A large family group just left our Brown Palace rental cabin after three nights. The grandparents brought their fifth wheel trailer and parked it over by our other cabin. There was a perfect spot for it, and they ran an extension cord and hose from the cabin.



It was a good spot for that trailer, but we learned some things. For one, having a trailer there makes the little rental cabin a lot less private, and it really tore up the grass.

Also, it would take a good driver to back that trailer into the spot without hitting certain features of our landscaping. Once it's in there, though it's perfect - nice and shady, all the comforts of home.

Some of the family slept over there, and the kids and teenagers and parents and dogs were next door at our Brown Palace. This is the second time they've stayed with us, and they really cleaned the place up before leaving, even made the beds.

I'm always a little bit sad to see people go home because it was fun having neighbors, but that's part of the charm of it - they go home before we get tired of them.