Hidden Valley Guest Ranch in Arkansas
offers tranquility and seclusion for
Internet Romances
Is there a new trend in romance? Tandy Maxfield of the
Hidden Valley Guest Ranch claims there is. “Hidden Valley Guest Ranch has been
the chosen destination for several 'E-couples' who have come to the romantic
destination for a meeting after flirting over e-mail for many months prior to
their stay. Often they have talked over the phone, exchanged photos, and
expressed dreams over the keyboard, but have never met face to face. Living far
apart geographically, yet feeling close emotionally, they come seeking a
neutral midpoint, away from their known support systems to see if they can make
a relationship work in reality.” In a world where there is little escape from
the hustle of daily life, relationships have been developing in new ways, on
the Internet. “One couple,” Tandy says, “who is coming here lives an ocean
apart, he in Australia, and she in Oklahoma! Claiming they are already engaged,
they have set a date for their first romantic encounter here at Hidden Valley
Guest Ranch in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.”
Some may scoff at the idea of finding love on something
as technical and impersonal as a computer, but many others would say getting to
know a person through his or her words is a way to know them more intimately.
In the “real” world, one’s judgment will be swayed by looks, both positively
and negatively. But over the Internet, a person is judged on character. “This
approach more closely resembles the old-fashioned arranged marriages of the
past,” Tandy adds. “Getting to know a person first, while carefully weighing
the pros and cons, the couple meets at last, confident that they have found
something worthwhile in each other.”
Hidden Valley Guest Ranch makes good sense as a place
for that first meeting. Unlike the “real” world, there are no distractions
other than those in nature. Hidden Valley Guest Ranch is a 650-acre property
with many creek beds and open pasture to hike on and explore. A couple can
watch the hummingbirds buzz at feeders on the porch from the Jacuzzi. The
luxury log cabins at Hidden Valley Guest Ranch are situated high on a
mountainside, and far apart from one to ensure tranquility and privacy.
Guests enjoy down comforters, Jacuzzis, full kitchens,
sunken living rooms with fireplaces, mirrored walls, vaulted ceilings,
stained-glass windows, marble vanities, and a fully remote-controlled
entertainment center. They can see abundant wildlife while they are on the
covered veranda, grilling dinner, and from the porch swings they can see five
mountaintops and their valleys below. No one would guess they were only five
minutes from beautiful downtown Eureka Springs. It’s as if they were living in
their own romantic, secluded world, as wonderful as any they might imagine
while on the Web.
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Is there a new trend in romance? Tandy Maxfield of the
Hidden Valley Guest Ranch claims there is. “Hidden Valley Guest Ranch has been
the chosen destination for several 'E-couples' who have come to the romantic
destination for a meeting after flirting over e-mail for many months prior to
their stay. Often they have talked over the phone, exchanged photos, and
expressed dreams over the keyboard, but have never met face to face. Living far
apart geographically, yet feeling close emotionally, they come seeking a
neutral midpoint, away from their known support systems to see if they can make
a relationship work in reality.” In a world where there is little escape from
the hustle of daily life, relationships have been developing in new ways, on
the Internet. “One couple,” Tandy says, “who is coming here lives an ocean
apart, he in Australia, and she in Oklahoma! Claiming they are already engaged,
they have set a date for their first romantic encounter here at Hidden Valley
Guest Ranch in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.”
Some may scoff at the idea of finding love on something
as technical and impersonal as a computer, but many others would say getting to
know a person through his or her words is a way to know them more intimately.
In the “real” world, one’s judgment will be swayed by looks, both positively
and negatively. But over the Internet, a person is judged on character. “This
approach more closely resembles the old-fashioned arranged marriages of the
past,” Tandy adds. “Getting to know a person first, while carefully weighing
the pros and cons, the couple meets at last, confident that they have found
something worthwhile in each other.”
Guests enjoy down comforters, Jacuzzis, full kitchens,
sunken living rooms with fireplaces, mirrored walls, vaulted ceilings,
stained-glass windows, marble vanities, and a fully remote-controlled
entertainment center. They can see abundant wildlife while they are on the
covered veranda, grilling dinner, and from the porch swings they can see five
mountaintops and their valleys below. No one would guess they were only five
minutes from beautiful downtown Eureka Springs. It’s as if they were living in
their own romantic, secluded world, as wonderful as any they might imagine
while on the Web.