Lousy pic but cute frog on Bill's thumb knuckle!
Bill's in here somewhere!
Find Thinkenstein! (This is a farm he owned at one time, and put in 1/2 mile of PVC to have spring water on a faucet at the front of the porch. It's for sale again, and is quite overgrown! And, the water is still great!)
HERE'S SOME PICS AS PROMISED.
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Guest house and garage looking up the driveway (See location button below, HWY 3370 ends here)
Bill's house is on a two lane track up to his parking pad, and house.
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| Looking down the driveway to the garage and guest house |
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Path from driveway to house. The original hurricane shelter is left center and was the first dome built
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| A snake sculpture to greet the guests! |
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View from the roof
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View from spiral staircase towards original house
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Bill's Bedroom, suspended bed (no rats)
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| Thinkenstein's View from bedroom! |
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| Looking into the loft from below |
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Front Door Detail |
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| Inside Front door Detail |
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| Side door detail |
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| Side door open |
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| The front entry way |
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| Good looking spider inside hurricane shelter |
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Front of original house he built and lived in for several years without water or electricity (half a mile from anyone!)
Then came the hurricane shelter, then the hole that became the cave
and then he built a really big dome to keep all of it safe and dry
36 years of work, and counting... |
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| Original house on right side, dome covers all, looking towards kitchen |
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| One of three entry doors |
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| Roof is coincident with the top of the Jungle |
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| From the roof |
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| Sculpture in Garden |
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| Side of house |
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Silicone curtain for bathroom/shower privacy
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Flush Toilet, Shower on back right
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Shower with Bas-Relief sculptures
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View of back of house from bathroom |
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This is the TOP of the cave. It is also next to the front door, and in the middle of the living room!
The right angled structure was a jig Bill invented to allow him to continuously dig, using pulleys
and rope it dumped the dirt to the side, and then returned the bucket!
The cave is about 30 feet DEEP.
(Several Years of Digging, about 150 feet of 8 foot tall ceilings plus rooms and things down below!)
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Walk out to the world on the right, take a left to the lower level, Cave Entrance |
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Stairway to the cave entrance (from the bottom)
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Bill heading towards the cave door |
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The pad in front of the cave, STEEP slope to the right,
the tailings from the cave helped make the landing, the cave is to the left
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Just outside the cave, these are impressive leaves!
The cave door is open, C'mon In! |
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View from inside the cave looking out the door.
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Hallway in cave
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Cave Detail |
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Shelves in Cave (a musical instrument)
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Guaba' and his uglier brother live in the cave!
On my screen it's about the right size, like about a hand width..! |
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Bill Mellowing Out after long day! |
