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Hiking and Canoeing, Yoga and Slow Food
Named for the emerald-hued, glacial-fed lake that is the "front yard" of our Learning Center, Diablo Downtimes are an opportunity for you and your friends to retreat to the North Cascades, unplug and unwind. Mountains have longed served humans as place of refuge, rejuvenation and inspiration and we invite you to join us in 2010 to connect with yourself, your friends and nature too. Whether your ideal day is spending a morning in asanas with our yoga instructor, hiking to majestic views of nearby glaciers with naturalist guides, reading and journal-writing in our library, exploring the lake by canoe or taking an afternoon snooze – or perhaps a blend of all of the above? – Downtimes are your weekend to spend as you choose.
"Diablo Downtime offers those with no particular agenda a chance to experience the nurturing side of nature," Amy Kepferle of the Cascadia Weekly wrote after her visit in the summer of 2009. "On the surface, the weekend was all about relaxation, but because of the passion of the folks running the place &emdash; the naturalists, graduate students and slow food purveyors who live on campus &emdash; I ended up learning an awful lot about why it’s so important to keep the trees and birdsong and ferns intact for generations to come."
Daytimes will offer an array of outdoor activities and yoga, while evenings will feature fireside tales after leisurely dinners prepared by Chef Shelby Slater with organic, mouth-watering fare from local Skagit Valley farms and producers.
Come on your own and mingle in wonderful company or gather together a group of old friends for a reunion. Book clubs, passionate locavores, siblings, photographers and writers, dayhikers, yoga fans – all kinds of interesting people end up at these unique retreats in the heart of one of the most spectacular national parks in the country.
The price is $245 - $485 depending on accommodations and includes two nights lodging and seven meals per person. Register below or call (350) 854-2599. Weekends fill fast so sign up today!
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