Zeppelin - Private elevated view sky deck

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Camper/RV hosted by Buck

4 guests
1 bedroom
2 beds
1 bath

Dedicated workspace

A common area with wifi that’s well-suited for working.

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Vintage trailer with elevated deck and great views! Perfect for sunrise, sunset, and stargazing. Jacuzzi is now open for guests.

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Welcome to the Sunlight Ranch!

The Sunlight Ranch and all of the trailers located on it, are powered by solar energy allowing them to work congruent with the natural environment. Our permaculture ranch features a grey water system, rain water harvesting, a greenhouse, development methods that incorporate the re-purposing of materials, and an overall REGENERATIVE lifestyle. During your stay, we hope you learn something and are inspired by our bio-cooperative designs!

The Zeppelin

The Zeppelin is a 1954 vintage 33-foot trailer home which features original beautifully restored wood interior and amazing views to the south of Joshua Tree National Park. It is the second rescued trailer from Quartzsite, Arizona where it had been enclosed by a building for over fifty years. It was transported to Joshua Tree and is now ready for guests to enjoy! The elevated deck is perfect for viewing sunrises, sunsets, and stargazing. The Zeppelin is one of four private trailers located on Sunlight Ranch! The Zeppelin is the only unit located inside the gate near the main house. We provide extra linens for additional guests so please specify the correct number of guests in your party. Coffee, filters, organic heavy cream, organic sugar, cooking oil and a small variety of spices are located in the trailer. Filtered water is also included via Brita Pitcher which is in the fridge. We provide bio-compatible soap and shampoo. Please be careful and try to make sure only water, mild soap, and non-whiting toothpaste goes down the drain. Our Grey water system provides life giving water to our plants and certain ingredients can be harmful to them. Sunlight Ranch is an observer of Dark Sky Association regulations, which creates the perfect stargazing experience.

Come checkout all the vintage charm the Zeppelin has to offer!

Where you'll sleep

What this place offers

Desert view

City skyline view

Kitchen

Wifi

Dedicated workspace

Free parking on premises

Shared hot tub

24" HDTV with Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Fire TV

EV charger

Central air conditioning

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Where you’ll be

Joshua Tree, California, United States

We are in a unique area with spectacular views, dark night skies, star gazing, wildlife corridors, jack/cottontail rabbits, coyote, roadrunners, desert tortoise, quail, squirrels, migratory buzzards, sunsets, and sunrises, and amazing blue clean clear skies with bizarre cloud formations. They all work together to illuminate your senses!

Hosted by Buck

Joined in February 2012

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Welcome to Sunlight Ranch!
*Formerly known as The Buzzards Roost, The Buzzards Roost was my mother and grandmothers place in Bouse, Arizona where I slowly through years developed a love of the desert. Then I found Joshua Tree……….

In Buck's words;
"I am an inventor/builder, with a high regard for strengthening community. I am a night sky star-gazer with a well developed love of nature and wide open undeveloped spaces.

Licensed permaculture certified builder with focus on distributed roof-top photonics solar energy, wind and battery storage - and now grid forming off grid systems , rain/storm water harvesting systems using seamless gutters, greywater and bio-filtration systems based on Mike Reynolds Earthship designs.

I was a founding member of Transition Joshua Tree Water and Power Group and I am a California Licensed General, Electrical, Solar and Plumbing Contractor.

A climber and explorer in search of a simpler less complex way of living based on stacked-function regenerative permaculture ideology.
Next stop is ultra local farming .

I love to to restore old cars, vintage furniture and circa 1950 vintage wood interior trailers. I love the arts and music, wildlife, mother nature, and grandfather sun.

Mumsie, Bucks 87 year old mother lives here on site in the rambling five addition cabin so common here in JT.Buck wears all the hats, builder, maintenance, Cleaner, Daughter Sidney sometimes assists as our booking agent and concierge and cleans to earn extra money while in school for environmental studies at UCR, Riverside. . We keep an eye on our Airbnb site, guest communication is best served via Airbnb messaging system so we all get it and whoever is available first answers.

Our goal is to assure you an excellent stay and experience. Enjoy!!

Welcome to Sunlight Ranch!
*Formerly known as The Buzzards Roost, The Buzzards Roost was my mother and grandmothers place in Bouse, Arizona where I slowly through years devel…

Co-hosts

Jonathan
Sidney

During your stay

If you want to talk water, energy or permaculture, then I am your guy! I will do my best to try and make time to discuss solar power, permaculture, and any bio-cooperative designs.

If you are a musician, you can play at the open mics; Monday nights at Pappy and Harriet's in Pioneertown and Tuesdays at the Saloon in Joshua Tree. If you are an artist, just feeling the land ask us and we will give you a couple of ideas still in our pipeline and you can leave a calling card sample of your creativity on our land for future guests to enjoy. We have lots of materials to play with and the space to create.

If you want to talk water, energy or permaculture, then I am your guy! I will do my best to try and make time to discuss solar power, permaculture, and any bio-cooperative designs…