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Cedar Creek Treehouse
at Mount Rainier
Imagine having your own state park for a weekend,
with a clear mountain stream flowing by your cabin
-- except that your cabin is 50 feet up in a giant cedar tree
with a view seen only by the birds!
You're living in the tree canopies of a lush temperate rainforest
... you can see for miles ... a great blue heron glides silently over the rushing creek far below ... the sun splashes through a skylight
and illuminates a mammoth tree trunk growing
straight up through the floor of your kitchen
and disappearing through the ceiling!
If this visualization interests you, then you probably
Have a spirit of adventure,
Have a healthy appreciation of fantasy,
Desire more than the mundane and commonplace,
Enjoyed the stories of Jack and the Beanstalk
and Alice Through the Looking Glass, and
Yearn to re-experience that all too often
lost sense of child-like awe and wonder!
Welcome to the Cedar Creek Treehouse! You're the kind of person we're looking for!
Cedar Creek Treehouse is an Earth-friendly, privately
owned and operated mountain retreat, located
one mile as the crow flies, 10 miles by car, from
the Nisqually River Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park,
and bordering the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
We offer unique treehouse vacation rental lodging
with this "bed and breakfast" cottage 50 feet up in a
200-year old Western Red Cedar tree.
And with the new addition of our Treehouse Observatory
(and its "Stairway to Heaven" access) -- giving you
spectacular mountain views 100 feet high in a
nearby fir tree -- we are redefining the concept of a treehouse resort.
Cedar Creek Treehouse, P.O. Box 204, Ashford, WA 98304
** Call 360-569-2991 **
Email us at
The Post Ranch Inn
Big Sur, California
Nestled on the cliffs of Big Sur, California,
the Post Ranch Inn provides the ultimate
romantic getaway for those seeking a luxurious
escape for a honeymoon, anniversary,
or a relaxing vacation. The luxury resort's organic
architecture embraces the dramatic beauty
of Big Sur's coastline. From here you can explore
all that nature has to offer, or take a short
drive to the picturesque towns of Monterey and Carmel.
Located off Highway One, this Small Luxury Hotel
member is a sanctuary suited to all your needs.
Rooms offer a rustic elegance with luxury and comfort.
Relax by the pools; awaken your senses with a massage,
spa treatment, or daily yoga classes.
Award winning Sierra Mar restaurant offers an
awe- inspiring setting overlooking the Pacific Ocean,
perfect for a romantic dinner for two.
IslandWood
46336
• Location: 4450 Blakely Avenue Northeast, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
• Neighborhood: West of Seattle
• Phone: 206.855.4333
• Fax: 206.855.4301
• Cost: Moderate to expensive. Takes checks or major credit cards.
Bring your budding naturalist to IslandWood,
255 acres on Bainbridge Island that serve as an outdoor lab
where all ages can study the natural world and
its conservation; explore the preserve's varied habitats
(bog, mature second-growth forest, and more);
and take a variety of cool arts and seasonal workshops.
The campus' amenities include comfy,
family-friendly sleeping lodges for overnight stays;
classrooms and learning labs; an Arts Studio;
miles of trails and a pond, bog, marsh, and streams;
and a 109-foot suspension bridge over a ravine.
Family Adventure Weekends involve families with
kids ages six and up in two days of nature-themed activities.
Meals, lodging, and equipment included in fee.
[$90/person for first two family members; $55 each additional]
Children's programs include Discovery Kids
for second and third graders and Young Explorers
for fourth and fifth graders. Kids explore the
campus' habitats, learn about resident creatures,
and do age-appropriate activities.
Time vary throughout the year. [$45/child]
Summer Camps for children in grades two-10
offer a bit of something for every outdoor-oriented interest.
Discovery Kids (grades two-three) do lots of
hands-on nature activities; Young Explorers (grades four-five
combine fun exploration with activities that integrate science,
technology, and the arts. [$200/session all grades]
Young Explorers are also offered as weeklong
overnight sessions that include paper making and sketching,
habitat restoration, kayaking, and much more. [$500/child]
Kids in sixth and seventh grades can attend
Dig the Earth! Skills of a Naturalist and learn about
survival techniques, animal tracking, bird observation,
navigation, and more. Seventh-10th graders will enjoy
Digital Video Boot Camp, which teaches kids to produce
a professional-quality video from soup to nuts (or concept to editing).
[$200/child]
Getting there: Located on Bainbridge Island,
accessible from Seattle by ferry. From the Bainbridge Ferry Terminal:
Drive up hill to the first stoplight (Winslow Way) and turn left.
Turn right at next four-way-stop (Madison Avenue)
and continue to the next four-way-stop (Wyatt Way).
Turn left. Continue on Wyatt to a fork in the road,
and take right fork up the hill. You'll be on Blakely Avenue.
Continue straight for about a mile until you see
Blakely Elementary on the left. IslandWood's driveway
is the first left after the elementary school.
Out 'n' About Treesort & Treehouse Institute
Something extraordinary is afoot in the woods of Oregon.
Strung high above the earth, nestled into treetops
and branches, is one of the world's most unique resorts: Treesort.
This high-in-the-sky treehouse-resort proves that trees
aren't just for the birds. Fourteen treehouses comprise
Treesort, and sleep two-eight people.
Getting to your room is half the adventure — guests climb stairs, ladders,
even a 90-foot-long suspension bridge. Once there, the wonder begins.
There are many educational, and adventurous,
vacation sites in Southern Oregon, but only one where you can,
lit-treely, "go out on a limb"... and learn something while you're there.
The internationally famous Out 'n' About Treesort has
branched out once again, and has added the
Treehouse Institute of Takilma, a high school that hangs
from the branches in an oak grove in Takilma, a picturesque
little valley nestled among the Siskiyou Mountains,
outside of Cave Junction, just below the headwaters
of the east fork of the Illinois River.
The Treesort and Institute features Treehouse accommodations
for kids of all ages. If you come to learn, relax, romance
or just have fun there is plenty for all. Out 'n' About
is an actual treehouse wonderland.
There is a total of 18 different treehouses, platforms, forts and
one floating ship "piratree" (8' to 52' off the ground),
seven swinging bridges (8' to 32' off the ground and 12' to 90' long),
five swings, 20 flights of stairs, four ladders and a ropes course
with a 160' long zip line. On the ground there is also a
fresh water swimming pool, stage, bath house pavilion,
campfire site and barbecues. The treesort has 36 acres backed up
to the national forest with 16 horses, two rocking horses, 4 dogs, 0 cats,
and 8 chickens running around.
At the Swiss Family Complex, a swinging bridge separates child
and adult units, and a fire pole and rope swings provide
kids with ground access. Luxury lovers will enjoy the
Tree Room Schoolhouse Suite, which sleeps four and
has a bathroom, kitchenette, master bedroom, sitting area and loft.
There are many educational, and adventurous, vacation sites
in Southern Oregon, but only one where you can, lit-treely,
"go out on a limb"... and learn something while you're there.
The internationally famous Out 'n' About Treesort has
branched out once again, and has added the
Treehouse Institute of Takilma, a high school that hangs
from the branches in an oak grove in Takilma,
a picturesque little valley nestled among the
Siskiyou Mountains, outside of Cave Junction,
just below the headwaters of the east fork of the Illinois River.
Guests allow fantasy to become reality at the
Treehouse Institute, which teaches techniques
in treehouse building. A self-described "summer camp for families,
" Treesort also features horseback riding, rafting,
ropes courses, pools and arts and crafts classes.
Tree climbers face the challenge of scaling
Treesort's 51-foot rope-climbing tree and discovering
a treetop pool made of river rocks.
Out 'n' About is a truly unique place. Part of it's
uniqueness has to do with that it is a home based business.
There are no locks on the treehouse doors.
It is not the Ramada or Hilton, but a four star Treesort.
It took eight years of a hard fought legal battle with
Josephine county officials before they finally recognized
their soundness and gave us our permits. We were ordered
to shut down our treehouse rentals several times and at peak pitch,
ordered to tear down the treehouses.
To keep in business we sold very expensive one
of a kind dated t-shirts "Treeshirts"
(t-shirts with silk screenings of a treehouse on it).
We could not allow the general public in the
treehouses but we could our friends.
So everybody had to become our friend, one of the
"Tree Musketeers". People from all over
the world would treeserve a date to be put on a certain
tree-shirt. they would then come here on that date,
get there shirt, become a Tree Musketeer, our friend,
spend the night and Michael would sign that shirt.
We no longer have to sell shirts and limit guests to our
"friends", but we still try to. Feel free to spend the night,
become a Treemusketeer, therefore our friend,
and if you get a tree-shirt Michael will still sign and date it.
The Treehouse Institute , established over the summer
of 1996, is the only place in the world
that offers avocational instruction in basic engineering,
design and construction methods for building treehouses.
There are also plenty of other things to learn and
have fun with here. We are like a summer camp
for families.The courses are tailored to the families.
Our staff teaches a ropes course, horse back riding,
rafting and treehouse construction and are easily arranged.
The craft courses are taught by local artists here
on site. The ones that require the shortest amount of time
to set up are the tile mosaic, tie-die, stain-glass, whittling
and water-color classes.The stage is used by the kids
quit often but not so much as an organized class.
(Summer thematic school sessions, in majors and
all treenut majors, run from two to four days.)
There is also a library, with books about treehouses
and a section that traces the histree,
both physical and political, of Out 'n' About.
All guests and students at the Treesort have complete
run of the facility. You must make yourself at home.
A full breakfast is served in the main house kitchen
every morning during the main season and
is a good time to meet the other guests.
Tours of Out'n'About
$4.00 per adult and $2.00 per child (12&under)
12pm to 3pm on the hour April through October.
PLEASE CALL AHEAD THANK YOU!
Contact information: Out 'n' About Treesort & Treehouse Institute,
300 Page Creek Road, Cave
Junction, OR 97523
Phone: +1 (541) 592-2208
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