About The Flip-Flop
Peter's mother built the first cabin here in the summer of 1971, using pine she milled herself and windows she bought from a shipwright two towns over. She added a second cabin the year Peter was born, and two more over the decade that followed. For forty years she ran the place alone, taking guests by word of mouth and keeping a handwritten ledger by the kitchen telephone.
Joan and Peter took over in 2014, the year Peter's mother decided the winters had gotten too long. They kept almost everything the same — the same four cabins, the same outdoor shower with the same broken latch, the same kettle on the same stove. What they changed, they changed slowly: a new roof on The Gull, better insulation in Low & Slow, an email address so guests could reach them without calling the landline.
Nell came back from culinary school in 2022 and started cooking three nights a week in the main house. She is the reason dinner now exists here at all. The other four nights, you are on your own — there is a small fridge in every cabin and a good grocery an hour's drive inland.
We do not advertise. We do not have a booking site. We answer email when we get to it, usually in the morning with coffee. The lodge sleeps ten people on a full week and most weeks it sleeps fewer than that. We like it that way.
Our Mission
Keep the place small, keep the pace slow, and let the coast do the rest.
Our Values
The Pace
Nothing here runs on a schedule except the tide. Breakfast is whenever you wake up. Dinner is whenever Nell rings the bell, the nights she rings it. You are welcome to do exactly nothing for an entire week, and most guests eventually do.
The Rules
There are a few. Shoes come off at the cabin door. Quiet after ten. No drones, no loud speakers, no bringing your work to the porch. Dogs are welcome if they are the kind that can sleep on a rug for eight hours. We ask these things because the other guests asked first.
The Privacy
We do not share the address publicly and we ask that guests do the same. No geotagging the cabins, no posting the drive-in road. Part of what makes this place feel the way it feels is that the next guest has to write to us too. If that sounds precious, we understand — it is not for everyone.