Karme Choling is a Shambhala Buddhist meditation retreat center situated on a former dairy farm in the Northeast Kingdom of VT. The old incarnation is still very much in evidence: the same meadows and streams, and maybe even the same buildings, albeit reinvigorated for a community of meditation practitioners. The two latest incarnations, of how many?
This is the CT River about 8-10 miles from where it empties into the Long Island Sound. Many years, this area will not freeze over – the tides will push the relatively warm ocean water that far inland.