Longview Ranch

We just got back from 48-hours away from the farm. We drove a horribly long thirty minutes to get to Longview Ranch in Mosheim, TN. This was, by far, one of the best adventures our family has ever taken together. We had a BLAST!

While Longview could host about 8-10 families at a time, due to COVID-19, there were only four families at their very first FAMILY QUEST, and we were all kept socially distant from each other. 

Here was our family's schedule for the weekend:

Listen, my husband is an introvert. He has ZERO need if he is not at work, to be anywhere but our farm. But even he was completely SOLD at how wonderful this weekend was for our family. 

Isaac really did NOT want to go on this weekend. He, too, would rather just be at home. But he also had a BLAST! We all did.

We had an opportunity to participate in skeet shooting, S'mores, horseback riding, canoeing, archery, hiking and be the guinea pigs on their new and amazingly fast outdoor water slide!

Another thing: I really thought the food would be just "acceptable." But it went beyond that. I thought it was delicious and a definite step above what I envisioned camp food to be. 

All of our food and entertainment was taken care of. All we had to do was show up with our own bedding, move into our family cabin (complete with our own private bathroom) and enjoy the weekend. 

I truly canNOT say enough good things about this opportunity for our family. It is something we will definitely do every year if the ability presents itself. 

This camp is a fantastic place with fantastic people. The staff was amazing. The food was great. It was clean and beautiful and peaceful and just simply a GREAT getaway for our family.

I'll be singing their praises for a long time to come!

Here are some bird pictures Abigail took at the ranch or right outside of it:

Summer Tanager

Barred Owl

Louisiana Waterthrush

Scarlet Tanager

Ragged looking Pine Warbler Singing

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Rare bird for this location!)