A log cabin perched above a skunk’s lair still felt like paradise
Evidence
Estes Park!!! September 28. I wish I could let those three notes of admiration go to you instead of a letter. They mean everything that is rapturous and delightfulgrandeur, cheerfulness, health, enjoyment, novelty, freedom, etc., etc. I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams. There is health in every breath of air; I am much better already, and get up to a seven o clock breakfast without difficulty. It is quite comfortablein the fashion that I like. I have a log cabin, raised on six posts, all to myself, with a skunk’s lair underneath it, and a small lake close to it. There is a frost every night, and all day it is cool enough for a roaring fire. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 93
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