The Owl Roost - New Treehouse

Greetings from the trees (once again), this time from the "nearly completed" Owl Roost! The newest treehouse nearing completion at Branson Treehouse Adventures. The Owl Roost is a family style treehouse that has a private adult bedroom with a sleeping loft to handle all the kids. Inspired as a "Barn" themed cabin, it has features that will make you feel that you've stepped into a rustic treasure when you visit.

We decided to measure the over all height one day while the guys were working on the roof. From the highest point of the roof to the ground at the lowest point of the cabin was forty two feet. We decided there was enough room to build a lower deck under the treehouse. That deck cantilevers out over the ground adding to the outdoor space in a unique way.

The Owl Roost has a full bathroom with shower, a full kitchen with stove sink and refrigerator. It has a fireplace, heat and air, TV with cable and enough interesting character to create wonderful memories that will last for years to come.

Probably one of the most unique features is hidden inside our silo. While it's still incomplete as of the writing of this post, this is our stairway to the loft. We have installed a large tree trunk up the middle with a spiral stairway around it.

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Our reservation number is 417-338-2500

See You in the Trees!

Win A FREE Night in the Trees!

Well, here we are again, right in the middle of building another treehouse. This one will make 6 all together.  And once again we are looking to you to help us with a name!

We will be giving away a FREE night in this or one of our other treehouses to the person who provides the perfect name for this new treehouse cabin.

Some of the features in this cabin will be that it is a family style cabin with a private adult bedroom plus a sleeping loft for up to 4 children in bunks. (we will allow additional kids at no cost but you must provide your own sleeping bags, air mattresses or even tents for the extras). Cabin amenities will include, heat and air, satellite TV, a kitchen, bathroom with shower, fireplace, back deck, lower deck under the treehouse and a coffee deck in a nearby tree. This cabin will also have a "barn" style appearance.

TO SUBMIT A NAME TO US........... (or several names)

YOU MUST: subscribe to the email updates through the subscribe form on the right.

If you've never stayed with us before, you will also receive a discount promo code for your first visit.

AFTER YOU SUBSCRIBE....... you will receive an email. Submit your name suggestions by responding back on that email message. This will insure that the message and your name submissions get saved to a list that we will submit to our staff for the final selection.

We will make our selection on March 1, 2017

The treehouse is due for completion in the Spring of 2017, however as of mid-January, we do not have an exact completion date set.

Here's a couple more pics of taken on January 19, 2017!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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www.bransontreehouseadventures.com

 

call us at:

417-338-2500

Introducing Belle Arbres

Belle Arbres is the name of our most recent treehouse cabin at Branson Treehouse Adventures. Belle Arbres means "Beautiful Trees" and I can't think of a more appropriate name.

This treehouse cabin is our second "ultra-luxury" cabin and our fifth total. It includes a kitchenette, bathroom with oversized shower, queen bed, jetted tub for 2, fireplace, flat screen TV, outdoor shower on the back deck, coffee deck in a nearby tree accessed by a swinging cable bridge, sitting area deck at the back of the cabin and numerous inter and exterior features that just set a perfect mood for sleeping among the trees.

You can reserve a stay at Belle Arbres by going to our Treehouse website and booking on-line, or you can call our office at 417-338-2500.

Enjoy the pictures of Belle Arbres

 

 

 

What's in a Name?

What exactly goes in to naming a treehouse cabin? You may think it's just a random stab at something interesting, catchy or trendy. (We may resort to that at some point) but for now, we are doing our best to have the name fit the cabin. With that said, I thought I would give a bit of a back-story to our other treehouses and how they got their names.

Misty View

Misty View was our first treehouse cabin constructed in 2014, We started it in mid-June and completed it in late September. As we went out to work on it each day, we noticed that we were greeted most mornings with a misty haze out in the woods. Each day we would stand there, coffee (or Dr. Pepper) in hand marveling at the beauty that surrounded us. The name "Misty View" was a natural fit for our first cabin.

Below is a picture of one recent morning when the haze was settled in around the cabin. You will have to agree that sitting in the tree deck behind the cabin is a special experience on days like this!

Misty View

Our Second cabin (or shall I say - group of cabins) is Ben's Hide Away! Ben's cabins were built to answer the MANY requests we received to build a treehouse that could accommodate a large family or group. Like 12 or 18. We could not see ourselves building something that big. (Much less try to engineer something like that) So we opted for a group treehouse cabin site instead. Our solution was to clear a large site and build three cabins that sleep up to 15 with a on-site outdoor kitchen, private bathroom on site and a covered picnic table area. In addition, the site as it's own fire pit and barbecue/smoker.

Ben's Hide Away

Ben's Hide Away has a very unique story behind it. One of our valued employees and housekeeper, Susan, was looking for a way to invest of herself into the treehouse project. We decided to allow her to fund the construction of the site in exchange for an on-going royalty off the rental income from the site.

Our plan was to keep the name secret until the final unveiling of the site. Susan's son Ben has downs syndrome and is a very pleasant young man living on a working cattle ranch in Montana. He loves the outdoors and we couldn't think of a better and more fitting tribute to Susan and Ben than to name this particular treehouse after him.

Site 68

Now, it's on to "Site 68". our most recent project that is progressing very rapidly. It doesn't look like much yet, BUT neither did the other ones at this stage!

We are conducting a "Name the Treehouse" contest and giving away a FREE NIGHT in "Old Number 68" to the person with the winning entry! hmmmmmmm, Old Number 68...... that actually does have  a bit of a ring to it after all. NO...we need something better!

Go to the following link to see how to become eligible and how to submit your name selections! Contest Rules

Treehouse building is fun, exciting and challenging. I think that naming the treehouses is the most difficult part. Thanks so much for jumping in to the process and helping us give these cabins wonderful and special names.

If you would like to book a visit to one of our treehouses, go to www.bransontreehouseadventures.com to book on-line or simply call our office at 417-338-2500 and let our staff help you!

See You in the Trees!

A New FREE NIGHT Contest

It is Mid July 2016 and we have just begun construction of our newest and most impressive treehouse yet! This new treehouse cabin will be another romantic style cabin which is so popular among our guests. So popular that if you've tried to reserve Misty View this summer, you may not have been able to it's been so busy.

That's Misty View on the right!

Our current project will contain all of the elements in Misty View plus a couple extras! Our first additional feature will be a fireplace. Secondly, even though there will be an indoor shower in the bathroom and a jetted tub in the main room, we are adding a private outdoor shower on the back deck. (Hey, don't ask me.........it's the hottest thing going when it comes to these kind of places)

Anyway.........right now we are only a few days into the construction but it's moving fast! In less than 3 days, we have the framework done and the utilities in place. This treehouse cabin is planned for guest use around early October 2016.

Our BIGGEST problem................Coming up with an appropriate name!. SO, we've decided to hold a FREE NIGHT contest. We want to hear your ideas for an awesome treehouse name. Remember, it will be a luxury romantic type cabin and will be themed in a rustic Ozark style log cabin exterior look.

Contest Rules: There really is only two rules. In order to be eligible, you MUST be a subscriber to our email newsletter! And he free night will need to be awarded to someone at least 18 years of age!

If you are not a current subscriber, you can do so on the right side of this page. (We only need your name and email address) When you subscribe you will receive 2 things immediately.

First, you will receive a $25 discount code for your 1st visit to our treehouses.

Second, you will be able to reply back to us with your treehouse name submissions. Send us as many as you can think of either in one response or several.

Right now.........we call this cabin "Site 68".......  Not much of a ring to it is there!

HELP US OUT! Give us your ideas for a GREAT TREEHOUSE NAME!

Who knows, Maybe you will be the next guest to "Sleep Free in a Tree"!

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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

Snow Delay

A snow delay is kind of like a rain delay at the treehouse site. The only difference is that after it quits snowing, you still don't want to go out and work! Today, the temperature will top out at 26 and then bottom out at 4!........4!!.........Who wants to get out and work when it's that cold. Oh wait. That's at night! Okay, who wants to get out and work at 26? I think we will wait.

Never fear though. Our plans are still on track for the completion of the group treehouse site! Debby and Shannon got together the other day and decided that our group site will officially be our "Glamping" site! Glamping is the term used to describe "Glamerous Camping" I suppose that is the perfect description since much of this site will be similar to camping, yet with amenities not normally associated with just camping!

The cabins will have beds, heat and A/C, flat screen TV's with cable, microwaves and refrigerators, front decks, back decks and will be beautifully furnished on the inside. Outside will be a covered picnic table area, private fire ring, modern restroom and outdoor kitchen.

We will be allowing guests here to set up tents for even more sleeping capacity. It is only a few steps away from swimming, the playground, the gift shop, showers and laundry area. It is really about the best site in camp! It will certainly be the most FUN!

For now, the whole thing is covered in SNOW. Who ordered that? Anyway, by Memorial Day weekend we plan on having this site complete. We are taking up to 10 advance reservations on this site for $175 per night for the entire 4 cabin site! (did I mention that all cabins are up among the trees, but ONE OF THEM will actually be built IN a tree!) How cool is that!

If you want to be among the first to reserve your party on this site, Call our office at 417-338-2500. They will get you fixed up for a "Glamping" experience you'll never forget!

You can also visit our website at: www.bransontreehouseadventures.com

SEE YOU IN THE TREES!