A quiet, private and secluded get-away
and vacation spot ideal for the single traveler or couple seeking a safe and secure rural country home away from home to unwind, heal, and regroup from
the hectic pace of everyday life.  Perfect also for the vacation with your dogs.  Ideal for the city-dweller who craves a bit of the country!
We are pet friendly and offer, comfortable,
clean simple and rustic accommodations in
the highlands above the White Mountains. 
Our area has recently been designated the
"Great North Woods". 

We are blessed with the most beautiful 80-acre
private and secluded hill farm originally cleared
and settled in the early 1800's by hardy
pioneers seeking their own piece of rocky
New England soil.  There are walking trails,
3 large ponds, fields and woods to explore.
Home to Moose, Deer, Bear and multiple other wildlife.

  Lots of flora and fauna to study we also have quite
a reference library with field guides help you to identify your discoveries.  It is a birders paradise with the variety of covers and the botany of the land is incredible. 

We offer all the comforts of home, four season living
with our 'Guest House' and 'Dad's Place ' We also have
3 primitive and basic camping cabins
and several select camp sites that are
available to pitch your tents in warmer weather. 
Country Cousins will always be small, private quiet and low-key.  Never
noisy crowds.  Peace and Solitude always available!

Dad's Place

"Dad's Place" was home to my father and his 2
cats and his dogs from 1988 to 2004. 
He was a retired Boston and Maine
Railroad man, also a photographer
for many Boston area fire departments. 
He was a civil war buff and an ardent Mason. 
We named this guest lodging in his memory. 
"Dad's Place" is bright, light, cherry, upstairs
over the farm library, has one bedroom
with double bed, full bath,
kitchen/living room with Direct TV,
and limited wireless internet access. 
Safe and secure for the single sole-traveler.

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The Guest House @ Crabapple Country Cousins

My mother's people were from Nova Scotia and for her, going "back home"
from Somerville, Ma (where I grew up), to Novie every
summer to visit, return to her roots and to
visit her country cousins was the highlight of her year. 
People today imprisoned in city life just don't have
the relatives back in the country to have that
opportunity and and so we saw the need to create
a place and a family to become your 'Country Cousins."
The Guest House is fully furnished with two bedrooms,
each with private bath on the upper level, living room,
kitchen on the lower level and its own large fenced yard. 
Big windows, wonderful scenic views.  Direct TV, and limited Internet access.

May through October Camping Cabins

The Pond Cabin

The Pond Cabin is one small bedroom down by the Pond!  With a "double seater" outhouse close by, we call it our "one room and a bath" facility!  Outside fireplace & picnic table!  Primitive camping with a touch of a class!  And in an incredible location!  Watch the deer and moose from your bed!

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CRABAPPLE DOWNS BOARDING FOR PETS

  In 1978 we built a small kennel building housing 12 inside pens, with doggie doors and individual chain link runs.  We had been housing both humane society stray dogs and privately owned boarding dogs in outside doghouses! 

     Over the years the kennel has grown in size to 30 inside pens with 30 chain link runs, roofed over, weather protected. It is a heated, comfortable, year-round facility, the safe place for your pet while you are away.
 

We have been in the pet care business for over 30 years and have gained much knowledge on pet health, nutrition and the animals' variety of needs.

We are able to give medications if needed, even injections, and each pet is special to us and treated with individual care. We also have a fully equipped grooming room and can bathe, clip, and style any breed of dog.  We ask that your pet be up to date with   vaccinations and do want to see a printout from your vet showing proof of inoculations.

 We also require that the pet is using a topical flea and tick prevention product. We do not want fleas to come in or fleas to go home!

 Long-term or short-term stays are welcomed.

Visits are welcomed if you are thinking of a trip that cannot include your canine or feline buddy.

 The kennel is located on the way in on our quarter-mile driveway and away from house and guest lodging. No barking dogs to disturb anyone's sleep!

COUNTRY COUSINS RATES:

Dad's Place: (1 bedroom)    $300.00 per week       $50.00 per night

Guest House:(2 bedroom)      $450.00 per week      $ 75.00 per night

Camping Cabins:               $150.00 per week      $30.00 per night

How to get here:  We are located approximately 4 miles up

the Fish Pond Rd. from Rt. 3 on Mills Rd.

Email:  (Lodging)  crabapplecousins@webtv.net

Email: (Boarding and Poodles)  crabapple-downs@webtv.net

Website:  www.crabapplecountrycousins.com    (under construction)

Standard Poodle Pups Website: 

Arlene Mills
47 Mills Rd.
RR3 Box 314
Colebrook, NH  03576
(603) 237-4385

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