from the Modesto airport and car rentals. The regional soccer fields and baseball fields are within walking distance. But having your own car is most convenient. 1) We have two rooms listed on AirBnB. If it concerns you to share the entertainment room, please ask if we have another booking at the time that is of interest to you. 2) Pandemic restrictions require face masks in California. Some businesses are closed and restaurants have outside dining or take out only.