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Testimonies From Our Satisfied Customers
Chris and Angie Garner
Glenwood, AR
Where exactly do I start? My sister honeymooned at RiverView several years ago and only had wonderful things to say. My response was a little skeptical and very curious.
My husband owns his own business and we were needing somewhere to get away from the hustle and bustle of our lives. We needed somewhere close to home so a long weekend wasn't wasted on the road. I
remembered these cabins my sister spoke so highly about and called.
August 12 & 13, 2005 we spent our 16th anniversary in cabin #5 "South of the Boarder". We discovered the couple that we used to be before we had just gotten too busy with life. We knew that
from that weekend of our lives would never be the same. We discovered that we should never let life take the place of our life together. That weekend was so wonderful and so much more that I could expect
that we went ahead before the weekend was over and booked two other visits. We promised ourselves that we would spend our anniversaries right there in our little paradise that we had found. My sister was
so right!!
November, 2005 we spent a long weekend in cabin #4 "Sunflowers" with our daughter celebrating her 8th birthday. What a wonderful time we had roasting marshmallows at the fireplace, and playing
board games and being together as a family. Instead of birthday parties our daughter has chosen to spend all her birthdays a RiverView. That is exactly how very much fun we had that weekend before
Thanksgiving!
December, 2005 we spent the weekend before Christmas in cabin #10 "The Bears Den" with my in-laws. This was going to be my Mother-in-laws first Christmas after her mother passed away and we
needed something very special so she could just enjoy herself. It was a wonderful weekend for everyone!!!!! The Pool games in the basement, relaxing in the hot tub, putting puzzles together, etc. This
was exactly what our family needed and we have wonderful memories of that Christmas. It was a special time that helped do some much needed healing.
August 11 & 12, 2006 we spent our 17th anniversary in cabin #11. "The Love Nest" is all you have to say. I love the fact that we have a place we can go and get way from phones, knocks at the
door, car noise, just life in general, step back and celebrate the beauty of God's work. Our marraige has always been wonderful but this has just added to the romance of our lives. Leaving is always the
hardest part because it is so relaxing.
In November we will be staying in cabin #6 "Country Charm" for our daughters 9th birthday and we are already planning more trips! RiverView is helping my family build memeories that we will
cherish all of our lives. The cabins are all different and all you have to do is sit back and just let life happen. They are what you make of them. They themselves don't perform miracles but they do give
us that we need as a family and as a couple that the world just doesn't have time for any more.
Our plan, as a family, is to stay in all the cabins and experience the discoveries we make in all of them. Just think we don't even fish, canoe, or hike!!!!!!!!!
See you in November!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carl and Vicki Crawford
Dallas, Texas
Much harder to leave this time. We enjoyed our extended stay and already looking forward for our return sometime later this year. We will get in touch with you way in advance to make our reservations.
We had so much fun traveling and exploring all the back roads while on our bike. Found more spots to explore and we finally found the Little MO falls.
We enjoyed our little kitty and she/he was back this morning to tell us goodbye. I fed him some more food and gave his some fresh water. That cat was such a special little surprise. I wanted to
bring him home but was afraid if I had, he would have brought our little Tootsie to us as a gift like he had the big field mice he brought to us. That rat made two of our little dog.
It has always been a treat to return year after year to your heaven here on earth. Oden, AR - population 202 has to be God's Country. The most beautiful spot on this earth. And folks like you,
Gene, and your daughter-in-law, Vicki and little BoBo and her little daughter are precious. Sue, you and Gene have got to be the most down to earth and good people on earth. You guys are so
fortunate to have such a place to call home.
We left early this morning (around 7am) and made it back to Dallas around noon. Back to the hussle and bussle, the drivers with all the attitude that make us hate this place! They drive like their
pants are on fire, you can be going 90 and they still try to drive over you. Makes me so nervous. No wonder we look forward to getting to places like yours. So relaxing and calm. Now we get to
get back to reality and get back in the groove of this crazy place we call home.
Can't wait to return later this year. We will contact you in advance to make our reservations.
Thank you so much for always being so friendly and down to earth.
Until we meet again - The Crawford's - Carl and Vicki
A. Michelle Robbins
1749 North Hwy. 7
Sparkman, AR 71763
Phone: (870) 464-7278
My husband and I have always spent a weekend SOMEWHERE every year for our anniversary. This past year some friends of ours recommended a place only an hour drive from our home. It is
called Riverview Cabins and Canoes in Oden, Arkansas. Whoever would have thought we would spend a weekend in ODEN, ARKANSAS, population 220, when we live in Sparkman, Arkansas,
population 586!!! From one small town to another, trust me, we will be returning to Oden for future anniversaries!
Riverview Cabins are unique in that each cabin has its own "theme." Most of the cabins have views
of the river, but as with our cabin (#11), we enjoyed the short walk through the open woods to the river bank where we sat on a fallen tree and watched the river flow by and just spent time with each
other - alone. As you will see from their website, they also provide horseback riding, canoes, bicycling . . . and fishing!! With my husband being an avid fisherman (and our stay being in
November), now he's ready to go back for a weekend this summer.
Also, each cabin is very secluded from the other cabins and each comes with a grill on the deck. We had a great time just grilling hamburgers for lunch and steaks for dinner. Besides the charcoal
and food, they provide so much stuff for you, it truly gives you that home away from home feeling. And the sunken hydrothearpy massage tub . . . we are talking of building a home in the near future,
and we are sold on this type of tub. We will find out exactly what kind was in our cabin and we will install one in our home!
Another bonus with Riverview Cabins is Hot Springs, Arkansas is only a short drive which, as you know, provides all types of entertainment for all ages including Oaklawn Horse Racing, Garven Gardens and Magic Springs amusement park. Not to mention the shopping and eateries. And the
drive from Oden to Hot Springs is breathtaking.
Please, do not let the pictures on the Riverview website fool you. I was very skeptical from the website but our friends were constantly raving about how nice the cabins and the staff were. They
were right. Absolutely, hands down, one of the best weekends my husband and I have had in our modest 8 years of marriage.
Our only complaint . . . in a way - there are no phones in the cabins. If you do not have cellular service, which we did not through our provider (Cingular), you have to go to the office and use their
phone either with a calling card or collect. When we left Riverview, we had not been on the road 5-10 minutes and had full service on our phones. A little inconvenience but if you're looking for a
weekend (or more) of seclusion and relaxation, you will definitely find it at Riverview Cabins.
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Cabin No. 9 Gone Fishin'.
February 23-26, 2006- Honeymoon. David and Penny
Green; married 2/18/06.
From West Monroe, Louisiana
DAY 1- Arrived Thurs. 5:30 p.m. Wow! Thrilled at what we have found. We are eager to settle in and I am already dreading leaving. Made drinks, fired up the grill, and uncovered the Hot tub! This
place is great! Utter contentment!
DAY 2- Got up kinda late for us... hey, were up late! Made breakfast together(including deer
sausage form my wife's deer). It was noon before we ventured beyond the deck. Great place for coffee-sipping, bird watching, and reflecting. Spent the afternoon hiking around the place, picniced
down at the river, hunted for "keeper rocks and skipped rocks"! The evening found us back in the Hot tub with champagne and strawberries! Wow!! A great night!!!
DAY 3- Up a little earlier. Had breakfast with the squirrels (there's a den tree straight out from the deck). So beautiful and peaceful. Puttered around the cabin till almost noon again. Drove into Mena (a really cool old town) and took the Talimena Scenic Drive up to and around Queen Wilhelmina. State Park. Really nice drive!!...some awesome views and some light hiking. Made it back home
just in time to take a sunset walk down by the river. It was a beautiful day, clear and as cold as it has been so far, Hot tub will be sooo good tonight!
DAY 4- Ahh! I love waking up in that loft. Up earlier still. We are soaking it in like someone getting ready to walk across the desert with no water. Beautiful morning! We hate to leave, but we have
made memories that we will carry a lifetime... wonderful accomodations, beautiful surroundings, good food, good drinks, hot tubin'... Ahh this has been fantastic!! Going to spend the afternoon in
Hot Springs on our way home. Bless you all who stay here and read this. May you find as much joy here as we have.
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December, 2007
Hello Sue,
My name is Joey Hobson. My wife and I spent this weekend in the Ranchouse and let me say. We were absolutely shocked at how great your cabins are. I was expecting them to be great but I can't
even describe how impressed we were. Everything was perfect about our experience there. Even the lights going out! :) Your staff is absolutely second to none and I can guarantee that Riverview
cabins will continue to be our only place to go to get away from the crazy outside world.
We will soon be booking our next trip to the cabins. I think we are going to try #10 out this time.
Again thank you for creating such a great atmosphere and the perfect rustic feel with beautiful scenery and the peace and quiet that everyone needs in their lives.
Thanks so much
Joey Hobson
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