The sitting room is available for reading visiting, boardgames, or sipping a cup of tea in front of the fire after a day of hiking fishing, skiing or sight-seeing.

Nor are the other senses neglected at VIEWFORTH.

A. B. Guthrie, Jr. wrote of being far from the "voices of cities" where "the silence has a song to sing ---"

The songs of the silences are many. Listen! The gusty Chinook winds take on operatic intensity at times. The acappella meadowlark has a clarion call while the gentle windsong of the grass hums like a lullaby. The marsh frogs provide a chorus and the coyote sings the blues. "House songs" include the old-fashioned sound of the sweeping of the porch; the whir of a whisk in egg whites in a copper bowl; the ever-pleasant crackle of a cheerful fire on a cool evening; the strains of a Hadyn Baryton Trio at breakfast.

Breathing deeply -- yet another pleasant pastime at VIEWFORTH. The air at this high altitude is a magical blending of the mountains and the plains. Underlying, rich, earthy smells are sweetened by the sweet clover of the roadside and the alfalfa of the hayfields. Scents of fir and pine are carried down by mountain zephyrs to mingle with sagebrush and wild rose, while in the kitchen garden, mint and lavender and lemon verbena attract bees, butterflies and guests alike. Izaak Walton gave the following admonition more than 300 years ago in his famous book The Complete Angler:

"Let's go to that house for the linen looks white and smells of lavender, and I long to be in a pair of sheets that smells so!"

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