WonderCamp Founder's Retreat FREE Event!

Founder’s Retreat October 18-20th FREE Admission!!

We invite you to WonderCamp, an Adventure to Wellness Retreat. This fall we are hosting our very first retreat ever, and we want you to be there! Our campground is nestled in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee. Come experience the peace that surrounds you while hiking through the woods, sitting by the creek, climbing on our boulders, or riding on an adventure through the trails. Come be one of our Founders, and help us welcome our unique campground to the world! 

• This will be the first retreat at “WonderCamp” our new campground in Spring City, TN. And did we mention Admission is FREE!!! 
• The dates are October 18-20th, Fri-Sun
• Times are Friday 3pm to Sunday 3pm
• Address for the campground is 419 Dustin Ridge Rd. Spring, City, TN 37381
• Space is limited
• The goal of this retreat is to offer a glimpse into future possibilities. Whether you are looking to attend or host a retreat, there are a variety of opportunities to be discovered. 
• This will be a primitive version, which means that the campground will not be completed. We will have some basics set up such as bathrooms, showers, kitchen and RV/Tent camping accommodations. We also have local Air Bnb and Hotel recommendations
• We will spend time introducing you to the campground, touring the area, presenting our plans for the future of what we are building and what you may expect.
• We are also hoping to receive feedback on things that hosts may need to better accommodate their particular retreats, and customers needs for a variety of accommodation and activities.  

Ready for your Adventure? This is how it begins:

How to get there/Travel

Plane Flights:

• There are three airports to choose from: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville
• We fly up from St. Petersburg, Clearwater Airport (PIE) into Knoxville via Allegiant. The flights are cheap, they fly everyday and it’s only about 1 hour 15 min. flight.
• The Chattanooga Airport (CHA) is about 1 hour 20 min. drive to property
• The Knoxville Airport (TYS) is about 1 hour 30 min. drive to property
• The Nashville Airport (BNA) is about 2 hour 40 min. drive to property (and we suggest arriving via Spring City direction to avoid the goat trail, see driving instructions below)
• If you are flying Allegiant from St. Pete/Clearwater Airport to Knoxville then your flights look like this: Thursday 18th arrives in Knoxville at 3:28pm (this is the flight Dr. Lance will be on) or Friday arrives at 3:02pm. Departs Sunday 4:18pm or 9:51pm or Monday departs at 3:41 (you are more than welcome to stay at the campground until Monday 😊)
• Dr. Lance will provide transportation from the airport on both the Thursday and Friday flights and returning to the airport both Sunday and Monday for those in need of transportation. 

Travel Driving

• By Car you can drive from your location to our campground. The address is 419 Dustin Ridge Rd. Spring City, TN 37381. There are three main ways up the mountain: 
• Lowe’s Gap “West Side” (NOT RECOMMENDED!) They call this the “Goat Trail” for a reason. It is a steep windy road that is so narrow two cars really can’t pass each other on it. 
• Shut In Gap to turn Right on Lowe’s Gap “East Side”(From Knoxville, Nashville)
• Summer City Rd./TN 337 to turn Left on Lowe’s Gap “East Side”(From Chattanooga, Dayton)
• All roads lead to Overlook Trail (sometimes your GPS will try to take you to Hollow way Ridge, This is not a recommended way because it takes you up a difficult path)
• Once you turn on Overlook Trail just follow it all the way to the top of the mountain where you will see the Entrance to the Campground on the Right, turn onto “Dustin Ridge Rd”

Where to Stay

Onsite accommodations:

• We will have 4-6 RV spaces available. What you would need to do is go online to either RVshare.com or outdoorsy.com and book yourself an RV or camper that suites your needs. We suggest having them deliver it for you and set it up that way when you arrive you are all set. You can have them deliver it anytime Friday the 18th. And pick it up anytime on the 20th or 21st. PLEASE LET US KNOW if you will be using one of the RV sites.
• We have more primitive camping than we can count so if you like popping out a tent then this is the easiest most economical way of doing it. We do have onsite bath, shower, laundry, and kitchen for everyone to use. 
• If you need to rent a tent from us just let us know and we are happy to provide one along with sleeping pads and sleeping bags.

Offsite Accommodations

• For ease of convenience we recommend using any online booking site to book yourself a room or an Air Bnb as close to the campground as you can find. There are a limited number of Air BNBs (one of the reasons we will be building our own in the future) and several good hotels (we really like the ones in Dayton, TN)
• The closest cities with accommodation near us are: Spring City, TN; Dayton, TN; Pikeville, TN; Crossville, TN.

What you can expect at the retreat:

• Day 1 
• Check in 5:00pm all guests, Meet and Greet and Welcome
• 5:30 - 6:00pm Tour of upper level of the campground
• 6:30 - 8:30 Dinner 
• Day 2
• Group Class & Morning Meditation 6:30-7:30am
• Breakfast 8:00-9:00am
• Morning Hike to Creek 9:30-11:30
• Lunch and Presentation 12:30-2:30
• Rest and Free time 2:30-5:00pm
• Group Class 5:00-6:00pm
• Dinner 6:30-8:30pm
• Day 3
• Group Class & Morning Meditation 6:30-7:30am 
• Breakfast 8:00-9:00am
• Morning Bouldering/Climbing/Hiking Event 9:30-11:30
• Lunch and Lecture 12:30-2:00
• Checkout and closing 2:30pm