The Grand Treetop Tour

Today wee spent the day in DC being tourists; however, after walking over 7 miles everyone was to tired to download and share photos. I am pooped and ready for bed, but I decided to go ahead and give you the grand tour of the Haldeman's Vacation Paradise before I hit the sack tonight.

The view as you drive up the private drive to the house.

Looking out the front of the house to the driveway. The pond is always running and makes the most wonderfully peaceful sound <3

The front entry view from the living room.

The awesome living room with the swing, the views from the back wall of windows, and the dining area.

The kitchen. It is an awesome open floor plan and so the living room, office, front entry, dinning room, and kitchen all flow together with a fireplace in the center and windows for walls surrounding it.

The house is also filled with all kinds of random art pieces, if that is what you want to call them, like this mannequin dressed in green with a bird on it's hand.....

This is the view from the kitchen, and no ladies, the man is not always included in this view, sorry.

The hen house which no longer has hens (although it did when Rob started renting this house, and he was amused as he watched a sly fox try to get in with the hens. He did not figure it out before the hens were relocated.)

The side of the house from the hot tub.

The view from the room we stayed in. The sound of the water from the pond running all night was soooooo relaxing.

The master bedroom...

...and its view.

The stairway down to the huge game and bunk room the girls all stayed in. They also had another pond outside their room that allowed them to listen to the water all night.

The view of the front from the deck on the roof..

And one of the deck below.

The back of the house from the bottom level.

The staircase down to the dock and the detachable floating dock that can be paddled out into the bay (very Mark Twain-ish)

A view of the house from the dock.

I skipped a few rooms, but I think you get the general idea- pure AWESOMNESS!!! Every kid has a dream of having the coolest tree house around, and we feel like we are getting to stay in the adult version of that dream. When you are inside you would swear you were staying in a house in the tops of the trees. We love the house, we love our friends, and Rodney feels like he is in the perfect spot to relax. What a great experience and memory everything about the trip is. <3<3<3<3<3