Guestbook "Your mountain home in the clouds is an inspiring place for anyone who visits. I have several favorite things but I would just like everyone to smell the woods and watch the clouds. Think of how long these things have been in existence and how quickly humans are destroying them." - Caroline Jones "There are places that give opportunity to awaken resting spirits or are able to stir into life those that have never been. Siempre Verde provides laughter, contemplation, communion, earth, plants, life and much more. It gives us our sense of self."  - Jim Crowley "I cannot believe that it is already time to leave. I have had so much fun. When I first got here, I thought that we would be studying the whole time, but now that I have been here I know that you learn while not knowing it as you hike the different trails. This truly is the most beautiful place I have ever been. You feel so relaxed up here. No pressure and no stress. I hope to come back next year, and then I will probably have more fun! This place is great!  - Reg Jones "It's going to be really hard to leave this place tomorrow. I cannot remember a time when I have been so at peace with myself or surrounded by such a heavenly landscape. If there is a paradise on earth, Siempre Verde is it. Coming here has deeply affected my perceptions of the world we live in. Particularly moving was actually seeing slash and burn land clearing close up. If Siempre Verde's purpose is to educate and convince people of the necessity of saving the cloudforests, it has fulfilled its mission in me.  - Ian Tate "Siempre Verde is one of the most beautiful places that I have ever visited. Walking through the forest and living by candlelight are true experiences that I will never forget. I have learned more about myself in the past week that I have in my entire life."  - Joe Palombi "Siempre Verde is 'Wicked Cool'!!! I can now comprehend the incredible amounts of beauty and nature! I loved it. I'm very thankful that I was able to experience such an awesome place. It made me look at my life from a whole different angle. I'll never forget those cool 'Southerners' from Lovett and the fun times we had singing songs and just chillin'. Keep up the late night chats and I hope ya'll remember this place for a real long time."  -Lynne K. "This has been one of the most phenomenal experiences in my life. The atmosphere was beautiful and it allowed me to go through every day with a clear mind. This place should always remain so that everyone can get the chance to experience this. This place was not only peaceful, but also educational. Tomorrow is my 17th birthday and I wish that I could spend the day here. Thank you for everything.  - Ciara Mckinney "The crescent moon is high this morning as it arcs through a blue cloud forest sky. The sound of small streams, above and below, rings through the moving forest like an ancient amphitheater. A crescendo of bird song rises and falls with a rhythm as hidden as the birds themselves, who appear rarely- usually as some motion in the corner of your eye, or as the lightly swinging branch their feet touched in the endless search for food. Cascades of living green seamless, the sounds of moving water. The sun creeps slowly to the west. His child, light, moves eastward toward the source as the world wakes up. Day spills down the eastward ridge, the cascade almost upon us as our shelter creeps slowly out of the shadows of night, in to the crystal dewdrop morning. Tall trees, their leaves offered up like prayers to the sky gods, wear long beards of lichen. Their rich capes of flowering bromeliads catch the sun light like so many emeralds, dancing in the sky on sweet canopy breezes. I sit in the stone path, as it is still the only place in the sun, and look down this valley to the ones below. The convergence- where a soft tide of clouds rests between the soft shouldered ridges, gathering the strength to rise and engulf us this afternoon in tumbling waves of fog. It is as sure as the rise and fall of the sea, the changing of the moons; it is the turn and return of woman-setting the motion to the wheels of the world. Lying on my back, I look up and see this world spinning through the sky, always approaching the source. And far off, a dew-beaded spider's web sways gently to the music of the wind. Many thanks from a new friend." - Ben Buettner Home