Yurts So Good

[create_destiny]

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.

Comments

[langatmig.livejournal.com]

Oh, Big Sur! Oh, yurts! My heart is there already. I am checking this place out PRONTO.

[nightlikeariver.livejournal.com]

oh wow, that's beautiful! where is big sur? norcal, or socal?

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

YURT! YURT!

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:

[si-anenome.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I've been eye-balling that place for a while. Thank you for the pix!

[stephanietberry.livejournal.com]

I have friends that lived in a yurt for awhile before they converted it bit by bit into an exquisite little round house. They were freezing in the winter, and lived in fear that one of the forest trees would fall on them in an ice storm. Now they've got a finished basement with a solar-heated radiant floor, slip walls (lattice work filled with a straw/clay mix, looks like cob), and a huge tree trunk post in the middle. Really beautiful. Your vacation sounds so wonderful! It appears that you are really blessed with wonderful parents!

[petunias-petals.livejournal.com]

i just wanna say that i love that you are and your pair-aunts take in the beauty and take pics for us to see! i wrote pair-aunts cause randomnly expericing through your posts its kinda like you hanging out with you neato eccentric eccletic aunties, yet im sure its not quite that wild but great none the less cause its your "parents" how many grown adults still engage with both their parents at this level? i really love all of you guys for that. and thank yo again.

i love yurts but find them to be a bit pricey, ugh.

what

[skinnyfag.livejournal.com]

Did it smell like Rotten meat?

But looks Great! i wanna hit the "big SIR" or mr. sir. soon..

thinking thanksgiving weekend! looks fun!