The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13406   Message #113208
Posted By: Charlie Baum
10-Sep-99 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: FSGW Getaway - News
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway - News
Sleeping accommodations:

The cabins contain beds. Each bed has a foam mattress on wire springs. The mattress is not the world's most luxurious, but I've found them adequate. You'll need to bring your own bedding: pillows, pillowcases, etc. You could do sheets and blankets, but most of us just use sleeping bags. It can get very cold at night, and there are no heaters other than your body and the bodies of your cabin-mates.

Each room contains from 2 to 5 beds. There are no bunk beds. Many cabins contain 3 rooms, arranged 4 beds-2 beds-4.beds. Other cabins contain more or fewer rooms.

The cabins are grouped together in little villages; each village contains 3 to 5 cabins, a lodge (with fireplace, but no beds, often a gathering place for music making), and a bathhouse. The bathhouse always has a men's side and a women's side, and each side contains toilets, sinks, and shower stalls. Some but not all men's rooms may also have urinals. While you're packing bedding, bring towels. (If rain is in the forecast, bring extra towels.)

There is also a large modern bathhouse near the dining hall. And the back wings of the dining hall contain several sleeping rooms; some of these rooms are wheelchair-accessible. Also near the dining hall are the main lodge (with fireplace and bathrooms--a prime music making spot), a theatre barn (raised stage but no seats, unless we bring some of our own), and the main parking lot. You'll probably need to schlep your stuff some distance from the car to the cabins. We will try to help those who need assistance.

--Charlie Baum