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Tor House Robinson Jeffer's home in Carmel Calif.

Tor House

Robinson Jeffers began construction on Tor House in 1918 and with the aid of a stone mason completed it in 1919. Jeffers named it "Tor" house after the type of ground on which the house was situated, a rocky outcrop known as a "tor". He described the land he chose as the site for the house as being like a "prow and plunging cutwater” of a ship. The Carmel area's influence in Robinson Jeffers' work becomes apparent in his poems such as his work “The Purse Seine,” a poem about the local fishing industry. He lived out the rest of his life in Tor House, while continuing to add on to it. His routine was to work on his poetry in the mornings and to work on his building projects, such as Hawk Tower and expanding Tor House, in the afternoons. ~Wikipedia ~

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Information on the house

Wireless Internet

The house features wireless internet throughout the house. There are two SSIDs that you can connect to:

  • SCS5 - this is the new 5GHz band wireless. You will find that new devices connect to this network.
  • SCS2.4 - this is the more common 2.4GHz band. You will find that most devices will connect to this network.

The password for both networks can be found on a sticker on the internet cable modem on the TV stand in the greatroom.

Cable TV

All of the TVs have access to Comcast cable TV. The TV in the greatroom has Comcast HDTV and there is a Comcast TV remote to select programming. There is a channel guide button on that remote (the red button "Guide" on the middle left side). For the other TVs, the channel guide is found on channel 55.

On-line TV Guide

An online TV guide can be found here

NetFlix

All of the TVs have access to NetFlix. There is a NetFlix button on the TV remote for each TV. Once the TV is turned on, just press the NetFlix button and follow the directions.

Blu-Ray Players

All of the TVs have a Blu-Ray player connected. If you wish to use the player, you need to change the TV input using the TV remote. The inputs for the Blu-Ray versus the cable TV are clearly identified by name. When done, you can select the cable TV input again.

Golf Cart

The yellow Yamaha golf cart is located in the golf cart garage on the left side of the lower level. There are three sets of keys hanging by the entrance to the house. Any of these will operate the golf cart.

There is a battery charger in the golf cart garage. Simply connect it to the golf cart (if you are the driver, the socket is behind your right leg), and plug the charger into the electrical outlet.

The golf cart has a kill switch under the front seat. It has two positions: run and tow. Make sure that it is in the run. position.