Exploring Ecuador - Day 6- Black Sheep Inn

Dear Family and Friends,

At the end of the drive, we arrived at our destination, Black Sheep Inn, located at 10,400 feet. It is an eco lodge and is not inexpensive.  Yes, you pay good money to experience what life could be like if we all lived with preserving the environment first.  It turned out to be an awesome stay.

The rooms turned out to be cabins.  This is the main building, containing sofas, books, games, tables, and wifi.  There was a counter that always had fresh cookies, brownies, coffee and tea to partake at your liking.

Since the inn looks out over the mountains and valley, there are many areas for just relaxing and enjoying the view.

Even a treehouse type deck that you get to by walking across a swinging bridge.

As you can see they need lots of wood to keep things nice and warm.  All meals are provided, but I did not see the kitchen.  Odds are that they cook with a wood stove.

Another deck for enjoying the view.

The yoga room.

The gym.  Rustic but workable.

The best part, was our cabin.  

The bedroom was adequate.  Lots of wool blankets on the bed.

And at the foot of the bed was a loft for a third person to sleep.  Man, would I hate to negotiate that ladder in the middle of the night.

Here is Chuck firing up our heat source.  The little stove worked so well, that it just took a few minutes for the cabin to be nice and cozy.

Outside our bedroom was a enclosed sitting out porch.

The bathroom started out looking pretty much like a bathroom usually looks. The shower was cool because the walls of the shower were made with colorful glass bottles embedded in cement.

The fun part, was the toilet.  It was a compost toilet.  At first I wasn't sure I would like it, but actually it worked very well.  No smell what so ever!  

This box, sitting next to the toilet, contains bark, sawdust, and I don't know what all,  a scoop and a broom.  After using the toilet (pee or poop) you scoop up this stuff and dump it in the hole.  It is all dry, no water at all.  The broom is for sweeping everything off if you spill some.

Here are the instructions that were pasted on the wall above the toilet.

I did not have an indoor outhouse on my bucket list, but I have it checked off.  

And, for Chuck's convenience was a urinal, that you flush by filling up the tin cup and pouring water through the funnel on top.  The water drains out into the garden.

We were there for a couple of nights.  Such a nice, relaxing stay and we felt good that we were off the grid, more or less and not messing up the environment.

The next post will be about a day trip journey to a huge volcano lake. 

Love,

Nancy and Chuck