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West Coast Retreat (April 20-22, 2018)

Hey Mojo and other West Coasters, sorry for showing up late - driving last 700+ miles today of our 6 week trip that started before the retreat. It's great to see the interest in West Coast again, I'd love to see it happen, it was never our intent to stop doing regular West retreats - but folks are so much more spread out, it does make it tough.
I'm going to propose a date: Dec 8-10th. In between holiday season. I know it would be close after our Texas retreat, but that would work best for us, and I don't expect a lot of overlap attendees. Anything earlier doesn't leave people time to plan.
Please cast your 'yea' or 'nay' votes for that date here. If enough cannot, my next suggestion would not be til March or early April.

As for location, we need to be fairly cheap, but also not too far from a major airport, as some will likely fly. Reno I'd rather not go back to, and I'm afraid Tahoe might be too expense (or can we get a casino deal?).

Mojo, if you have or can find a specific property (hotel or other), for a reasonable price, please let me know. My fallback suggestion would be to look for a hotel closer to Bay Area and I-5 up/down drivers: say Stockon/Modesto/Davis, but avoiding the bigger city areas.

But let's hear from people on that proposed Dec 8 date, and then go from there.

Thanks! look forward to meeting more West Coast people,
Nathan
 
I'm sorry to say that December wouldn't work for us. The March or early April idea would work great for us though. Also wouldn't mind having it a little further west along I5 if others were in favor of that. ... And of course I'm always a fan of "cheap".
 
I will private message Andrew and Nathan soon, but based on comments, I am getting the feeling that early Spring next year might be best. Yes??? No??

The Central Valley corridor is going to be cheap, but it is...well...uh...kind of...uh...ugly.

I am not wedded to Tahoe, but it is only about an hour drive to nearest airport in Reno. Let me check on Tahoe hotel and conference room rates and compare to elsewhere.

Sacramento and Stockton have major airports. They are also a relatively short drive from some of the old gold mining towns. Let me check on their rates.

I know the whole point is to meet and retreat, but I'm trying to think aesthetics too ;)
 
Spring should be much better for us. I don't think we'll be able to do December. :)
 
I'm leaning towards next spring as well.
 
Better to just let it be known (like you just did) that you're looking for fellowship and let people PM you for a phone number. You might consider telling us a little more about yourself in our Introductions forum.

Welcome aboard!
 
Slumberfreeze said:
I mentioned it on another thread, but spring works good for me, and I'm ok with Reno, Tahoe, or wherever, as long as I can stay out of the actual bay area. Basically the closer we get to SF the more I want to die.
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Uhhhh, the closer you get to SF, the greater the chances you may die. That's some crazyyyyy traffic in that town.
SF is great to look at.........from across the GGbridge!
 
OK, we have a date in mind - not set in stone yet, but I think this pretty likely:
April 6-8, 2018, somewhere in California. (Won't be LA basin or Bay Area proper, but somewhere a little cheaper. And not north of Sacramento/Tahoe.)
This is the weekend after Easter.
A possible fallback is the next weekend.
 
Is it possible to sticky a post within a thread, or is it only threads within folders?
 
Get out of my head... You never know what you might step in. :)
 
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Central California may not be a well-known destination, but it is less expensive. It's also close to the giant Sequoias and a lot of Gold Rush historical sites. There's still a lot of beauty and fun to be found if you know what you're looking for.

Whatever the the final decision is, I'm looking forward to the possibility of reconnecting! It's been too long since the last retreat.
 
joe88 said:
Central California may not be a well-known destination, but it is less expensive. It's also close to the giant Sequoias and a lot of Gold Rush historical sites. There's still a lot of beauty and fun to be found if you know what you're looking for.

Whatever the the final decision is, I'm looking forward to the possibility of reconnecting! It's been too long since the last retreat.
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That was my thinking on going further interior from 99. There are great Gokd Rush towns that have changed little since the 185os. I'm looking into a prospective location in Lake Tahoe, but if it doesn't work out, I will try something near Stockton (closest airport).
 
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