CEDAR COTTAGE (formerly The Hangar) Cedars Dorm The Right side of Cedar Cottage is dormitory style.  It includes a front bedroom sitting area downstairs with a single bed, a full kitchen with stove, double door refrigerator w/ icemaker & water thru door, table & 4 chairs, coffeemaker, stove & refrigerator, shower bath downstairs, upstairs TV, king bed, queen bed, full bed & twin bed, a covered patio with glass top table and chairs and two metal rockers.  Also there is a firepit and charcoal grill. RATES: Off season (Dec 1-Feb 28 & July 6- Aug 31), Sun- Thurs $129 , Fri & Sat $139 Peak season (March 1-July 5 & Sept 1 - Nov 30) Sun-Thurs $139, Fri & Sat $149 Antique Festivals & special events, holidays Sun-Thurs $149, Fri & Sat $159 Price quoted is Double occupancy + hotel tax, cash or check Add $10 for each additional guest per night during normal times Add $25 per guest during Antique Festivals Active Military, Seniors 60+, handicapped or disabled Veterans receive special discount.  Ask for quote. Two night stay required during Antique Festivals unless one night is available During normal times, Single night stays are allowed with an additional $10 per night The Lone Oak room, if available, can be leased for an additional $100.  It has an adjoining door through the kitchen that can be locked from both sides. Extra persons are charged at $15 per person, $25 per person during Antique Festivals. Limit 8 persons in Cedars Dorm, 12 persons total if the Lone Oak Room is included.  During Antique Festivals, 6 Max in Dorm and 2 in Lone Oak Room.  The Lone Oak Room in Cedar Cottage This is the left side of the Cottage accessed through the French doors and is also accessed by a door that locks from both sides that goes into the kitchen of the Cedars Dorm.  It is downstairs with a ceramic tile floor, is wheel chair accessible, has a covered patio, King bed, private bath with tub/shower, sofa, table & chairs, double door refrigerator with ice & water thru the door, coffeemaker, microwave, direct TV, central heat/AC.  A comfortable rollaway cot can be brought in for extra persons.  Limit 4 in Lone Oak Room. Off season rates (Dec 1- February 28 & July 6 - Aug 31) Sun-Thurs $109, Fri-Sat $119 + tax Peak season ( Mar 1- July 5, Sep 1-Nov 30) Sun-Thurs $119, Fri-Sat $129   Holidays $139 Antique Festivals Sun-Thurs $149, Weekends $159  Same restrictions as Cedar Dorm. Both sides of Cedar Cottage can be combined as one unit Max limit 4 persons in the Lone Oak Room Both sides of Cedar Cottage can be rented together at a reduced rate depending on number of guests.  There is a limit of 12 total persons including children.  Children under the age of 2 are admitted free.  Pets stay free! Price quoted is cash or check.  We can invoice you through Paypal in advance for the full amount if you prefer to use a credit card.  There is a small administration charge for this service.  We have a strict cancellation policy. Please click here to review our policies.	Cedar Cottage Covered patio area UPSTAIRS BEDROOM OF Cedars Dorm This room is very large (18 X 35) It has a king bed, a queen, an antique double and a antique twin bed that once belonged to the editor of the New Ulm Enterprise. ************************************************** We have special rates for all of our cabins when they are rented in multiples or all can be rented for a special occasion.  Trails West Retreat does not offer maid service during your stay. We encourage our guests to use their towels multiple times to keep down costs and conserve energy. We furnish one towel per person per day (double occupancy unless otherwise added pay). If you require more towels, please furnish your own. In addition to the price quoted, hotel tax will be added. Notice to guests:  please try to conserve energy by turning off lights and AC when not in use.
UPSTAIRS BEDROOM Notice the little sitting area next to the staircase and the beadboard ceiling.  Also, there is Direct TV upstairs as well as down.	Cedars Dorm
Sitting Room Entry goes through to eat-in full kitchen Stairs in background go to dormitory style second floor bedroom	A twin bed in the downstairs sitting area of Cedars Dorm is available for a guest who cannot use the stairs to the other beds.
Cedars Dorm features a full kitchen Side-by-side refrigerator, range with oven, coffeemaker, microwave. Originally called the Hangar, Cedars Cottage was built as a service barn, then it turned into a garage and an office with living quarters. The more we added, the nicer it got!  It has central heat and air, a living room with a twin bed, a sofa, a nice recliner, and a TV.  The Cedars Dorm bath has ceramic tile, pedestal sink and glass enclosed shower.  The Cedars Dorm has a large plushly carpeted room upstairs (18 X 36) with a cathedral beadboard ceiling and two ceiling fans. The huge bedroom has a king bed, a queen bed, a double bed and an antique twin bed with TV and also a sitting area. It will sleep 6-8 comfortably in a dormitory fashion. We can also move in extra cots.  The Lone Oak Room was finished out later and that is where Betty & Del lived while the Eagle's Nest Lodge was being built. There is a patio out front which has a patio table and chairs, metal rocking chairs, a bbq grill with the addition of a copper firepit which is really wonderful on those cool nights of fall, winter and early spring. Personally, that is our favorite time of the year when the days are pleasant and the nights a little chilly! Unfortunately, pets are not allowed in the Cedars Dorm. If you have toddlers, are elderly or disabled, please be aware of the stairs.	CERAMIC TILED BATH WITH GLASS ENCLOSED SHOWER & PEDESTAL SINK     Lone Oak Room in Cedar Cottage King size bed, full bath in our spacious Lone Oak Room.
Betty & Del One of the most memorable events that I have ever had in my entire life was landing on the Ruth Glacier on Mt McKinley in Alaska.  It truly was reaching out and touching the face of God.  As called by its Indian name, Denali, the Great One, McKinley is the highest mountain in North America.  We went up in airplanes two times before to get a glimpse of the Great One but clouds shrouded this elusive mountain.  The third time was the charm.  The day broke crystal clear, and there before our eyes was this enormous mountain, far larger than all the others. We took off from the small village of Talkeetna and flew over a rescue operation to get a group of stranded climbers off the mountain.  What a treat it was to sit at a small cafe that evening listening to their stories.There is nothing I can say to compare with standing there, snow all around us, looking up at a the circle of ragged, lofty peaks.  It gave us a true feeling of humility to know how small we are and how great are the works of the Lord.	Above, Del Meischen in our Cessna 182 flying near Bellville.  Betty is actually flying the plane at the moment the picture was taken.  Del as instructor always sits in the right seat when we fly.  Even though I have had my pilot's license for over 25 years, he still thinks he needs to instruct me.  I still make pretty decent landings but we don't fly near as much as we did in our younger years.  An occasional flight to Dallas to see our son Scott or down to Port Mansfield near Padre Island to go fishing with our son Jeff.  He has a really neat beach house there which he leases out.  When the kids were little we flew to California, Alabama and Colorado with all three in the back. We really had a great time flying to Oshkosh Wisconsin to the big airshow there. The original name for Cedar Cottage was the Hangar.    We called it that because Del and I are both general aviation pilots. So are our sons Jeff and Scott. Del was a Captain in the USAF 1970-75 flying T38's and the Convair T130. Currently, he is a flight instructor in the civilian world. We decorated the Hangar with many articles of our collected flying paraphanalia.  For the past 6 years, most people will remember this building by its original name but we always had to explain why we called it the Hangar.  It was a little joke...we never found a place that we could afford to have a runway so we just built this building and decorated it with Del's airplane stuff.  After we built the Eagle's Nest Lodge, most of the aviation stuff was moved there and we re-decorated.
A covered carport/patio cover in front keeps the rain off our guests.  The car in front of the Cottage Cottage is a 1928 Model A Ford.  Betty and son-in-law Ryan are riding in the rumble seat.  Daughter Becky and sons Jake and Sam are seated in the car.	Entry to Cedars Dorm is through the single door on the right. Through the French doors on the left is the Lone Oak Room. Renting both sides gives our guests 2 King beds, 1 queen, 1 full, 2 twins, 1 sofa, a full kitchen and 2 baths

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