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DAVETREK ADVENTURES |
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Sunset at Haleakala Crater—January 2005 © David Brotsky |
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Highlights of the Weekend Davetrek Adventures is having a Summer Getaway, this year a shabbaton at a new location, Berkshire Hills Camp Eisenberg in Copake, NY, which is 2 hrs north of NYC and 2hrd 45m from Boston. Its near where NY, MA and CT meet, and its only a 15 minute drive from Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in MA, within feet from the NY border. The shabbaton will start on Thursday, June 18th and go until Sunday June 21, 2026 as many may have off for Juneteenth, which this year is Friday, June 19th. The facility has a beautiful lake, nice grounds, a separate recreation hall and dance room and a shul onsite as well as some good kosher food. I have been at others events at this facility for various weekends over the year, but it’s the first time I am planning an event here. We will have kosher meals starting as of Thursday dinner on June 18th and ending as of Lunch on Sunday, June 21. We will have Shabbat services with a torah and a minyan. If there are enough people coming up on Thursday, we will also attempt services on Thursday night and Friday. In terms of activities, they have a stunning lake and an outdoor heated pool. The lake is really nice and is pictured above , it also has some wildlife like some resident turtles and a several dock that extend over the lake that you can walk out to. They also have some hiking trails on and off site as well as a ropes and zip line course which we can make use of for a few hours each day only on Thursday and Friday– more details to come on activities as I am still sorting some details out. Facility Details For those curious, the facility has two sides to it, a retreat side with nice 1 and 2 star bedrooms and a camp side with a lake between the different sides. The rooms are clean and basic but of a much more uniform quality than at Isabella Freedman as each room has its own bathroom. They only allow retreats before and after the camp season and its only open for rentals from May through September as its not winterized. The rooms have a dual use cooler and heater that you can control for your room. See pix of some of the rooms here. |
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Summer Getaway at Berkshire Hills in Copake NY!!! Thursday, June 18th to Sunday June 21, 2026 (Friday June 19 - Juneeteenth Holiday) EARLY BIRD DEADLINE MIDNIGHT MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026 STANDARD EVENT RSVP MIDNIGHT MONDAY June 1, 2026 FINAL EVENT RSVP MIDNIGHT SUNDAY, JUNE 14. 2026 |