Get away from it all. Enjoy a winter vacation in the mountains, where deep snow by Christmas is common. Vacations are essential. Finding somewhere to go that is fun, different, comfortable, and modest in price is important. Rowe meets these needs. Come for a winter getaway. Invite your long-lost family to join you for our informal family reunion. Immerse yourself in an end-of-year retreat. Get away, let loose, chill. Leave email behind. Feel free from responsibility.
We’ll provide sumptuous meals and comfortable housing for your winter getaway. Rub elbows with the other great people who come, or wander off to be alone. Snowshoe, ice-skate, take a sauna, laugh, eat, read, visit, eat some more, sleep, sit in front of the fire, and all-round relax and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. Many use Rowe as a lodge to go off downhill or cross-country skiing and return evenings to eat, drink, and make merry. Ungroomed cross-country trails are just out the door, groomed ones are a short drive away. We’re within 25 miles of seven ski areas, within an hour of about ten art museums, including the exquisite Clark and the ultra-cool Mass MoCA.
New Year’s Eve offers something for everyone. Some follow the classic New Year’s Eve tradition, which is fine with us; others want to touch their own heart and use the time for retreat and reflection. We’ll have a time for those who want to share their lives and there will be plenty of opportunity for play and celebration. We throw a New Year’s Eve dance party which sometimes lasts deep into the night.
The fee for the six days is $600 in our dorm or heated cabin, with semi-private rooms $125 extra, private $250; children are half-price for the first, 1/3 for the second, and 1/4 for the rest. If you can’t come the whole time, it’s $115 per day.
We’re in the workshop biz, so we’ve asked friends to lead some workshops, mostly of the fun and creative sort. Jeff Levin will provide massages and a couple of workshops to show you how to do it yourself. Suzanne Taylor will offer art workshops, including painting, drawing, and collage to adults and kids alike. Our friend Mimi Aarens will lead creative writing workshops for beginners and pros, young and not-so-young. Felicity Pickett, our director, loves the dream life and runs an excellent dream group. Prue Berry will lead a workshop on landscape design and sacred space and another on dowsing and labyrinths. Our friend and neighbor Annie Hassett will lead Tai Chi as well as offer an evening concert. Singer/songwriter Erica Wheeler will offer her Soulful Landscape workshop and empower you to articulate your stories of place into songs, stories, poetry or essays. She will also perform one evening.