Our One Year Anniversary In The Trees!

One year ago today, Shelley and myself along with our partners John and Shannon Brewer walked into a closing company and purchased a Branson area campground with visions of treehouses in mind. This came after almost exactly eight months of planning and negotiating, arm twisting and convincing banks that a treehouse resort would be a worth-while venture. Imagine that, grown adults wanting to build treehouses! Well.....Why not!

Without revisiting the steps it took to get here, (You can browse back through the blog to see all that) I wanted to simply do an over-view of our experience so far. Ironically, the very first challenge we encountered was the realization that we had to learn how to run a campground. You would think that we would have thought about that. After all, we were buying a campground! But no. We were prepared to break ground the very first day on our first cabin. That got delayed by about a month while we got a crash course in Camp Management 101. Fortunately, there were good staff in place who made our learning curve tolerable!

Next obstacle was the various lift pump failures, pressure pump failures, tractor breakdowns, mower breakdowns, (I'll spare you the pictures of the lift pump repairs) Anyway, by July, we finally had broken ground on the first treehouse cabin. We named it Misty View for all of the hazy mist hanging in the woods in the mornings when we went to work on it. It became our romantic couples cabin and has been impressing guests from it's first day.

We took a bit of a break through the fall and prepared for our next project. While we built Misty View, we gave tour after tour to camp guest. A large percentage of them wanted to be able to bring their family members with them to experience "Sleeping in the Trees".  That lead us to develop the idea of a group treehouse site. Ben's Hide-Away is the result.

Ben's Hide-Away consists of three treehouse cabins build in a "Camping Cabin" style. They have heat, A/C, refrigerator, microwave and flat screen TV's. Each cabin sleeps up to five and we allow tents on the site at no additional charge. The site has a central restroom and an out door kitchen. Other features include a covered picnic table area, a fire pit and barbecue/smoker.

We were completing the final touches on Ben's Hide-Away on June 2, 2015, exactly one year after we purchased the camp. Guests arrive tomorrow, June 3rd.

We have had more fun than anyone should be allowed to have. Our friendship with our partners has grown. We are living a small piece of our dreams of providing a memorable experience for our guests. We are planning more treehouses, more fun, such as zip lines and Pirate Ships in the trees. Water canons and.........................Well,    You will just have to keep up as best you can!

Come and visit us when you can and "Sleep in the Trees!

See our website at Branson Treehouse Adventures