Encounter the great outdoors from distinctive dwellings that put a new twist on camping tripsBy Becca Bergman and J. Gabriel Boylan Sherman's Travel magazine Imagine outfitting a kid's treehouse with grown-up practicalities and infusing it with New Age personality. The result is Tom Chudleigh's singular vision near Qualicum Bay on Vancouver Island: two wooden orbs named Eve and Eryn. The structures at the Free Spirit Spheres (www.freespiritspheres.com) float some 10 to 25 feet off the ground, rigged to trees by thick cables. Guests ascend spiral stairs and a short suspension bridge to enter. Eve is a petite, rather spartan affair of cedar, best suited to a solo traveler, while Eryn, at 10.5 feet in diameter, built of Sitka spruce and almost twice as large, fits a double bed, a small sleeping loft, a sitting area, a large skylight, and a pint-size kitchen. Both spheres are insulated and have windows, power outlets, and electric heaters. At the base of each sits a composting outhouse; a washhouse with showers is nearby. Don't expect lavish accoutrements; the luxury during this camping trip comes in simply swaying to sleep in a rain forest
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