Lodging and Food Information
Accommodations: Gael has room for people to stay or camp at her house. There are three bedrooms available for $35 a night. There is also bed space in the basement dormitory or cots can be added to rooms for only $15/night. There is a onetime $5 laundry charge for use of bedding and towels if camping or using bed space and you haven't brought your own.
There
are two nice travel trailers for
rent, an older one for $35 a night, one
for $40/night, and a pop-up tent-trailer that rents for $20/night. More than one person can stay in each
for an additional $10/night. Another option is to bring your tent or R.V. and
camp on the property’s campground for $15.00 a night. Electrical hook-ups are
available.
Please note: Prices are subject to change so be sure to
contact Gael for the current rates.
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Meals: For
Special Events hosted by Gael meals/meal plans can be arranged.
Shamanic
Astrology Mystery School 5-day Intensives starting with the evening meal and
ending with the lunch on the last day are offered for $130, paid in advance (a
$10 savings over daily rate of $35). Intensives that start before noon will include two
extra meals plus snacks the evening before (upon your arrival), and the charge
is $150. Individual meals can be purchased at the following rate:
Breakfast - $8, Lunch - $12 and Dinner - $15.
For those who are not
participating in the Food Plan a $10 donation for snacks, coffee and/or tea is
appreciated.
Water: There is a Solid Carbon filtered drinking water system that provides good tasting water.
October is similar to
the months of March and April. November can range from 80′s to the occasional
60’s and the evenings are usually in the 50′s or 60′s.
December in Tucson is usually wonderful. The weather ranges from anywhere from
the mid 60′s to mid 70′s during the day and is usually in the 30′sor 40′s at
night though sometimes colder. So be sure to bring warm clothes for the night
sky classes. Rain is possible, though not probable and always welcome in the
desert.
Additional Details: The
Tucson airport is about 30 minutes
away and the Phoenix airport is about two and half hours away if
there are no traffic delays.
The classes are being held at Daniel Giamario’s home next door to Gael
Chilson’s home. Gael lives outside of Tucson on a rustic Old Mining
Property that her family took over in the early 40′s. This area has been mined
for silver and copper, lead and zinc. It is interesting to note that the silver
used to craft the chalices for the San Xavier Mission (very nearby) came from
these local mines. San Xavier Mission is an Old Spanish Style mission worth visiting.
The property is quiet and peaceful. There are hills and places for roaming
around during breaks. For those you are interested, be sure you have sturdy
shoes as there are cactus and other spiny plants. Gael says there is plenty of
wildlife including Javelina, Deer, Coyote, Ravens and Hawks. There also have
been very rare sightings of Bobcat, Coati Mundi (an indigenous ringed tail cat),
Mountain Lion, Desert Tortoise and Gila Monsters (a large colorful lizard).
There is also a small stone circle Gael has created with Solstice and Equinox
alignments up on a hill behind her house.
Directions to Gael’s house (see alternate route with more freeway and less back roads below): From I-10 go south on I-19 toward GreenValley. From I-19 take the Valencia exit. Turn right and stay on Valencia until you get to Mission Road. Turn left on Mission. Gael’s house is exactly 12.5 miles south of Valencia, between mile post 10 and 9 at 15,000 S. Mission Road. The house is on the right or west side of the road with a purple mailbox and package barrel with a driveway that rises steeply up the hill to a two story pink house. There is also a colorful sign that says: “That Healing Touch Plus.”
Driveway
to Gael’s house at 15,000 S. Mission Road
If you are coming from New Mexico on I-10, you may take Route 83 south from I-10 before you get to Tucson and then 2 miles later, Sahuarita Road right (west). You stay on that all the way across the valley – about 30 miles. You’ll cross I-19 going west. Sahuarita Road ends (or T’s) at Mission Road. See directions below. This is easily seen on a map. Check with Gael if you need further assistance.
If you have housing questions call Gael at 520-625-5762.
