Near Fairfield Glade, Tennessee is the World Largest Treehouse. This is a true hillybilly masterpiece. It's seven stories tall, includes multiple rooms and a Christian chapel. That said, it's on private property near some guy's house and has been built completely of wood scraps by the home owner and some of his friends. Talk about too much time on your hands. This thing must give the local building inspector nightmares every time he thinks about it. Needless to say, it attracts some pretty interesting folks including hippies, Indian reunions (not making this up), motorcycle clubs, college students and us. The whole place had an odd feel to it, but it was so remarkable it didn't stop us from taking a closer look.
It didn't take long to see that this treehouse wasn't very kid friendly. That's what happens when the place is built one available scrap at a time. We had to keep a close watch on all of the kids all the time. They still thought it was pretty cool though.
At five stories high, this deck on the tree house has quite a view of the surrounding area. Our Odyssey van is directly above Eli's head in this picture.
From the same deck looking directly up, you can see that the path to the top is still a pretty good climb. Here, I'm not sure if Kjersti is pointing out building code violations or the fact that somebody risked their life putting two more stories on top of the five below it?
The preacher can liven up the meeting by shooting free throws from the pulpit (notice the basketball rim/net directly above the cross mural) if he feels so inclined. This space was remarkably large for a tree house, but was also a little wierd. I don't think I would feel comfortable with the engineering of this chapel if it were filled to capacity.
This tree house also had a classic hillbilly swing. A lawn chair fastened to ropes and held together with duct tape. As unsafe as this looked, it didn't stop us from letting all the kids take a turn on it.
This house could be the centerpiece of Hillbilly Disneyland. Throw in a few funnel cake vendors, a catfish pond and a few abandoned cars and you've got yourself a real destination attraction!
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