Spirit West River Lodge
Artist R.G. and Senior Olympian Lynn Finney’s home along Wyoming’s Encampment River.
By: Candy Moulton 08/25/2009
Their great room is balanced by an alcove beside the stone fireplace, where Lynn has a functional wood cookstove once used by her parents (she operates it as a warming oven when entertaining). The room also showcases her collection of antique oil lamps, among other antiques, and an inlaid table made by her grandfather. Across the room R.G.’s Irish roots show in Celtic slogans he inscribed on barnwood signs that hang from his bar.
Outdoors the deck has a rugged wood railing, made by R.G., with the logs tied together using heavy rope and accented with outdoor lanterns. Each of the bedrooms has a door opening onto the deck, giving family or guests easy access to the riverfront. An outdoor cooking area is used for breakfast preparation during the summer and a sheep wagon adds to the setting. Lynn routinely has animals—such as raccoons and porcupines—that wander onto the deck to find a meal.
With saddles and Indian paraphernalia as decorative elements, this home is all about the West. The fact that virtually all of the antiques are personal family heirlooms makes Spirit West about as authentic of a place as you find anywhere.
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