What should I bring?
Personal Essentials
- Your vaccination card and a couple of rapid Covid tests (more details about Covid safety will be posted closer to the event)
- Clothing for warm days, chilly nights, and a rain jacket (because if you don’t it will rain)
- Flashlight or headlamp
- Toiletries – whatever you need to get through a weekend (also eye mask and ear plugs)
- Allergy medicine (pollen at Glen Brook can be A Lot sometimes)
- Bug repellent
- Sunblock
- Hat/sunglasses
- Towel
- Refillable water bottle
- Whatever you like to swim in (which may be nothing, oh the dreaminess)
- Footwear for a variety of activities (like going in the river to hunt garnets!)
- Extension cord (the houses are old and outlets are not numerous)
- Bedding (twin sized blankets, pillows, etc.) and/or a sleeping bag. Be aware that the mattresses are plentiful but plastic-coated and narrow – if this bums you out, pack extra bedding or bring an airbed!
- A watch, or another way to tell the time that won’t accidentally suck you into the internet
(We discourage the use of electronic devices in the common areas at Spring. Take this as an opportunity to unplug and leave your phones/laptops/tablets/etc. behind.)
Community contributions
- Snacks! Bring a few of your favorite snacks to share. Meals are provided but snacks are up to us. Let’s bring the tasty!
- Your favorite tea to share
- Clothes for the Spring Swap. Bring what you no longer need, take whatever catches your fancy
- Games (board, card, outdoor…)
- Puzzles to do at Spring (and to swap)
- Kites, frisbees, yoga mats, hiking boots, hula hoops, pogo sticks, etc.
- Nesting materials. Bring extra pillows, blankets, fairy lights, fabric, etc. to make some dreamy, cozy spaces.
- A project that excites you or a game, puzzle, activity you want to share. We usually have some crafting folks doing their thing and talking about life. So, for example, bring your knitting. Or a stack of boards and your nailer, and your plans for that furniture you’re itching to make. Whatever lights you up.
- Your plans and materials for one-shot workshops you would like to run
- Your talents, instruments, etc. for Coffee House on Saturday night (note: talents not actually necessary to perform)