I went online to see if I could find info on the retreat facilities and they look pretty awesome. I think it is probably about 2 hours from me in east central Alabama. Sounds like a great price. Are you going to have everyone just bring what they are working on or would we be working on something together? I would just like to get away so that I can do nothing but sew for a while. I have several things I want to work on. I would be very interested but I would only be able to go if it were a 2 or 3 day retreat. I couldn't be gone longer than that. I long weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) would be great, maybe getting there on a Thursday night. Just my two cents....