About Mountain Springs Cabin

Jack and Camille learned to love the Ozarks as children on family vacations to the area. Later they were to spend their honeymoon in the beautiful mountains of Newton County. Over the years they have come back time and time again to hike the trails, canoe the river, drive the back roads, and relax in the peace and serenity of the hills and valleys.

In 2001, they decided it was the right time to pursue their dream of actually living in the mountains. On September 11, they packed up the last of their belongings, including two Jack Russell mama dogs, their five pups, and a cat, and left their home of twenty years in Hamburg, Arkansas for their own mountain adventure. Even the tragic events of that day couldn't dampen their excitement as they settled in a tiny cabin at Mountain Springs on the site of their soon-to-be log home.

They were fortunate to engage the help of Amish craftsmen who built their dream home of native cedar logs milled at a local Amish mill. The same builders also built Eagle's Rest Cabin.

Jack, who has been teaching biology at Jasper High School for the last 3 years will join Camille, who is a former teacher/librarian, in retirement in June 2009. Together they plan to continue to manage the cabin business and enjoy life on the mountain.

Their love affair with the land has grown to include the people who live here. And they receive much joy from being a part of Boxley Baptist Church in Historic Boxley Valley. They feel so blessed to live and work in
such a beautiful part of God's world.

They have also come to realize an unexpected pleasure from managing a vacation cabin business --getting to know the many people who come to the
cabin as their guests and leave as friends. They invite you to experience a few days on this peaceful mountain, and you will probably say, as one of
our small guests (Sophie, age 10) said, "You will want to stay forever!"