SUWS
| SEASONS | PHOENIX OUTDOOR
The Inn on Mill
Creek has a long and special relationship with SUWS
of the Carolinas, and now with Phoenix
Outdoor. The Inn is 5-10 minutes from both
the Base Camp (the graduation site) and
the Wolf Creek facility, where the parenting workshops take
place. We are the closest accommodations to SUWS, and our Bed
& Breakfast is also just 10 minutes
from small town of Black Mountain, which has many small shops and excellent dining. Dave
and Brigette are very familiar with the workshop and graduation process, having
hosted more than 500 SUWS families since
we became innkeepers in April 2007. As
our guest, you will enjoy:
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Our largest
discounts on room rates, for
two-day graduation stays and parent
workshops
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Flexible
check-in times for parents who have late flights or other
travel demands, and relaxed reservation policies
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Quiet, relaxing, contemporary accommodations on seven acres inside
Pisgah National Forest
For parents with
children who are graduating:
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Usually the opportunity
to meet and talk with other parents whose children are graduating at the
same time
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Full breakfasts
at 8:15am to
ensure that you're on time (and well fed) for the parent
seminar and the overnight experience
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The option for Hot
showers after graduation
for you and your child, with complimentary
hot coffee, tea and baked goods available in the kitchen
ROOMS
AND RATES
Below are our
current discounted rates
for a two-night or more graduation or parent
workshop stay. If for some reason you wish to
make only a one-night reservation with us, we can usually
accommodate that and also include the post-graduation shower
option,
but we do this on our standard
room rate schedule.
Note
that six
of our seven rooms are
quite spacious. Reflections is
the smallest room at the Inn. If you are bringing extra luggage (e.g., for children heading on to other
destinations), you may be more comfortable in one of the larger rooms.
Room |
Discounted
SUWS Rate* |
Private
Bath |
Room
Size |
TV |
Lake View |
$165 |
Shower
w/ jetted-tub + extra shower |
600 Sq.
Ft. |
Satellite, DVR, DVD/VCR |
Maple Tree |
$149 |
2-person
Jacuzzi, stall shower |
420 Sq.
Ft. (inc. loft) |
Satellite HD
DVR, DVD/VCR |
Mountain Laurel |
$149 |
2-person
Jacuzzi, stall shower |
420 Sq.
Ft. (inc. loft) |
Satellite HD
DVR, DVD/VCR |
North
Terrace |
$149 |
Large Hot
Tub + shower/tub |
520 Sq.
Ft. |
Satellite DVR, DVD/VCR |
Reflections Room |
$145 |
2-person
Jacuzzi, stall shower |
240 Sq.
Ft. |
Satellite HD |
Creekside
Hideaway |
$135 |
1-person
jetted-tub, stall shower |
550
Sq. Ft.
|
DVD/VCR |
Orchard
Room |
$129 |
Stall shower
|
275
Sq. Ft.
|
DVD/VCR |
*For
a stay of 2 nights or more
North Carolina
state and county sales taxes (7.75%), and McDowell County room
tax (5.0%) currently total 12.75%.
MAKING
RESERVATIONS The typical
parent workshop stay is two or three nights during the
week. The typical graduation stay is Sunday and Monday nights, with Tuesday night
spent in the field with your graduate. (SEASONS parents
please click here
for info.) Parents
who choose the Extended Graduation Stay Option (details
below) return with their child back to the Inn after
graduation to shower, shave, brush,
dress, relax... reconnect.
Extended Graduation Stay Option (post-graduation showers) If
you choose this option, the morning after graduation you
may return with your child to the Inn for showers, fresh
coffee and snacks. Additionally, you may leave your
luggage and valuables in your room during your graduation
night in the field*. We offer this option at a
flat rate of $50, rather than the cost of booking the
room Tuesday night.
We
do ask that you please bring clean socks and/or shoes for yourselves and your
graduate to wear in the room when you return after graduation. Also,
we ask that the Jacuzzi/jetted tubs not be used during
graduation showers due to time limitations for preparing the
room for the next check-in.
When you make your reservation, please indicate in the
reservation notes whether you
would like to come back to the Inn for post-graduation showers.
You
can make your reservation with us over the phone or
online (be sure to select SUWS/Seasons as your reference, so we know to
include the discounted room rate in your reservation). Click
here to make a reservation
* Typically,
you will return to the same room as your reservation, the exception being
if that room is reserved by other guests for the night that you're in
the field. If that
happens, we'll simply move your belongings to an
open room for you to use after graduation.
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MORE DETAILS
We
typically host multiple parents each week during graduations, and evenings in our Great Room and breakfasts in our
Solarium become friendly gathering places for conversation on a
shared experience. We make it a point to provide as much
information as we can to help make your stay as easy and
stress-free as possible, including driving directions, maps,
restaurant recommendations and weather forecasts.
As
mentioned above, we're very flexible with check-in times; we're sympathetic to the demands of a long day of
travel that often including a flight, car rental, and drive from an airport... or
just a full day of driving itself. We
can recommend and, if desired, make reservations for nearby
dinner locations before or after check-in here, and we can make
arrangements with you for a self check-in if you anticipate
arriving after 10:00 pm.
We do our utmost to make your stay and graduation go as
smoothly as possible.
Feel free to call or e-mail us with any questions.
SEASONS
GRADUATIONS
SEASONS
graduations for the younger children follow a shorter
process than the standard SUWS graduations.
Typically your stay at the Inn on Mill Creek will be for
just one night (Sunday), and includes Monday morning breakfast
with the other parents. SEASONS parents then spend Monday
night overnight in the wilderness, with the option
to return for
showers after graduation on Tuesday
morning. To
accommodate this different process, we will generally waive our 2-night
minimum stay to allow a Sunday night only
reservation, and include the option
to return for showers after
graduation,
but we do this on our standard
rate schedule. Beyond
the shorter stay, the information for SEASONS parents follows our regular SUWS graduation
procedures (back
above).
PARENT
WORKSHOPS
Parents
are welcome to stay with us for their two-day parent
workshops. We will generally waive our two-day reservation
requirement for parents wishing to stay just one night (we may
limit one-night availability subject
to our other bookings), and we
offer our SUWS discounted
lodging rates Sunday-Thursday with a two or more night stay. We'll
provide early breakfasts and directions for your workshop
meetings, and help as best we can to make your experience
go as smoothly as possible.
Click
here to make a reservation
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