How did you originally learn of the place and what was your reaction when you initially saw the property? Truth be told, I can’t remember the first time I learned of Out N’ About Treehouse Treesort, but it was probably either during a InTreePenDance party (4th of July), or one of Michael Garnier’s classes in civil disobedience. In either case, I was probably very young (2-6 years) and my reaction was probably something like this. 0.0 (Wide eyed wonder) How did this amazing treeline hotel get started? Michael Garnier was a Green Beret in Viet-Nom, and whenever he was done he moved to the Takilma area to help start a clinic. He was known as Dr. Birch then. Afterwards, he bought a little piece of property to start a bed and breakfast resort on, and he was going to offer horse rides through the wilderness. Once he was done building, nobody came. The property was far out of the way and there were plenty of closer alternatives for visitors. He couldn’t figure out what to do to draw-in more people, until he was about to start a tree house for his children. He thought “Treehouse bed and breakfast with horse rides through the wilderness? Yup, that’s it” and off he went. Unfortunately the children did not get their own tree house, they got something even better. What sorts of amenities should one expect at a treesort? One should remember that a treesort falls under the category of glorified camping (Glamping). That being said, amenitrees include (but are not limited to) breakfast in the kitchen, seasonal freshwater pool access, a community cook area including barbecues, public bathrooms (though some of the treehouses have their own showers and/or toilets), and all-you-can-eat blackberry bushes and apple trees (seasonally). You can also expect access to a multitude of activitrees including massage therapy, horseback rides, and ziplining.
Is it true there are no locks on the doors? Why would we need them? First of all, good luck finding us unless we have given you directions. Second, I don’t think there is a person within 100 miles of us who has not benefited from our existence. And third, good luck getting past the owner or camp hosts without notice (they have ninja skills). Besides all of that, the guests and employees are very trustworthy, and we’ve had little-to-no problems with thievery in the past. ONA has been open since the 70’s, and there has never been a need for locks on the doors. That is very cool in this day and age. What do your guests make of it? People’s reactions tend to be of a polar nature; they either leave immediately, or they will never stop coming back. Sometimes people don’t understand what it is that we are trying to advertise, and they don’t like what they see when they show up. Everyone else has their minds blown. I don’t understand which experiences end up impressing them, but most people have an almost lifealtering experience here (sorry for the horn toot’n). Rumor has it your lovely siren wife used to work there, but got too busy with her own booming business to continue. What was it like working with her? Please don’t remind me, I miss my wife at work horribly. It was the coolest place in the world while I got to work with her, now it’s just the best job in the world. I laugh and have fun with the people at work, and the whole time I’m thinking “I wish my wife was here”. People used to accuse her of being better than me at what we did. She probably would be if she were still there.
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