In August 2020, tour guide Louis Herron spent about $15,000 setting up a yurt on his property outside the Grand Canyon.
In 2011, Louis Herron dropped out of Ball State University, packed a backpack and moved west.
After a couple of months, he nabbed a similar role at Glacier National Park before settling in Flagstaff, Arizona, right outside the Grand Canyon.
There, Herron spent $2,400 for an acre of land that would eventually host two tiny homes, his Grand Canyon touring business and his side hustle: a 16-foot yurt listed on Airbnb.
Louis Herron