We cannot believe it has taken us 10 months to write this review! Where has the time gone?
We discovered Cripple Creek cabins a few years ago and had enjoyed several stays there. When we began to plan our wedding, we knew we wanted only a small intimate affair with close friends. Because both of us have adult children who live states away and were not going to be able to attend, we decided Cripple Creek would be the perfect setting. We arrived in late January with two other couples, finding snow on the ground, our cabin partially decorated for the event, and Paul (and the cats) anxiously awaiting our arrival with an afternoon treat. We grilled steaks on the deck of one of the cabins on Friday evening and were all able to dine together around a magnificant round table belonging to Paul's family in front of the fire! Paul and Donna had been so helpful in the preceeding months, helping us make our plans. Paul had suggested a wonderful local wedding officiate who performed the ceremony on Saturday. The setting was perfect--sunshine, lingering snow, beautiful tulips, music, delicious wedding cake and our best friends--we could not have asked for a more memorable day! As we began our life together, we left on Sunday for Charleston and then on to Florida to visit our children and grandchildren.
We can both tell you---when you meet Paul, it is as if you have known him all your life. Even though he was getting the flu on Saturday (and decided not to attend our wedding), he went "beyond the call of duty" to accomodate us in every way! He and Donna have definitely found their "calling" in life and we look forward to our next trip to Cripple Creek, hopefully for our first anniversary!

What a treasure these cabins are. We stayed for two nights in Barnwood and basked in the comfort and hospitality these cabins offer. When the owner told us our cabin had been there for 10 years I could not believe it. The upkeep has been so terrific I would swear it had opened this year. The cabins are down a small private paved road and the parking for each cabin is safe and adequate even if you need wheelchair access. The cabins are angled such that you can barely glimpse the next one from your front porch rockers and I had no problem sitting out there in the morning drinking coffee in my pajamas. We were there as Hurricane Lee came through and dumped 10 inches of rain for 36 hours straight, but the porch was deep enough to stay cozy and dry.
The greeting committee is 7 or 8 cats, so if you don't like cats you may not be happy. We love cats and one of them, JD (juvenile delinquent) seems to have self appointed himself to sit on our porch as we rocked and relaxed. You are warned that these are strictly outdoor cats and they are forbidden to enter the cabins and JD never even asked to come in. He never even asked for a bit of our delicious breakfasts that are cleverly delivered to the porch in insulated carriers so your quiche and cinnamon rolls are hot, and your juice and butter are cold. We also had stuffed french toast. The coffee maker is in the room, as well as a small refrigerator and microwave.
The biggest suprise was the full bells and whistle satellite TV and music system. This isn't exactly a "roughing it" cabin folks. Speakers are placed directly above the whirlpool tub and you can luxuriate while listening to music. They have thoughtfully placed oil lamps made out of wine bottles around the tub to further the romance vibe.
The bathroom was huge and beautifully tiled. The shower was great. There was always hot and plentiful water. Not sure how they managed that.
It was warm enough that we didn't need the fireplace, but it looks great. The airconditioner we did need because of the monsoon weather and it worked great.
I found the bed too firm, but my husband loved it. There was a beautiful quilt and great linens on the bed. The cottage was perfectly clean.
There are no restaurants in the area, but a 15 mile drive will take you to several small cities and the county seat.

We had three couples on the trip, and split into three cabins. We all really enjoyed the rest and relaxation that Cripple Creek Cabins offers. The cabins are quite large so there was plenty of space for us all to get together for a rousing games of dominoes inside, and out on the porch, but there was also ample time to cozy up for the two of us and spend quality time together. The bed, the shower, and the jacuzzi were great! As was the breakfast brought to your cabin - breakfast in bed or on your private porch. We were there for a great storm - sitting on the porch just listening to the wind and rain and watching the trees dance was wonderful. We've recommended this place to friends and will certainly get back there ourselves. It's a one of a kind retreat!

My wife Robin and I stayed in "Lottie's Cabin" between July 4 & 7 2011. It was unimaginable and breathtaking! We left a visit log with Paul and Donna about their cabin resorts, and including our entry, and reading the many other entries left by personal experiences, were many positive adjectives of the english language. One that captured me was "serendipity;" The couple that wrote that said that "they were going to fight to have a picture of "Lottie's Cabin" placed next to that word in the dictionary! Another person wrote things like "stupendous" and many other positive adjectives. What we would like to write in this review transcends just adjectives into the world of personal relationships, experience and calling. Although everything was so very fabulous, the homemade snacks like cobblers, cookies, pound cake that you receive every evening to the delightfully unsurpassed breakfast that you receive every morning just by picking up the phone and saying "We're ready for breakfast! (brought usually within 30 minutes) to the immaculate attention to detail and extreme cleanliness and efficiency of "everything" in the cabin, I want to spend the remaining of this review commenting on what Paul and Donna Turpin really have!
If and you should visit this wonderful cabin resort, you will find that Paul and Donna Turpin transcend the mere business world into the arena of a calling that was placed on their lives. My wife and I were fortunate to find each other in 2008 to which we were married in 2009. Here as couples often need to do in today's world, we found each other again. We have a lot going on in our lives, personally as well as being a chaplain and a social worker respectively and working with traumas and emergencies giving much to others but seldom for ourselves, the story of many caregivers. Here at Cripple Creek Cabins, Paul and Donna gave back to us with profound caregiving and perfection and compassion! The cabins and the surrounding area are far more than beautiful and logistical. Here is where many have found refreshment, rejuvination, where many have started their lives together and as I have stated where many have found each other again and returned in essence to simpler times and appreciation for the world around us and each other. We enjoyed "everything" including watching "Little House on the Prairie" and "The Waltons" simulating we too lived like that for all to short of a time, BUT WE'LL BE BACK!!!! Roger and Robin Gauthier, Virginia Beach, VA