CLOTHING-OPTIONAL
RETREAT FOR GAY & BI MEN OPENS
(Crawford,
TX, May 27, 2016) – A clothing-optional members-only retreat exclusively for
gay & bi men – The Homestead at 3218
- has opened on a private farm in rural Crawford, Texas, near Waco. Mark Mattlage and Rob Snowden, a gay couple
for 36 years and married for the last two, created this new venue over the past
year. It had its grand opening on May 20th.
The
first phase of the retreat covers about two acres and features a two-story pool
house containing five fully-furnished rooms with full kitchens; an 18’ x 36’
swimming pool; onsite parking; and a Rec Center. The latter is where all new and returning
members check-in at the Reception Desk each time they visit. The building provides members with a video
and game lounge; drink vending machine; clothes lockers; personal items
lockers; a steam room; large, open shower room and restroom facilities; a bunk
room with six beds and lockers; seven hostel-style sleeping cubicles; and an
outdoor patio surrounded by a high-fence.
The Rec Center also features a unique retro ‘60s “Summer of Love“-style
room with individual dressing rooms painted in a dark purple color with beaded
curtains, black lights, a disco ball and neon-color painted original wall
graphics.
The
retreat’s second phase, scheduled for completion later this summer, will
encompass an additional three acres accommodating about fifteen RV/travel
trailer pad sites with utility connections and a central waste dump station and
approximately ten camp sites. A third
phase will transform an existing farm tool shed into a bar & grill serving
three meals daily. It should open by
Summer 2017.
Mattlage
and Snowden started planning their retreat after studying gay get-away venues –
both clothing-optional and not – across North America. They decided since nothing quite like their
envisioned venue existed in Texas that they’d create it on a portion of the
187-acre farm they own in the Central Texas area near Waco. Depending on how fast The Homestead at 3218
finds success, this married couple plans to add more member amenities beyond
those offered in the first three phases of its development.
ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD AT
3218 CANAAN CHURCH RD., LLC:
The
Homestead at 3218 Canaan Church Rd., LLC, is a Texas limited liability company
formed in 2015 for the sole purpose of operating The Homestead at 3218, a
clothing-optional members-only gay and bi men’s retreat in rural Crawford,
Texas. Its managing members are married
gay couple Mark Mattlage and Rob Snowden.
