About three hours east of Nashville, nestled in rolling hills is one of Tennessee’s best kept secrets.
The cabin at Autumn Dancer Llama Farm.
The cabin itself has a 1/4 acre of fenced area for your puppies to run with the horses and donkeys, or just enjoy a little bit of freedom.
The front of the cabin is completely fenced in.
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing photos of our recent vacation to Tennessee. Finally all our traveling is done, I’ve got my computer issues resolved and hopefully things are well on their way to back to normal.
Some of you expressed interest in the cabin, so I thought I’d share a little bit more here today.
I first saw this cabin on Facebook. Kim from Life at Golden Pines had just spent a weekend there, and I clicked on her link and immediately thought I want to go there.
This three bedroom, two bath log cabin, with a hot tub and fenced front yard, sits on a 17 acre llama farm. Reasonably priced at $135 per night, the cabin is equipped with anything you could possibly need. A grocery service is also provided for folks who arrive later at night and don’t want to chuff groceries for their evening meal, or next day’s breakfast. (Honestly, I’ve stayed at higher priced hotels and gotten much less then what is offered at ADLF.)
The owner’s Ginny and Ed Miller are warm and welcoming, and we immediately felt right at home. Should you wish to take in any of the area attractions (Dollywood is about an hour away, Ashville, NC about 1 1/2 hours) Ed and Ginny are more than happy to let your puppies out for a potty break.
We ended up just staying in as Delilah was a bit unsettled by the trip. In fact, until about Thursday she wouldn’t let me out of her sight. So I didn’t feel comfortable leaving her alone. Instead, we took them into town with us to do shopping and Hubby sat in the car while I ran in.
The llamas were very comfortable around the dogs, in fact they would come out to look at us.
I don’t know this llama’s name, but she sure liked to look at us.
There is a certain protocol used when meeting/greeting llamas. You should keep your hands behind your back and bow towards them, letting the llama sniff you. If the llama accepts you (s)he will blow softly in your face. You can blow back and then using the back of your hand, you can stroke the llama.
Hubby grasped the concept quite well and was quickly nose to nose with one of the friendliest llamas.
I on the other hand likened it to greeting a Hippogriff and I wasn’t quite as comfortable. I kept thinking of talons tearing me to shreds, except they’re llamas, and they don’t have talons. I expect all my curtsying confused them.
Hubby wanted to get some fishing in, so he booked a trip with a professional fisherman. He was on the water 20 minutes and he caught his first fish.
Don’t worry. It’s catch and release. No fish were (siriusly) harmed in the taking of this photo.
My expectations were a bit different. I wanted to take walks with the dogs and have a couple of cocktails.
Little paths throughout the farm were great for walking.
And if you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know cocktails were every day at 4:00 pm. 😉
All in all, it was a wonderful, relaxing vacation which ended far too quickly.
If you’re interested in learning more about the cabin at Autumn Dancer Llama Farm, I encourage you to check it out on VRBO.
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