MichaelGarnier (Treesort Owner): Kids like it better than the Ritz Carlton.

　　Kid A: It was likebeing in a rollercoaster without acar.

　　Now just what is a “treesort”? Well, it’s the largestconcentration of treehouses known to man that your family can sleep in, andit’s our pick for best childhood fantasy family resort.

　　Don George (Editor,Lonely Planet): I think families who have a real sense of whimsy and fantasy are likely to love Treesort.

　　Michael: Well, it’sthe only place like it in the world.

　　Everyone needs asecret hideaway, and from sleep-overs to club meetings, tree houses haveprovided refuge for generations of kids. Today at Treesort, Michael Garnier isfulfilling a lifelong dream to turn child’s play into a fun family resort.

　　Michael: For a lotof people, it brings them back to when they were a kid and had a tree house orwatched Swiss Family Robinson and wanted a tree house. So it brings out the kidin everybody.

 

 

　　Out’N About Treesort is nestled in an oak grove in Takilma, Oregon, right next to SiskiyouNational Forest. This picturesque little valley is the ideal spot for hiking,horseback riding and building our best childhood fantasy resort.

　　Michael: I like thework in the woods, I like working with wood and I found something that I coulddo that, and it happened to be tree houses.

　　With over a dozen elevatedcabins across 36 acres of forest, Treesort has a tree house for every breed offamily, whether you’re a pair of lovebirds or a tribe of eight. But this ishardly rustic living. Most cabinscome with beds, sinks and refrigerators and average around a hundred dollars anight.

　　Don: Sleeping in atree, listening to the leaves bustle in the wind, being even closer to thestars, there’s just something so fantastic about living off the ground up amongthe branches of a tree.

 

 

　　There’s no roomservice here at Treesort, and also, when you gotta go, you’ll have to go out,over and sometimes even down, so sleepwalkers beware, ’cause if you bark up thewrong tree, you may be in for a rudeawakening. It’s two stories straight down.

　　If you’ve got littleones with an independent streak, we recommend a “Swiss family” complex. Adultsenter their room through a trap door and the children’s unit comes with a pint-sized doorway and is loaded withtree toys.

　　Michael: It’s got arope swing off of it, a bat pole and another rope to climb up and down.

　　And the kids love towalk the plank at the pirate tree.

　　Kid B: Well, it wasfun to rock it back and forth, ’cause it was like being on a real ship rockingon the ocean.

 

 

　　But if you get tiredof playing Blackbeard, you can climb50 feet into the canopy and make likeTarzan on the zip line.

　　Kid B: I was a bitworried at first, then I got on it and got it going and it was fun. I mean youthink you gonna fall, but you can’t.

　　It’s Out ’N AboutTreesort in Oregon, and if you visit, leave the vertigo at home because this family resort will take you to newheights.

　　Now, many of you maybe thinking tree houses sound great, but are they safe? Well, a hundred squarefoot platform can hold 10,000 pounds. That’s enough for a full grown femaleelephant. So even if you’re a heavy sleeper, this resort can give you all thesupport you need for a silent night.