The cabin you are staying in was one of the original buildings back in 1958. The fellow planned to have an RV campground and this was to be the office. The section with the full restroom was once a KOA cabin.
As you wander the barn area, you’ll see an Art Studio where the wife enjoys painting – pop in and say hi. A little further is the RV shed, then a small log shed with a Laundry sign from the place at the end of the road where the movie, City Dudes was filmed. Drive up and see the movie prop barn and massive gates of barbed wire. Fourteen movies were filmed in around Durango, including How The West Was Won.
The next cabin was a historic building given to the former owner. The Durango Livery’s barn rafters are curved, notched, and heavily oiled as they are from the old Animas Flume south of the Purgatory Ski Area. What we call the Library is made of logs from an old cabin. The music studio and shop were built in the early 1970s.
On the hill by the road, the original brown house was built in 1958 along with the A-Frame cabin, then the north cabin was constructed. Sometime in the 1970’s the Lone Pine Cabin just south of the brown house was built from the historic Animas City Elementary School logs.
The fish hatchery (now our duck shed) was built sometime in the 1960s. The water comes from a pure Rocky Mountain spring to the north.
Pets are allowed, but not on the couch or beds since their hair is difficult to remove. Bring your own covers and please do not leave them alone in the cabin.