Staying in a Strawbale home is a special experience! The thick adobe walls create a cozy and warm feeling that a traditional stick built home just can’t. Enjoy the vaulted ceilings, heated floors, new appliances and natural sunlight. Backyard, fire pit and gas grill as well as outdoor eating space. The view from the kitchen looks out on a private pond and local historic (retired) Rio Grande Railroad bridge. Some scenes from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were shot by this bridge! The space The 16 inch stucco strawbale walls keep the house temperature consistent—cool enough in the summer that we’ve never found the need for an air conditioner in that home, and nice and cozy in the winter. You can accommodate a third person on the couch in the living room. The couch has a back that drops down and turns into a larger, flat sleeping space. There is a foam pad stored near the laundry that you can put on top of the couch to make a cozier and an extra set of linens. This sleeping space would be most appropriate for a smaller adult or a child. The strawbale is one of 3 homes on a 7 acre parcel of land that backs up to the Florida River. You can walk a short walk down to the river. Your hosts are in the main ranch house and there is another studio Airbnb next door to the Strawbale (on the other side of the fenced back door). This property is located on the east side of Durango, just outside city limits—8 min drive to your closest coffee shop, 18 minutes to downtown. Guest access You would have the Strawbale home to yourself. There is a storage room attached to the back of the house that you would not have access to. You can access your own private, fenced backyard through a gate off the front of the house. You can also walk down to the river if you would like! There are chairs to sit on down there by the water. Other things to note This is basically a small ranch/farmette. There are two horses on the property and one mini goat and her baby located behind the Strawbale as well as a house, a free roaming chickens. We also have a flock of seven domestic ducks that live on the pond in front of our ranch house, but are usually seen wandering the property too. Any fencing, especially white rope fencing, should be considered “hot” or electrified (don’t touch!) and definitely do not go into any of the animal areas or pens for safety.