Our Story... Hi, we are Ron and Nancy Thaxton, your host, living on 17 mountain acres 20 minutes outside of our State Capital, Charleston, WV. Our beautiful property, "Old Woodland Acres" has been in our family for over 150 years. It is a well kept secret... offering tranquility to an otherwise noisy, crowded world. Ron's professional degree is Accounting and mine, (Nancy) is Education. We have 2 daughters and son-n-laws, plus 3 granddaughters, Stormie, Starr, Lakyn and 1 grandson, Che River (their very names reflect our natural surroundings) We are Entrepreneurs & Business Owners, including a Travel Agency “Regal Travel by Design”, both domestic & international Travel, Weddings “Dream Weddings & Events” International Safari Company “Wild Heart African Safaris” East Africa, Business Coaching “The Art of Entrepreneur" to our own Rustic Venue, Old Woodland Acres. We are also Pastors to Pastors in our beautiful city and state of Charleston, West Virginia. We have traveled the world but our home is our beautiful West Virginia We enjoy long walks on our 17 acre estate past small rock cliffs, an old farm chicken house, the generational initial trees started by Ron's initials carved by his grandfather to now the 5th generation. We cross a rocky creek and explore a pine tree grove on the top of the mountain. We also enjoy watching the wild life including several species of birds, deer, ground hogs, foxes, squirrels and any other animal that may wonder by. Our Guest are welcome to participate in our excursions, picking apples from the orchard or roasting marshmallows on an open firepit.