Peaceful Mountain Treasure
Ladda and Mark were fantastic hosts. My son and I had a quick overnight trip to their land. The cabin was more rustic than I had anticipated. It was lovely, nonetheless, to have the peace and tranquillity all around and immediate. Also immediate was a delicious pot roast dinner made special by the hosts themselves. It is a working farm full of robust, healthy, entertaining creatures. They are former restauranteurs, so they know a thing or two about farm to table. There were blackberry bushes, peach and apple trees peppering the property and a sweet little pond filled with spring water that they filled a whole jug up for us with. It struck me, after having very easy, natural conversation, that these folks are visionaries, as well as just extremely hard workers, demonstrating southern hospitality at its finest.
With so much land in these times deemed harshly, ‘PRIVATE, NO TRESPASSING!’ these folks have opened up the experience of their beautiful land to the discerning people ready to unplug for a little while.
It is a definite work in progress, but go there and support the cause, I promise you won’t regret it. And just know, you are, without a doubt, meant to disconnect from the chaos and busyness of the world in this special place and reconnect with the peace and calm of the nature surrounding you, complete with mountain views, sweet waterfalls, chirping crickets and furry, feathery, animals.