Check out our latest media coverage in the New York Times - “Where the World's Greatest Photographers Go to Get Away.” We have received many emails and bookings as a result.  Thanks Ryan! Take a look!  

The exhibit of Charles's redwood sculptures at the Beach Museum at Kansas State University opened on September 12th, in conjunction with the Museum's Annual Fundraising Gala. You can read about the show here. Charles's works will be on display at K-State until December 14th - if you get a chance to attend, please let us know and send a photo!

Also, a special friend generously created a ten-minute, wonderful, educational video for the Museum exhibit. You can view it here!

Once again, Charles diligently worked the land to produce an abundance of pesticide-free, homegrown food including strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and boysenberries, along with asparagus, peppers, tomatoes, green beans, pea pods, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, potatoes, kale, parsley, basil, apples, peaches, plums, pears and lots and lots of lettuce.  Now, Charles is busy harvesting and drying beautiful, plump grapes.  Yum!  No wonder Charles is in great shape!

The bounty was aided greatly by the construction of a new geodesic greenhouse dome. Many thanks to the Burks and Pierre, a neighbor's friend, for helping with this project. The yield this year was quite impressive, though not as entertaining as Charles's clever mechanism for easy and quick roof ventilation!

We also continue to actively search for a solution for the growing needs of maintaining the property and guest lodging. RFI lodging maintenance and guest preparation have become increasingly time-consuming with the media coverage and repeat visitors. This summer a friend came to the ranch for two weeks and spent much of this time documenting the entire water system that Charles has built. We feel this will be very useful for the future caretakers and maintenance of RFI.