Down Time

A woman who came to Newlin Grist Mill for a tour was so taken by the Miller's House that she told me she would like to live this way for a month. No electricity, no running water, no heat, no internet. I told her she could probably do it for a weekend but not a month. She assured me she could.
This morning another friend told me she had spent a weekend at a Quaker retreat house by herself. She probably had electricity and running water but no internet.
I have often thought about renting a hotel room to write for a weekend.
From time to time writers I know have organized a "retreat," but these have felt to me more like writing parties than work sessions. Knowing the people involved, I suspect there is some competition to provide the best food and drink. And revelry is a must.
Now I am seriously looking for a place to go by myself and write. Maybe I could rent the Miller's House.