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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Eric Flowers / The Bulletin
October 16, 2005
Rod Mayfield's wooded lot is a small oasis just a stone's throw from rushing traffic on south Highway 97 in Bend.
Water gurgles through a narrow ditch that parallels his gravel driveway while llamas wander lazily around a nearby pasture. Mayfield's house, which he built by hand over two years in....