About Us

Wildwoods Trailside Cabins, Lodge & Restaurant is owned by Cheri and Paul Szidat.
Along with the help of their children; Erik, Jackie, Chris, Haley
and Moose our Lodge puppy.

Cheri grew up on a sawmill in the Adirondack Mountain Region of Upstate New York.
As most young people growing up in a remote area do, they leave once they graduate...
(thinking there are greener pastures) She moved to the Boston area and received her
degree in business. She was employed for 19 years by a major insurance carrier and
has two sons; Erik and Chris.

But people always return to their roots. Although Maine is not NY, the community of
Brownville felt like returning home. Which was important when we were looking for the
property.

Paul grew up in Massachusetts with a technical degree in the high tech mechanical
field. Ever since Paul was a young boy he always wanted to move to Maine. It was his
favorite place to go. After 45 years of dreaming, it became a reality for Paul.   Paul has
two daughters; Jackie & Haley.

They met, and Paul knew a good thing when he saw it. A woman who loved to cook
and understood that there really were six seasons in New England;   Spring, Summer,
Fall, Winter and the fifth and sixth being black fly and mud season! Plus she had her
own motorcycle and loved snowmobiling! How could he go wrong he asked? He
immediately planted the thought of moving to Maine. Over time, they made the decision
to make the big move and to pursue their dream of owning their own lodge and cabin
rental business.     We purchased 20 +/- acres in January of 2004 after many months of
searching for the perfect location.     Define perfect you ask?

Lets’ say we know how important it is after driving for hours on a Friday after work, to
simply wake up on Saturday morning. Walk outside and linger over a great cup of
coffee while checking out the area trail map. All without having to get back into the truck
and trailer the toys to the nearest trail. That’s the perfect location to us, and let’s not
forget an area that has lots of SNOW!!!

Although we had no “official” experience within the lodging and hospitality industry.
We knew that our many years of experience as cabin renters then Maine vacation
homeowners “qualified” us to truly understand first hand what your needs and desires
are when you are away from home!

Our mission to you is to provide quality family lodging at affordable prices. We hope
your stay is enjoyable and brings home the Maine motto of; "The Way Life Should Be...."

The perfect spot, combined with our passion and love for Maine and Cheri's delicious
corn chowder is how Wildwoods Trailside Cabins, Lodge & Restaurant began!