Thursday, March 11, 2010

Blue Vistas Cabin

Welcome to one of my favorite places...Blue Vistas Cabin. This is another accommodation option for folks looking for a wonderful mountain escape. The Cabin is located about half a mile from the Blue Ridge Mountain Inn. It sits high atop a hill on 14 private acres. It's very popular for honeymoon's and anniversaries. Many of our guests think of it as "their place" and come back year after year for rest, romance and relaxation.



Blue Vistas Cabin is set up like a duplex - it is one building with two separate units. The units share a parking area, and everything else is separate. We call the units East and West. All the photos in this post feature the East unit.



The private hot tubs are a popular feature at the cabin, and the starry view at night is breathtaking!




Each unit features its own kitchen, living room, screened in porch, hot tub, and loft bedroom with king size bed.




The cabin has been in our family for about 10 years. But it has been sitting high on the hill for far longer than that. In fact, during renovations, when we added water and electricity, Alan found pages torn from the 1922 Montgomery Ward catalogue stuffed inside the walls as a primitive form of insulation! This property is also home to two of the remaining 92 American Chestnut tree's left in all of Virginia. The chestnut closest to the Cabin is estimated to be over 200 years old. These trees are documented by both the Virginia department of forestry and the National Chestnut Foundation, and have been a part of their breeding program for the last 35 years. The sweeping mountain views, the sense of peace and proximity to Skyline Drive, make Blue Vistas Cabin one of my very favorite places.




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