Situated near Crestone, Colorado in the Baca Grande, a covenanted community contiguous with the Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Wild Life Preserve. This community has been noted by U.S. News (11/6/07) as one of the top ten spiritual communities in America. There are numerous retreats, and gatherings throughout the year as spiritual leaders from around the world come to teach and instruct their followers. Bed and Breakfasts and Vacation Rental Homes are viable income properties here. Far from any highways, at the base of the majestic Sangre De Cristo Mountains, it is incredibly quiet, and the air is clean and pure. Occasionally you can hear the bell tolling at the monastery. There are breath taking views of Kit Carson Peak, and Crestone peak out of the master bedroom and living room picture windows.. While from the second bedroom, dining room and kitchen windows and off of the 12’ X 32’ deck spectacular view of the San Luis Valley and the distant San Juan Mountains. Deer, Elk and other wildlife are abundant. This house is a “green built�, sturdy and sustainable structure. Most of the wood used for the frame, trim and custom crafted cabinets is beetle kill pine cut at the local saw mill. The walls are 2X6 with 1� thick stucco siding along with 2X6 rafters on a 6� stem wall slab with ½� rebar reinforcement. This house is built to last through the next millennia. The house is energy efficient with in floor radiant heat (40% glycol good to 50 degrees below zero) and all new stainless steel appliances in the kitchen. The living room has an inverted hip ceiling and the master bedroom ceiling is a perfect pyramid. The water supply can be drained so the house can easily be winterized if necessary. The roof is an acrylic-elastomeir for clean retrievable water and has a longer life expectancy than a steel roof. The exterior walls are stucco with nylon mesh reinforcement. It has wood framed double pain low E windows. For even more efficiency it has a super insulated foundation, walls and attic with non formaldehyde insulation. It has public water and sewer. The utility lines are underground throughout the entire Baca Grande community. The property owners association Provides year round road maintenance.This is a beautiful and peaceful place to live year round, or have a second home to escape to when you need to slow down, relax & breathe!