Horsing around We don't have any horses now, but horses were a huge part of my childhood. My Papa always had twelve or thirteen horses roaming the property. When we wanted to go for a trail ride, we'd bring the old truck out to the back pasture and honk the horn. Most of the herd would race back to the barn for some corn, but there were always one or two Papa had to chase down with the rickety old truck.

Your Escape Awaits Lakeview Leisure and Lodging offers six cabins, each with a six-foot porch facing our five-acre pond. Here, you can sit with your morning coffee and watch the mist rise off the water. You can cast a line for bass, bream, or catfish or explore 72 acres of woods and pasture. Each cabin includes WiFi and a 50-inch smart TV—because sometimes the best vacation is one where you can choose between a nature walk and a Netflix binge.

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Honeybee Hollow - 160 Jeofry Lane. This cabin sits at the end of our semi-circle of cabins, wrapped in warm cream siding that catches the afternoon sun.

A menagerie of fun Jeofry Jones loved everything about nature. He kept a menagerie of animals and would invite children and friends to tour his pond property. He had an old farmhouse that faced the lake, and right outside the screened porch, he built a large dove aviary—so he could, as he put it,  "get cooing whenever he wanted."  Papa also had a large collection of geese and mallards that never failed to come at his call.

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