Check into Davey Wavey’s unexpected latest venture…

Tucked away on a mountaintop in Southern Vermont, there is a charming, seven-bedroom house where queer men have been going for nearly two decades to unwind and reconnect in a cozy, clothing-optional environment.

Social media star and adult film producer Davey Wavey has been vacationing at Frog Meadow almost since founders Scott Heller and Dave King opened their former vacation home as a B&B 18 years ago, often twice a year. He fell in love with the lush 25-acre property in Newfane, Vermont, just outside the eclectic community of Brattleboro. The sense of community Heller and King have fostered there among their guests, many of whom, like Wavey, return annually, is also appealing.

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Wavey recalls a conversation he had with Heller and King two years ago, where the power of the place and their stewardship of it really hit home. “I was like, ‘You guys have each other, you have love, you’re surrounded by nature, you have beauty, and you have built this place that really, for some of the guys that go there, it’s the only place on earth where they feel like they can be themselves,” he recalls telling the couple. “‘You have love, you have beauty, you have purpose.’ I was like, ‘You guys have won. Life does not get any better than this.’”

So, when Heller and King approached Wavey with an offer to sell Frog Meadow, he thought, “Why wouldn’t I step into that?”

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To hear Wavey describe it, the decision to purchase a bed and breakfast in the mountains of Vermont seems to have come at something of a turning point for him. “I always want to frame this positively, but it’s tricky,” he explains. “I started on YouTube almost 20 years ago, and the Internet was such a different space — and social media especially. It was a place where people found community and a source of inspiration. It was really fun! And I think, over the years, our feeds have been impacted by the pursuit of profit over people, and things have been monetized; it’s really changed the experience I think a lot of us have online.”

In 2017, Wavey launched Himeros.TV, a gay adult content platform that prioritizes exploration and education as well as connection between performers. An extension of Wavey’s YouTube videos exploring gay health and pleasure, the venture allowed the influencer to create content that wasn’t beholden to the social media platform’s “ever-evolving community guidelines.” (Potential guests can even get a glimpse of Frog Meadow in Himeros. TV’s “Sacred Sex” series, which was filmed around the property.)

But creating Himeros.TV content also taught Wavey something else: “The part that I loved most about it was going to these locations, doing the film shoots, the sense of community that you have with the models and the crew,” he says. “That was, at a soul level, very nourishing.”

Wavey purchased Frog Meadow in July, hoping to continue fostering similar experiences for guests. He’ll officially take the reins in late April 2026, after Heller and King wrap up their final season at the end of October and shut down for the winter. He assures longtime returning guests that, while he’s making some “upgrades” to the property, the essential character and atmosphere of Frog Meadow will remain the same.

“I’m a gay man, and like any gay man, you’re gonna redecorate, right?” Wavey jokes. “So, I’m zhuzhing the place up with new furniture, new rugs. Kind of longer term, we’re gonna put a sauna in. Starting next year, we’re gonna be open year-round, because we have ski season.”

Other updates include an electric car charging station, a signature fragrance, new recipes for the B&B’s kitchen, and improvements to the property’s gym. “So, stuff that people will really appreciate. But the heart and the soul of Frog Meadow is going to be the same,” he insists. And while the property will remain male-only, Wavey says that if a guest identifies as male, “that’s all we need to know.”

Funnily enough, Wavey admits that he’s probably in the minority when he describes the fact that guests can enjoy Frog Meadow’s gardens, orchard, wood-fired hot tub, and nearby hiking trails in the buff as the least interesting aspect of the property.

“Maybe I’m just desensitized to [a lack of clothing] at some level,” he jokes. Which is not to say he doesn’t see the appeal of being au naturel in such a beautiful, welcoming setting. “It’s something about being in 25 acres of pristine Vermont wilderness, being around a supportive group of gay men in a world that has often told us that we’re less than, just unabashedly to take your clothes off, authentically be yourself… When you’re naked, you’re not wearing a mask. It is just you.”

Wavey is also evangelical about the community surrounding Frog Meadow. Nearby Brattleboro, he says, “really punches above its weight.”

“There’s a circus school nearby, so I think it attracts a lot of eclectic international individuals that are learning trapeze or unicycling,” he says, “And it’s nestled in this valley of gorgeous waterfalls and covered bridges. There’s a glass blowing studio and a place making cheese — but then you can get your d**k sucked at Rock River!”

That particularly secluded attraction, a storied swimming hole and cruising ground off a tributary of the West River, is part of queer Vermont history, featured in early editions of the Damron Guides. And it’s only about 10 minutes from Frog Meadow.

As Wavey prepares to take over, he’s quick to acknowledge the torch Heller and King are passing to him.

“They’ve really created this very special place,” he says. “They started from just word-of-mouth marketing and have built it into what it is today. So, I feel really grateful that they’re trusting me to kind of steward the next chapter of Frog Meadow. Because it would have been much easier for them to find a wealthy person who wanted to buy Frog Meadow as a compound for their family, they chose not to sell. But they have a desire to continue the legacy of this place. So, I’m really grateful that they’re trusting me to take the reins.”

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