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GRAY, Tenn. -- Rosemary Kleske had spent hours online.
Some venues required her group to pay for their cooking services – a tough bill to swallow when her group of church ladies could certainly whip up a good meal on their own.
Other retreats restricted the use of alcohol, but Kleske was planning a wine tasting 101 session for the 40 women from the Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church (HVUUC).
Other venues also had lengthy, complicated contracts.
But the women’s retreat was a simple weekend event, and they just wanted to have fun and relax.
“It was very hard to find someplace that fit all of our criteria,” she said.
Eventually, she found Sugar Hollow Retreat. Now she’s planning her third woman’s retreat there for 2010.
“The beauty speaks for itself. It’s just gorgeous and everyone loves the hikes,” she said.
Other retreats restricted the use of alcohol, but Kleske was planning a wine tasting 101 session for the 40 women from the