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Opening-page photos:
1. A luxurious night's
sleep on beds beneath
awnings await guests at
many of the cottages at
The Red Horse Inn.
2. The setting sun casts a
pastel glow on the inn
from across the pastures
that separate the inn
from the cottages.
3. Fluffy bathrobes and
cheerful rubber duckies
make settling in to your
cabin easy and fun.
4. Mary Wolters' fine
paintbrushes present
horses and hounds
throughout the cottages.
5. "The Run for the Roses"
is what Mary Wolters calls
her trips to the florists.
6. A fire in the fireplace
and deep chairs for
reading stand ready to
welcome winter guests.

Day haD turneD to Dusk when Roger Wolters
pulled up to the Grainary Cottage at The Red Horse
Inn. The light above the broad horse pastures around
the inn was starting to fade, and the warm air was
beginning to turn crisp. Wolters got out of his sedan
and brought a tray of freshly prepared supper to
guests sitting on the porch. Beneath an immense sky,
cooling as the sun set over the Blue Ridge Mountains,
their conservation was muted, almost hushed.
Another restful night was descending on The Red
Horse Inn. Soon, no doubt, all would be in bed.
Grainary Cottage, Hayloft Cottage, Stables
Cottage - the names of all six widely spaced cottages near the inn reflect the horse country that
surround them. About 15 miles outside the tiny
town of Landrum, South Carolina, the inn counts
horse farms among its rural neighbors, many discreetly hidden behind the long white fences that
mark horse farms everywhere. It is just such a
fence that guides guests along a white gravel drive
off Winstons Chase Court to the inn. The long
driveway, passing through acres of mowed pasture,
is the first of many invitations to slow down.
Somewhere along the drive may be your cabin.
Or you may be staying at the inn itself, a large country estate with six rooms that is also home to the
innkeepers, Roger and Mary Wolters. The inn,
perched on a knoll draped with pastureland, has a

Motlow Creek Equestrian Center in Campobello is
one of the many equestrian centers in the area.

commanding view of the Blue Ridge. And there,
just inside the front door, is Mary greeting guests
with a smile as bright as the crushed quartz in the
circular drive out front. Blond hair perfectly
arranged, she graciously directs them to their quarters. An artist by training, it is she who painted the

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