Cabins

In harmony with the nature of retreats, each cabin is outfitted simply. All the cabins have a single bed, a compact kitchen, an area for meditation practice with a shrine, and room for a small table and chair. All the dishes, cooking utensils, pots and pans are provided, as is blue ice for the picnic style cooler used for food storage. There is no electricity or running water, but each cabin has a propane cook stove and propane lights. A water pump with mountain spring water and an outhouse are close-by each cabin.  The small porch on each cabin adds a comfortable place to sit out of doors. The shrine area has a shrine box with a cloth back-drop for photographs, offering bowls, an incense burner and votive candle holders. Each cabin has a zabuton, gomden (meditation cushion) and a puja table. Most of the cabins have wood burning stoves for heat, although Dragon has a propane heater. Split wood and propane are provided for each cabin.

A central shower house with a refrigerator and freezer are a short walk from the cabins, and retreatants can use the facilities according to a pre-arranged schedule. Long-term retreatants can store food for later use. There is a washing machine in the shower house and a bulletin board for notes and shopping lists. 

As DKD borders a National Forest, retreatants can take scenic walks or sit outside for some fresh air during their practice breaks.

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