COULD
COULD YOU
COULD YOU DO IT? WE SENT ALEX ROZIER TO SEE FOR
+@
WE SENT ALEX ROZIER TO SEE FOR HIMSELF.
>>
>> Reporter: IN THIS TIME OF TECHNOLOGY IT IS OFTEN
DIFFICULT TO DISCONNECT.
THAT IS WHY OCCASIONALLY IT MAY
BE A GOOD THING IF WE STEP AWAY
+@
+@ FROM
+@ FROM ALL OF THIS ACTION.
AND ESCAPE.
AND ESCAPE. ESCAPE TO A PEACEFUL PLACE JUST
LIKE THIS. +@
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS.
>> THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS
DESIGNED TO ALLOW YOU TO BE IN
NATURE AND IDEALLY DO NOTHING.
>> Reporter: IN 2015 JOHN STAFF
DID A COMPANY CALLED GETAWAY.
+@
DID A COMPANY CALLED GETAWAY. >> WE DESIGN TINY CABINS AND
+@
>> WE DESIGN TINY CABINS AND +@PUT THEM IN THE WOODS OUTSIDE
OF MAJOR CITIES AND WE RENT
THEM OUT BY THE NIGHT SO THAT
YOU CAN BE OFF.
>> Reporter: THEY STARTED IN
BOSTON THAN AT A NEW YORK+@ AND
HAVE A COLLECTION OF CABINS
OUTSIDE OF NINE U.S. CITIES.
IF YOU WANT TO GO THEY OPENED
NEAR DALLAS.
NEAR DALLAS. MY+@ BOSSES THOUGHT THAT IT WOU
+@BE A GREAT IDEA FOR ME TO GET
AWAY AND WI+@THOUT HESITATION,
PHOTO JOURNALIST ALEX BROWN AND
I, TOOK THEIR OFFER.
HERE WE GO.
♪ COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME
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♪ >>
♪ >> Reporter: THE CABINS ARE
ABOUT 90 MINUTES SOUTHEAST OF
TALUS.
TALUS.
TALUS. --
TALUS. -- OF DALLAS.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE HERE?
>> 162 PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: SHELLEY WORKS AT
THE +@ONLY GAS STATION HERE IN
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. >>
TOWN. >> YOU MAY HEAR SOME ANIMALS
BUT DON'T BE SCARED.
>> Reporter: WHAT ANIMALS ARE
WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> WE HAVE HAD BOBCATS DOWN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. COYOTES.
COYOTES.
COYOTES. WILD PIGS. +@
>> Reporter: WILD PIGS?
WE WILL SEE YOU.
AFTER THE ENCOURAGING PEPTALK.
WE FINALLY ARRIVED.
THEY HAVE 44 CABINS ON 98 ACRES
OF LAND.
OF LAND.
OF LAND. I STAY+@ED IN WOODY.
+@HE IS RIGHT HERE.
WE MADE IT. LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
THIS IS GREAT!
THE CABINS ARE COZY, ANYWHERE
FROM 100 36, TWO 147 SQUARE
FEET.
FEET.
FEET. GOT
FEET. GOT IT.
GOT IT.
GOT IT. WOODY.
WOODY.
WOODY. THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
I F+@EEL GREAT.
I WONDER WHAT TH+@EY WILL BE
THINKING, +@THEY ARE JEALOUS.
THERE IS.
THERE IS.
THERE IS. THE IDEA IS TO LOC+@K UP THE
PHONE, DISCONNECT AND
PERSONALLY RECHARGE.
PERSONALLY RECHARGE. >> SCIENCE TELLS US THAT IT IS
BRAIN HEALTHY TO TAKE A BREAK.
>> Reporter: STACY VERNON TOLD
US WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> YOU THINK OF YOUR BRAIN
ALMOST LIKE A BATTERY.
WHEN YOU TAKE A BRAIN RATE,
WHETHER IT BE AT YOUR DESK,
WHETHER IT BE IN YOUR HOME, YOU
WHETHER IT BE AT YOUR DESK, WHETHER IT BE IN YOUR HOME, YOU@
ARE RECHARGING YOUR BRAIN.
BEING ABLE TO TAKE AN
INTENTIONAL BREAK LIKE +@GOING
A +@CABIN, OR LIKE TAKING A WAL
AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
ALLOWS YOU THE SPACE THAT
REALLY IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES
WE DO NOT OFTEN ALLOW
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. >> Reporter: 36 WAYS TO GET
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. TRY
AWAY. TRY YOGA.
TRY YOGA.
TRY YOGA. REVEILLE NOT.
REVEILLE NOT. READ A BOOK.
DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING.
WATCH UNDER THE TREES AND
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN AGERS.
WE ARE GOING ON A TINY WOODS
NATURE WALK.
NATURE WALK. IT IS POURING!
IN FEBRUARY.
IN FEBRUARY. IS GETTING OUR MAP WET.
BROKE!
BROKE!
BROKE! THE MAP IS BROKE.
ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET BACK TO
DALLAS?
DALLAS?
DALLAS? ANYONE FOR DALLAS?
THE NEIGHBORS HATE ME.
SO WE DID NOT HAVE IDEAL
WEATHER BUT I CAN TELL YOU
THIS.+@
THIS.+@
THIS.+@ >> ENJOY YOURSELF, SIR.
>> WHETHER I HAVE TWO MINUTES
OR 24 HOURS.
+@
OR 24 HOURS. SOMETIMES I NEED TO DISCONNECT.
IT IS 8:00 P.M.
AND IT IS STILL RAINING.
LIGHTS OUT.
LIGHTS OUT. SO HERE IS MY CHALLENGE, PUT
YOUR PHONE DOWN.
GIVE YOUR BRAIN A BREAK.
WHO WANTS TO PLAY SOME CARDS?
♪ ♪