A few years ago, none of us saw this coming. Wendy and I, and eventually some of our kids, went all-in on a world we knew almost nothing about: outdoor hospitality. Glamping, specifically — building it, running it, growing it, one tent and one guest at a time.
It’s turned into one of the most fun things our family has ever done together. Part of that is practical: running a glamping site is a genuinely good way to build wealth off land you already have. But the bigger part is that the work itself is fun. You’re creating a place people fall in love with. You’re outside, hands in the dirt or the wood, building something real — and you’re doing it with the people you love most.
We were reminded of that again this week, standing under our tent at a local event, telling anyone who stopped by what Monument Glamping actually is. Not a campground. Not an RV park. Not a hotel. Private property, six acres along Monument Creek, eight units — luxury safari tents like Colorado Cowboy, Secret Garden, and Queen’s Retreat, plus container homes like Honeycomb and King’s Quarters — each with its own hot tub, fire pit, and stretch of quiet that belongs entirely to the guests staying there.
Every one of those details exists because a real family decided to build it that way. When a lock breaks, it’s Wendy or me fixing it. When a guest leaves a review, we read it together at the table. When a new venue idea comes up, it usually starts as a conversation between us, not a corporate memo.
That’s the part guests rarely see but almost always feel: the difference between staying somewhere that’s managed and staying somewhere that’s owned — by people who are in it, literally, with their families.
If you’ve stayed with us before, now you know a little more about who was on the other side of that booking. If you haven’t yet, we’d love for you to experience what private-property glamping in Monument, Colorado feels like when a family builds it with their own hands. Explore more at https://skool.com/glamping
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