The first evening is usually restless. By the second one nobody has picked up a phone in an hour.
There is no television in the guest rooms and not much to plug into. That was on purpose, and it is the single thing guests write to us about most after they leave.
What the first night actually looks like
People reach for a phone out of habit, find there is not much reason to, and put it down. Somebody suggests the hot tub. Somebody else gets the Traeger pellet grill going. An hour later the whole group is at the bonfire pit, which is ringed with rustic limestone boulders and sits next to the water.
Nobody planned any of that. It happens on its own once the alternative is gone.
It gets properly dark here
Thirty acres, 45 minutes north of Kansas City, and no town glow to speak of. If you have only ever looked up from a city you have not really seen it. That is worth staying up for on a clear night.
What there is instead
Ponds stocked with bluegill, crappie and bass. Scottish Highland cattle in the pasture. An eight-person hot tub on the covered patio. A sun room that looks down over the water, which is where people end up when the weather turns. A full kitchen everybody shares, and a great room under the stone chimney.
Who should not book this
If somebody in your group needs to be reachable for work, know that going in. We would rather tell you now than have you find out on a Friday night. Some families come here specifically to make that impossible. Others cannot, and that is fine.
The name
Selah means pause and reflect. We did not pick it as a marketing word. It is what we were after for about twenty years before we got here, and taking the screens out was the most direct way we knew to make room for it.
Rooms are $125 to $175 a night, or $375 for all three, which sleeps ten.