January 1-6

Happy New Year!

The first week of the new year has been full. Leonie’s brother Peter was here visiting for several days and there was a lot of family activity, including a Turtleback Mountain hike and New Year’s Day waffles at the RMC.

Intrepid hikers Arthur, Ian, Peter & Leonie

Registration Update
Online registration for this year’s work parties is now available at the Indralaya website. The first work party is coming up February 15-18.

There have been a few last minute changes in the 2013 program schedule. Theosofest has now been moved to August 24-26. This to make room for a new Deep Singing weekend program that has been set for September 5-8. Our hope is that this addition will make the joy of the Deep Singing experience available to some who are unable to attend the program in the summer for one reason or another.

The full calendar of 2013 programs and work parties is also now available for viewing on the Indralaya website.  Program registrations (other than for the work parties) will open on February 1.

One additional programming note to mention is that this year we will not be holding early registrations for the popular family weeks or for Deep Singing as we have in past years.  In other words, registration for all programs will be on a first come/first serve basis.

From the Archives

In a letter from Indralaya dated January 13, 1973, John Abbenhouse mentioned that “we (he and Dorothy) got our phone just yesterday. Our number is 376-4526.” It might be difficult to imagine in this day of iphones and droids and other such devices, but this was the first phone in camp. Not surprisingly, after 46 years and a tradition of having to go to town and finding a pay phone to reach the outside world, there was a certain amount of controversy around having a telephone in camp. 40 years later, this number continues to serve as the main telephone line for Indralaya.

January frost