The Mystic Milonga after-party and tango-tour 2015

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About the Mystic Milonga

What would you think about staying for two more days of fun, dance, and sightseeing after the weekend of Mountain Milonga Retreat is over? Monday + Tuesday Aug 17/18?

What would you think about soaking in natural hot springs under the stars, sleeping in a refurbished vintage school bus in the shadow of a mountain range, and hiking between the brightly colored hoodoos of Bryce Canyon, and into the tight slot canyons of the Paria Uplands?

Last year’s Mystic Milonga was amazing, so many tangueros who have been there want to do it again, so many new people want to join. So Mystic ’15 is bound to be a bit larger party. We booked all three painstakingly restored XIX c. cowboy log cabins + three repurposed school buses incuding the one-of-a-kind Nature Bus (pictured above) at Mystic Hot Springs, a weird and enchanted place in just 2 and half hours drive South from Salt Lake. The arrangement comes with an evening of tango in a rented town pavilion with its dance-tested painted concrete floor, a grill dinner party, and of course unlimited soaking in the pools and oversize tubs of Mystic.We also tour Fremont Indian rock art on Monday.
New for 2015: Mike is rebuilding the stage of te Mystic Music Festival, adding a roof and a solid wood floor, and he welcomes us to keep dancing there as well, regardless of the hour of the night.

From our base in Mystic, Bryce, Zyon, and Capitol Reef National Parks are less than two hours away, so we should be able to see all the amazing sights on Tuesday, before calling the extended weekend over. Please take a look at the draft schedule and feel free to comment & ask questions.

    

To sign up now, I just need your deposit of $55 to cover reservations of lodging and city park, and food (apologies for an unexpected price hike … it turns out that Mike increased the rates at Mysic by whopping 50% after keeping everything unchanged for many ears…) . The final total cost shouldn’t be much higher – it will be calculated after we divvy up the beds at Mystic ($10 extra for log cabin or “Mars” lodging or any single-occupancy units) and the seats in the cars, and split the carpooling gas costs and the park passes costs.
So please also let us know if you want to bring your own vehicle and how many people can it fit, if you have an interagency annual National Park pass, if you are looking for a bed for two or a bed for one, and if log cabin’s preferred. We will calculate fair carpooling expenses and finalize the trip, closing the registration when we get 4 cars full of people.

At the moment, logistics of cars and cabins is as follows:

Cars:

One van and one passenger car returning to Salt Lake

One car (3 people) going straight to South California (or two ?)

Two car (2 people each) going on I-70 to Denver area

Beds (tentative):

Nature Bus – 1 queen, 2 twin beds ( Brian, Debra, ….Chris S.?)
Gypsy Bus – 1 queen – John, Jes
Ripple Bus – 1 queen – Dmitry, Irene

Grow Cabin – dbl and queen – Colorado tangueros
Pioneer Cabin – queen – Michigan crew

Mike’s “My cabin” – two queens (one of them in the attic accessible by step-ladder) – Cornelia?
Mars hostel – 2 beds – Charly ? Carrie? (can add up to two more rooms)
Campers – Chris and Raquel, Cliff and Becky
Sleeping bags and mats – yes, if we overflow, then at least two more people may be accommodated this way, too.
Tent camping area – please inquire if interested, as it may still be a good idea to reserve a campground space at Mystic ahead of time