Artisans in the Redwoods

‘Redwood Retreats’ has been given the opportunity to host gatherings at Albee Creek Campground in California's Humboldt Redwoods State Park,
one of the state’s premier campgrounds.
Located off of Highway 101 and the ‘Avenue of the Giants’
in the Rockefeller Forest, known to be
John Muir’s favorite forest.

“An unusual example of evenly aged trees” ~ John Muir

After working at this campground for the past nine years, I know that many of you, who have experienced the wonders and majesty of Albee Creek, have indicated it would be an ideal setting for hosted retreats.

Albee Creek is set on the far edge of the world’s largest ancient redwood forest and overlooks a meadow system.
This valley was originally inhabited by the Sinkyone Lolangkok Indians,
and later settled in the 1860’s by pioneers, who
established homesteads and planted orchards.
The apples from these orchards were favored in San Francisco,
and won blue ribbons in 1890 and 1910. To this day, they still
produce a wonderful harvest, mostly favored by a herd of blacktail deer,
seen each evening enjoying the meadow grasses.

For those visiting for the first time, you will be impressed
with Albee Creek’s serene beauty, inspiring settings and the awesome
moving character of this ancient redwood forest,
a truly blessed placed.

So come and partake in this remarkable opportunity to experience Albee Creek in all its grandeur, sharing exquisite meals and enlightening conversations with like minds, while finding just that right setting for your personal creativity.

 

‘FURTHER IN’
Swedish Poet Thomas Transtromer

It’s the main highway leading in
The sun soon down
Traffic backs up, creeps along
It’s a torpid glittering dragon
I am a scale on that dragon
The red sun all at once
Blazes in my windshield, pouring in,
And makes me transparent.
Some writing shows up inside me
Words written with invisible ink
Appearing when the paper is held over a fire.
I know that I have to go far away,
Straight through the city, out the other side
Then step out and walk a long time in the woods.
Walk in the tracks of the badger.
Growing hard to see, nearly dark.
Stones lie about on the moss.
One of those stones is precious.
It can change everything.
It can make the darkness shine.
It’s the light switch for the whole country.
Everything depends on it.
Look at it …touch it.

Itinerary

Choose campsite

Appetizers - Fruit, cheeses, freshly baked breads, wine, café

Dinner - citrus/Serrano marinated chicken salad. Pasta salad with crisp vegetables, a fresh tomato & basil & mozzarella with olive oil and balsamic vinegar salad, desserts, café

Evening campfire - Introductions and greetings from park ranger, familiarization to Albee Creek and Rockefeller Forest with slide show, followed by moon rising over Albee meadow

Mid-morning - Partake, if you like, in a guided walk through the Rockefeller Forest.

Daytime - For personal creative efforts, with picnic baskets available

Lunch - Soups and salads, desserts and café

Dinner - Appetizers, tri-tip steaks, rotisserie chicken, grilled seasonal vegetables, salads (cucumber/tomato with red onion & lemon, topped with bread crumbs), fresh-baked bread, wine, desserts, café

Evening campfire - Opportunity for readings and showings.

Performance by local Delta Blues artist, Don Haupt.

Full day for your personal creative efforts, with picnic baskets available, and/or lunch back at camp

Appetizers - Fruit, cheeses, fresh-baked breads, wine, desserts, café

Dinner - Grilled salmon fillet with tarragon/white wine beurre butter, grilled chicken breasts (marinated in raspberry and red onion vinaigrette).

Salads (arugula, beet, with pecans and goat cheese) & (carrot, pineapple, orange coleslaw with honey), fresh-baked breads, wine, desserts, café

Personal quality time

Depart noon.

Saturday night performance by local Delta Blues artist Don Haupt.

Fresh-baked breads from Brio Breadworks of Arcata, delivered fresh each day.

Freshly baked scones of Michael's Scones, a baker for the local café houses.

Specialty desserts prepared by Ramone's Bakery of Arcata.