SOFT PANTS
READING RETREAT
Are We Reading Yet?
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Are We Reading Yet? •
Soft Pants Spring 2026 Retreat
El Dorado County, California
April 16th - 20th
What to Expect:
A long weekend for you to relax, read, chill, read, and repeat, in a variety of comfy lounging spaces both indoors and out, with a variety of drinks and snacks. Simple.
There will be reading. There will be snacking. There will be other relaxy loungy things to do.
Our locale for our Spring 2026 is a beautiful century+ old vintage updated farmhouse in Gold Country, Northern California; just a 2.5ish hour drive from SFO and OAK.
Think sugar pines. Think babbling brooks. Think lazing on the lawn with a blanket in the soft Spring sun.
Grab your book and join us!
YOU DESERVE SOME
TIME TO CHILL
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Sleep!
Lodging options from shared rooms to private cabins, all in beautiful surroundings.
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Book Exchange!
Bring a book you liked enough to recommend to a friend. Or, a fellow book-loving stranger :-)
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Food!
Simple Breakfasts, Light Lunches, All-Day Grazing Goods & Snacks, Locally Catered Dinners. Coffee, tea, hot cocoa, bubbly waters, and wine!
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Built-in Bonuses!
Welcome gifts! Lil’ bonuses! Rays of sunshine! Seating for reading! River cold-plunges! Vineyard views! Orchard strolls! Stargazing!
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Wine!
Learn about wine, winemaking, and tasting best practices from a local El Dorado County winery
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(Very Chill) Activities!
Need help relaxing? Stretch with some guided yoga, hike in nature, meditate to the sound of water gently falling over rocks…
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Reading Break?
It happens - sometimes we need to put the book down, but we aren’t ready for a nap. Try working on a bookish puzzle (audiobook, anyone?), unwinding near the river, or watching a bookish movie!
To keep Soft Pants Retreats inclusive, all pricing is created on a sliding-scale basis. Any excess payments go into a scholarship fund for future retreats.
What’s Included:
Shared or Private Lodging!
Food!
Simple Breakfast Friday - Monday
Light Lunch Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Catered Dinner Thursday - Sunday
Snacks & Grazing Goodies all weekend long
Water (still & sparkling), coffee, tea, hot cocoa, wine
All activities, use of the hot tub, sauna, seasonal food on the property, fun bonuses, commemorative swag, and more!
Not Included: Airfare and other travel costs, yoga mat/blanket, toiletries
Want to Read With us?
Click the link below to fill out a brief questionnaire.
ABOUT
AMANDA
Too many hot Michigan childhood summers spent hiding in the pages of a book put lounging around reading into my DNA (that’s real science!) I use reading as a source of joy, as an escape, as a dissociative tool, as a reward, as a way to relax, and best of all, to learn.
Maybe you’re like me and you want some guilt-free, agenda-free time to just laze around reading.
Enter: Soft Pants Reading Retreat
Are we reading yet?
