コロラド州南西部の山地にあるモンテントップリトリート

I lived in Colorado for ten years in the 1970s and was an avid outdoorsman - climbing 14ers, skiing and cycling. I went back East to get a graduate degree and work on Wall street but always vowed that I would return to my adopted home. Every year I would make 2 or 3 trips back and every trip I would think I needed to find a way to get back home. It is hard to turn hopes into reality and the road has not been as smooth as I would have wanted but I finally found what I think is close to nirvana tucked in a little corner of the State. What could be better than to actually live in a National Forest at the top of a mountain? Living comfortably in the middle of a National Forest at the top of a mountain. Doing that requires self-sufficiency and self-reliance. We are ten miles from the nearest neighbor and fifteen miles from the nearest little town. but we are very close to heaven here.

I spent almost 20 years searching for a perfect place in Colorado, my adopted home, before I found this "in-holding" . The Double R Ranch is 160 acres surrounded by the 2 mm acre San Juan National Forest. I have spent the past ten years developing the property. You would never expect to find a house tucked in among some of Colorado's most spectacular and inspiring scenery. We are solar powered and eco--friendly. Most summers we have a resident elk herd on our pastures. At night and early in the morning we are serenaded by a local coyote pack. But the beds are comfortable. The bathrooms functional. And the views and sunsets from the front porch are remarkable.

Fully functional house in the middle of the wilderness. A master bedroom, an upstairs bedroom with a full bed, and the last bedroom has a bunkbed with full mattresses and an overlooking loft. The full kitchen looks onto the dining room/common room. There are porches on two sides.