Four of my kids and I are on the way back from a weekend spent at Red Top Cabins. We stayed in Cabin 1 and there was just enough room for the 5 of us. I got the bed to myself (which is raised a way off the ground), my 6 year old and 11 year old stayed in the bunks that are also in the bedroom. My 3 and 4 year olds stayed in sleeping bags on the couches. I think they fold out into beds but we didn't use them that way.
The living room/dining room/kitchen is all one big room with a beautiful high ceiling and the back wall overlooking the porch is all windows. It is beautiful. There are a couple cabins (I think 5, total) in the area that share a circle drive. My kids were able to run around and play safely. The cabins are right off a small highway but are set far back enough from the road enough that no one would need to drive up close to the cabins if they were just turning around.
I have Verizon for my iPhone and could not get a signal at the cabins. The owner said he had wifi but the network never came up on my phone. I thought that was nice, though. Taking a break from the digital world helped us truly relax while on vacation. I only mention the lack of service so that you can plan your other excursions using yelp, etc before you arrive. We didn't plan ahead so our first night we ate a very expensive, bland and kind of dirty Mexican dinner at the recommendation of a Walmart cashier in Sulphur. While in town the next day, I looked for a restaurant for dinner and found a WONDERFUL BBQ restaurant where all 5 of us ate for half the price of the Mexican restaurant. And we had leftovers! (Yay, Smokin' Joe's.)
The kids and I hiked all day at Turner Falls on Saturday and it was so nice to come back to the cabin and the HOT TUB! It seats 4 so we took turns. It has a beautiful view of the night sky. We got to watch the moon rise while the hot tub relaxed our tired feet and legs.
The bathroom has a shower/tub combo. We tried to all shower right in a row and ran out of hot water so you'll want to take turns. You may also want to bring a power strip because we couldn't all charge our devices simultaneously. (The kids were using old iPhones and iPods to take vacation pictures.)
There's a fridge and microwave and a coffee maker. Plenty of dishes to cook with but no dishwasher, so we just had cereal and snacks while we were there. There's a TV with cable or satellite-I'm not sure because we have neither-but the kids were happy at night to have so many shows to choose from.
The kids all said their beds were comfortable. Mine was too. The pillows and blankets were clean and comfy. The towels smelled really fresh. Definitely bring your own beach towels for coming in from the hot tub in the cold winter night!!
There's a table outside on the back porch as well which is perfect for sipping coffee in the morning sunshine.
I can't emphasize enough how beautiful the cabin and scenery are. My kids got a chance to run around and play outside without all the worries of being back home in the city.
While we liked all of these things very well, absolutely the best part of staying at Red Top Cabins is the owner and his wife. They were so welcoming to the kids and me (most people when they see four kids run and hide!). Charlie took them for a ride on his golf cart, they didn't mind the kids chasing the cats that live under their porch and they even surprised them with some balloons and a croquet set. Charlie made sure we had a map so we wouldn't get lost and didn't mind my giving my mother his phone number so she had a way to contact me in case of an emergency. We thought the fridge had stopped working (one of the kids must've just turned it to low) and Charlie immediately came down to help and was very friendly and helpful. He even took our picture on the back porch of the cabin, without him we wouldn't have had a single picture of all of us together on our vacation.
I'm a single mom of 5 and can't afford to take my kids on vacation as often as I'd like, but this was a very reasonable trip for us and everyone loved it. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
We will definitely be back to stay again!! We loved our visit! read more