Maria's place is super clean, very private, with a minimal, modern style. I heard a coyote yipping nearby one night, and there were four green parrots talking back and forth in the trees in the afternoon. It is a magical place! The creek next to the house was flowing which I hear is not all that common, but because its been so rainy, the water was flowing and the hillsides were green. Coming from a big city, what I needed was quiet nature, and that is what Maria's house provided.