Our quilt group did our first retreat last October. Nine of us went to the Oregon coast and had a blast. We made a few RULES ahead of time as none of us had ever spent 4 days togetherl...the rules were: THERE ARE NO RULES. If someone wanted to knit, so be it. I someone wanted to work on a project, great. If some wanted to eat out and others wanted to eat in, that was OK. We had a wonderful retreat and spent much of our time together making Socks for Soldiers...I think we made a couple hundred socks over the 4 days. We also learned a few new blocks, worked on WIPs and we spent some time PLANNING FOR OUR NEXT RETREAT. We all want to go back and make the retreat an annual affair. All the suggestions others have mentioned are great to put on a list and keep handy when packing for the retreat. I'm excited for you. Have a blastl