ANNI LOCATION AND DATES. Update: Potential location change!

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I want to thank everyone for your patience as the events team (Naomi, Lillian, and Eleyan) hunted for the perfect location for 15th Anni.

Without further ado: 15th Anni will be held April 1-4 on the shores of South Lake Tahoe at Camp Richardson Resort! :joy :joy

TICKET PRICE HERE.

What are the great things about this place? First, our plan is to rent out the entire hotel -- 26 rooms* -- which will give us 24-hour access to the amazing great room (complete with giant fireplace!). Across the street from the hotel is a general store, which has basic groceries, wine and beer, and other necessities, plus deli sandwiches. Down the street is a bar and grill on the lakefront where you can have lunch or dinner.** We are literally on the beach of Lake Tahoe.

*Fully occupied, the 26 rooms will accommodate 74 people. This is not a hard limit. The resort also has cabins we can rent.

**Please note, the ice cream parlor and the coffee and confectioner's listed on the resort's website will not be available to us since they don't open till the end of May.

Camp Richardson has its own cross-country ski course, downhill skiing is about 30 minutes away. The Mountain Sports Center on site offers sporting equipment (skiing! biking!) for rent. At the marina, there are kayaks, paddleboards, and pedal boats to rent. We're very close to horseback riding. There's a yacht tour on the lake for those so inclined (~$50/person, 1.5 hours). About 15 minutes away is State Line, CA/NV, which has casinos and more upscale dining.

We know that having the dates and location for this event are important for your planning. We are still figuring out the logistics of the event, whether ticket price includes lodging or will be separate, how rooms may be allocated, etc. These are urgent issues we are currently working on with full force. For planning purposes, we believe the cost of this event will be more in line with our traditional Anniversary celebrations, minus all food included (we are still looking at a catered special dinner). We are, however, about five minutes from grocery stores and budget places to eat including Starbucks, Subway, and Taco Bell (and a lot of great affordable places that aren't fast food).


I know Eleyan will have a lot more to say about this place, and I'll get even more excited once she does, which is hard to imagine since I'm already SO EXCITED. :D :joy
 
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For those of us who get our food at the grocery store, will there be a kitchen available for us to use?
 
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Are you planning on having events, such as horseback riding, part of the official schedule or will it be more along the lines of 'you may seek these events out if you choose' type of deal? I understand the cost of extra events wouldn't be included in the ticket price so there would be an extra fee either way. :)
 
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My birthday falls under this trip... I've never been the type to make a birthday scene, but this is cool. :8) Kizmit.
 

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This sounds awesome! :D
 

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Looks nice and cozy ^_^
 

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Light, can April get any more busy!?! D:
 

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Arie, yes. At least you won't have to travel far this time.
 

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The dates work, just have to see what the final price is going to be before I can commit. :)
 

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Commentary from your local liaison:

Access to a fully equipped kitchen
Right now, I don't recommend hinging your travel plans on it.
As always, picking an event location is complicated. We needed an affordable place. We wanted a central place that lets us take advantage of area attractions. It couldn't be so expensive that it priced everyone out.

We also needed a central meeting place to congregate without a curfew. The MoN came up with the exceptional idea of buying out the Camp Richardson historic hotel. For a very affordable fee, we can thus rent the great room (huge fireplace! Lots of seating!) for our exclusive use 24 hours a day during our event. Honestly, by buying out the hotel, we are getting a private meeting space for a pittance compared to renting it elsewhere in Tahoe. This space can hold up to 74 people, I think. The great news is that we have overflow options. We have decent flexibility when it comes to the size of this event.

The overflow options are private cabins. We cannot rent them until the hotel is full, and renting them after the hotel is full is based on availability. However, if we have enough attendees that we do end up renting cabins, I fully believe those kitchens will be friendly to anyone needing to cook their own meals. I know it means this is up in the air. We've just got to do our best. For most members, I think this is reasonable when considering how many attendees we can accommodate.

So - don't plan on it right now. We may be pleasantly surprised. We are very close to restaurants and grocery stores. If you want, you can eat on $10 a day (and if you're really motivated - $5).
 
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heck Yelenia can do wonders with an electrical outlet and a fry pan and an electric grill! One can definitely cook in their rooms if they have the right tools! She is my inspiration!
 

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Zandera: from previous experience, often there will be open time slots where nothing in particular is scheduled, and someone who *really* wants to do something will organize with the party planners to say "during this open time slot, I will lead a group to go horseback riding!" And so it gets on the schedule, and people who want to go get to go! The downside is that often a few overlapping outings/events happen at once, and it sucks to have to choose between which activities to go do!
 
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