Reflections on the Wilderness Encounter hiking retreat

So, babe, I just wanted to grab 5 minutes with you >> Mhm. >> at the end of what was a busy, full, wonderful week of hiking with our retreatants. >> Mhm. >> Um to ask a little bit about your reflections and how you experienced it. What What did you love? >> Yeah. Good question.

Well, this was our first hiking retreat at Place of Springs, and it's something we have talked about and I've been dreaming of for at least 5 years. So, it's very rewarding to do it and to come to the end of it and for it to have been a real success. >> Mhm. >> And I think it exceeded my expectations.

Um and clearly the people who came all loved it. So, that's Yeah. >> We did have a great group of people. >> We had a great group. I mean, including us, we were 10 people. Four of them knew each other quite well. They were friends, but the rest didn't know each other. And I Well, I'm always amazed at

how people become real kind of trail companions. >> Yeah. >> Once again, there was such a sense of camaraderie, of real friendship forming, of a genuine community, of real openness and vulnerability, honesty. >> Mhm. >> Yeah, it was It was lovely. It's Yeah, a real community that forms so fast when there's >> When there's

>> When there's a safe environment and there's trust. >> Yeah, I think I heard a couple of people making plans to get together >> Yeah. >> in the future. >> Yeah, that's exciting, isn't it? >> So, um I don't know. Tell us a little bit about how the week went and what was

unexpected, maybe. I think there were a few surprises. >> Yeah, I mean, some surprises. It One [clears throat] surprise was it wasn't great weather at the start of the week. There was a lot of rain on the days leading up to it. So, we were a bit nervous. Were we going to get soaking