Sparr Risher

Samantha Lewis wrote:Hello Sparr!

Sounds like a really fun trip!

It would be great to have you all visit this spring.  
We do have a bunch of options for being here, trying to make it work for everybody's schedule and their needs.

It sounds like the sepper program would be perfect for your group!

Tuesday is our community night when we all get together.  We share a meal and talk about community business.

Boot camp:  The work here is pretty easy going and at the pace folks are comfortable with.   We encourage people to take breaks and have a great time.
When someone is here as a sepper they can jump into the boot camp projects if they want to.

If you rent Cooper Cabin your whole crew could stay there together.  It is big, has lots of bunks and is right near the sauna!

Come on out and play with us!

Sadly I wasn't able to coordinate a cabin or bunk stay; the pricing for one night vs ten was somewhat prohibitive, and I was told that having a tour or visiting for our intended times would be too short.

We're still going to be driving through Missoula. If you or anyone else in your community would be up for meeting us off-site just to have lunch or dinner and a conversation about your community, I'd still like to arrange that, even if we can't come on-site.

Samantha Lewis wrote:
It would be great to have you all visit this spring.  
We do have a bunch of options for being here, trying to make it work for everybody's schedule and their needs.

It sounds like the sepper program would be perfect for your group!

Tuesday is our community night when we all get together.  We share a meal and talk about community business.

Boot camp:  The work here is pretty easy going and at the pace folks are comfortable with.   We encourage people to take breaks and have a great time.
When someone is here as a sepper they can jump into the boot camp projects if they want to.

If you rent Cooper Cabin your whole crew could stay there together.  It is big, has lots of bunks and is right near the sauna!

Sadly we won't be there on a Tuesday, but it seems like one of your sepper rentals will work for us. How far are Cooper Cabin and the Fisher Price House from a place we can park a 45ft bus? Either of those seem like they could be a good fit for us. Can some of us stay in our bus(/rv) while others stay in sepper accommodations? When I pay to reserve the cabin or house bunk room on your website, how do I specify which day(s) it's for? I am expecting we'd arrive around 4PM on Sunday March 24, explore and possibly pitch in on some boot camp projects before dinner, stay overnight, then depart in the morning. Would it be possible to get a tour and/or arrange to sit down for a conversation with some of your longer term community members in that timeframe?

Hi! I am an organizer at Estate of Mind, a coliving community in Massachusetts focused on creative colaboration. Between March 15 and April 1 of this year I will be driving across the country with at least a few other people. Our shared interests include coliving, cohousing, intentional communities, permaculture, makerspaces, and other related topics. We plan to stop and visit as many communities as we can along the way. Our route takes us near your location, and I'm intrigued (and a little overwhelmed) by the variety of options you offer(ed?) for people to visit and/or be part of the community. Would you be interested in having us visit? We could stop by for a few minutes or hours or overnight, at your discretion. We would love to have a tour of your property, meet your organizers and residents and other involved folks, share a meal with you, swap stories and ideas, etc. I don't think we'll be prepared to do the sort of work your boot camp entails, but hiring one of your residents to lead a tour could work for us. For an overnight stay, one or more of us might want to book one of your accommodations, but we'll also be equipped for tent and/or vehicle camping.

I would also welcome a conversation with anyone from your community who would like to join us for part of the trip. My friends and community contacts have planned to fill about half of the 12 seats on our bus, so we have plenty of room for other interested individuals or groups to come along.

Thank you for your time.