Pictures

One of the two cabins with the BBQ pit and picnic tables to the right. The BBQ pit becomes the campfire in the evenings where people gather to warm up, talk, and be musical.

The lawn for recreation is a long strip of grass along the river, which is just visible to the right. The hill of across the valley is off in the distance behind that. In the middle ground on the right is the landing area for the air mattresses and innertubes. At the far end of the lawn is a A-frame swing, which was to my left as I took the cabin picture.

Turning a little to right, shows a view down stream where the river is calm. On a hot day, the cold river can be a welcome relief.

The river is more rocky upstream and the adventurous take the innertubes through the "rapids".

The plants along the river are mostly native, but David has landscaped the lawn area with some other plants. He can tell you about all the plants and wildlife when you go on the trails. Here is an oakleaf hydrangea, however, is a specimen planting on the trail next to the lawn. This type of hydrangea has thinner, oakleaf-shaped leaves, two types of flowers, and exfoliating bark. In the background in the upper right is the deck which over looks the lawn and river.

The older peacock spends a lot of time up near the hot tubs and deck. In this picture, a corner of one of the two hot tubs can be seen on the lower deck to the left. That colorful sheet on the right is what the masseur was using as a screen, so his table is behind there.

One of the peahens and her chicks. There were five of them, but I only see four in this picture. I wouldn't call the peacocks and -hens wildlife.

... and this is Titus, who is a more normal pet, if not a very large one.

One of the African tortoises. David has a number of tortoises, and might bring down a few for guests to watch. They don't have free range over the grounds like the Titus and the peas, because of raccoons and such.