Yurts So Good
Nov. 3rd, 2007 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sixty-five miles south of Monterey on Cape San Martin, there is a unique eco-lodging experience to be had at the Treebones Resort. Precariously perched on a ridge between the Big Sur coast and the Los Padres National Forest are sixteen yurts with wooden floors and canvas walls stretched across lattice frameworks.

We got lucky and scored a yurt with a full ocean view and a gas fireplace.
Unlike the yurts used by Central Asian nomads, the yurts at Treebones have French doors, plush beds, rattan easy chairs, a futon, a vanity sink, a wooden table with matching chairs and clear domed roofs for sunlight by day and star-gazing by night. None of the yurts have private bathrooms. This business must be conducted in a communal bathroom at the main lodge.
Here is my Mom demonstrating how to not lie on a bed if you suffer from lower-back pain.

My Dad sitting on the futon and taking a picture of me taking a picture of him.

The view from our yurt!

The main lodge features a real wood-burning fireplace, a gift-shop, a complimentary Belgium waffle breakfast and pricey dinners. Out on the deck is a hot tub and a heated pool.

Last shot of lucky yurt #13.


We got lucky and scored a yurt with a full ocean view and a gas fireplace.
Unlike the yurts used by Central Asian nomads, the yurts at Treebones have French doors, plush beds, rattan easy chairs, a futon, a vanity sink, a wooden table with matching chairs and clear domed roofs for sunlight by day and star-gazing by night. None of the yurts have private bathrooms. This business must be conducted in a communal bathroom at the main lodge.
Here is my Mom demonstrating how to not lie on a bed if you suffer from lower-back pain.

My Dad sitting on the futon and taking a picture of me taking a picture of him.

The view from our yurt!

The main lodge features a real wood-burning fireplace, a gift-shop, a complimentary Belgium waffle breakfast and pricey dinners. Out on the deck is a hot tub and a heated pool.

Last shot of lucky yurt #13.

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Date: 2007-11-04 01:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-11-04 06:21 am (UTC)Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California, United States coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.
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Date: 2007-11-04 04:52 am (UTC)You almost had me jumping on the bandwagon. Seriously. Except...that I have a wee, wee bladder and walking to a central potty in the middle of the night? Nope.
:sigh:
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Date: 2007-11-04 06:11 am (UTC)I thought it was going to be a pain in the ass, but it turned out not to be that big of a deal.
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Date: 2007-11-05 03:07 am (UTC)Yurt is such a fun word to say. Yurt, yurt, yurt!
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Date: 2007-11-05 03:39 am (UTC)Congratulations on you Ira Glass event. Countless times I would be driving home experiencing the pure depth of my emotions as I listened to his show. Now I don't drive home anymore, because I work here, too, but I recently got a Mac, so (insert boody dance here) This American Life, here I come! Now, where's me hankerchief?
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Date: 2007-11-05 03:58 am (UTC)Yeah, break out the handkerchief, especially if you watch the televised version of TAL on Showtime. (Damn, that makes me want to get Showtime. Bastards!) I haven't seen any episodes yet, only a few youtube excerpts which looked REALLY impressive.
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Date: 2007-11-05 12:28 am (UTC)i love yurts but find them to be a bit pricey, ugh.
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Date: 2007-11-05 03:05 am (UTC)And yes, these "pair-aunts" are pretty wild, way more wild than me, even. I'm extremely blessed to have been born to them.
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Date: 2007-11-08 05:05 pm (UTC)But looks Great! i wanna hit the "big SIR" or mr. sir. soon..
thinking thanksgiving weekend! looks fun!
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