Location, Location, Location

Today I’ve been thinking about location in general and how lucky I feel that we found this one in particular.

When viewed from above -- say from Google Maps -- you can see how splendidly isolated we are here at Dancing Deer. The property combines to nearly 100 acres which in itself can provide a sort of splendid isolation. But, as you can see, the protection of these ancient oaks provides the feeling of being really, really far away from everything.

The reality, however, is that this simply isn’t so. We’re in the heart of the central coast wine country and situated just half an hour away from the coastal communities of Cambria, Cayucos and Morro Bay. Hearst Castle is an enthusiastic stone’s throw away. We are 15 minutes from the university town of San Luis Obispo and only three minutes outside the pleasant rural community of Templeton.

San Luis Obispo county is itself about midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. That means we’re only two or three hours by car from most of California’s 35 million people. And yet... I look out the window, see an undulating hill and a line of rare and beautiful oaks so lovely it hurts my eyes. If I’m lucky, I’ll catch a glimpse of a kestrel or a red-tailed hawk winging its way into the trees. And the deer. Of course the deer. Dancing Deer is not far from anything. Dancing Deer is a lifetime away.