I would like to go to there
(midwest.social)
LadyButterfly she/herThese are actually a thing if you know where to look.
library with crackling fires
That can't possibly go wrong!
I was thinking about this recently, I think it was because I heard that creepy secret society Dialog was doing it and I thought "ok that actually sounds pretty cool without all the extra cult bullshit."
Basically iirc they have a matchmaking summer camp for adults (like to find a romantic partner), but removed from the Theil cult stuff A) that's a good idea on it's own, and B) it doesn't have to be for meeting people, just for fun, and you can still meet people if it so happens.
Could have all kinds of arts and crafts, canoes and shit, fishing, hide and seek, scavenger hunts, cabins and lunches (etc) just like kids camps but bigger, archery and a (controlled) rifle range, nature walks, classes on plant ID and uses, building cool shit like rope swings (and that's free labor to help expand the camp), etc! Counselors can be volunteers so poors like me could attend in exchange for working it, you could have themed ones and keep it running almost year round with some set-up for the next in between (like, 2w normal, 2w sober/recovery, 2w LGBT, 2w Clue [solve the fake murder], 2w Spooooky halloween, 2w Winter Wonderland, etc), I'd rather go in the fall personally for instance because I like the weather even without a theme.
Idk it could be a fun time.
That sounds really good, but I have a sure feeling, that would be a big, drunk shitshow. Adults are really not better than teenagers. Honestly, they are probably worse for such a thing.
Needs scotch.
This vibe is like half the hostels I've stayed in. One in Dublin I was just at had multiple hangout spots and a full gaming room. People would lounge around reading
I want a retreat where they have large overhang roofs so you can sit outside while you read or sip a coffee during the rain.
Can there be a shamefully large collection of modern boardgames? And video games in the basement (sound reasons)?
If I had the money I would legit make that happen.
I'd like to have a cave with a fire in the middle for me to sit around and stare at nothing for hours.
You'd have to bring your own books, but this might do: https://mtrainierguestservices.com/paradise-inn/
This one too. When we were there, people were reading, playing board games and just chilling: https://exploreolympic.com/lodging/lake-crescent-lodge/
Sorry if this is a weird question, but can I ask your process for finding places like this? I'd love something like these and would love to find more of them (and maybe one closer to home to start, ballin' on a budget here.) Even just a bed and breakfast in a picturesque small town would do fine lol.
My dad used to find this stuff all the time when I was a kid, but that was the days of Yellow Pages and racks of brochures at every hotel's front desk telling the locations of nearby water parks and Cowboy themed towns with mock gunfights. Gone are those days, replaced by Facebook which I do not use, and so I constantly seek somewhere that aggregates cool things like this to go do/see that isn't locked behind a spyware app.
I'm not sure of where you live, but both of these are national parks, so start there. We found Crescent Lodge on a whim because we were driving the peninsula. There is so much more on the peninsula that it's hard to tell you everything. That etc. at the end is a lot.
- La Push
- Sol Duc Hot Springs
- Waterfalls
- Hoh Forest
- Hurricane Ridge
- etc.
For Paradise Inn, you stop there if you ever go to Mt Rainier from the Seattle side. It's like going back in time.
My best suggestion is to look at state's brochures of where you live. I think they all have them. Texas advertises in Seattle, which results in a giant fuck you to the ads, but so does California, Arizona and Utah. Oregon has catalogs on the ferry with cool things to do. Not really a process, but look around at your tourist parks and ports for info kiosks or stands.
This is pretty great too https://www.alltrails.com/us Also, Washington has a trails guide and app that is amazing for it specifically, your state might too. https://www.wta.org/go-outside/map
I would fuck with this so hard. Maybe a bring a book take a book -shelf to recycle your books too
Hm... This is a pretty achievable thing to create.
Anybody want to donate to my gofundme?
Books are the analog tablets before we had digital tablets.
Wax tablets were the analog tablets before that.
The people yearn for ancient Sumerian stone tablets
