Check in at Comfort Inn.

Retreat registration in motel conference room. Pat Baker, MO-TELL treasurer, will issue refunds ($100 cash to each participant who already paid $150)

Optional hike at Nature Reserve with Gary Schimmelpfenig (meet in motel conference room)

Larry Kinsella’s Cahokia Mounds artifacts display (motel conference room)

3 Welcome, introductions

3:30 Power Point Presentations by local presenters Gary Schimmelpfenig (Forest Park, Earth day Native Plant Restoration, “The Giving Tree” and Giving Back)and Larry & Marilyn Kinsella (Cahokia, Woodhenge, Solstice and Equinox observations and stories)

4:45 Swap stories, songs, activities.

5:45 Carpool to Michelle's Cafe in Eureka MO

6:00 Buffet supper (Guests: adult $12.50, child $10, reservations required 314-05-2021)

7-8:30 Concert and dessert at Michelle's Cafe

9-? Late night stories and songs back at Comfort Inn

7 Easy warm up and stretching followed by T’ai Chi Chih, a moving meditation

8 Hotel’s Deluxe Continental breakfast

9 arpool to Shaw Assembly Building

9:30 Day registration. New intros, welcome & orientation

10 Showcase (Tipi Tellers) plus Q/A, swap ideas and support

11 Swap stories, songs, activities.

12 Lunch

1 Options: hike / browse library & resources

2 Showcase (Water Stories) plus Q/A, swap ideas and support

3 Swap stories, songs, activities.

4 Round table: The Good, the Bad, the Irrelevant--and Stealth Ecotelling.

5 Carpool back to town

6 Dinner at The Depot in Pacific – Vegetarian buffet/soup, pay individually, cash only

7:30 Discussion: What is CBSM? Networking with local ecoactivist groups

8-? Swap environmental songs and stories

8 Breakfast at motel, St Louis Bread or coffee shop (TBA)

9-10:30 Final discussions, evaluation and plans for next time. Closing.

11 Check out.