Tuition for 2004 will be $625. This includes a catered buffet on opening night, a picnic lunch during the Santa Fe Institute field trip, and all extracurricular activities: a hike at Bandelier National Monument, a group dinner at Rancho de Chimayo, and a rather sumptuous barbecue on the final evening of the workshop with food from Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

For those staying at Ghost Ranch Santa Fe, lodging is $375 for five nights double occupancy (with breakfasts and lunches included) and $525 for a private room (a limited number are available). Ghost Ranch Santa Fe charges those who do not stay there a $150 commuter fee to cover lunches (but not breakfasts), coffee, course materials, and other incidentals.

On Sunday and Monday evenings, we'll all fend for ourselves at the many restaurants and bars around the downtown Plaza.

You are welcome to bring a spouse or other guest, in which case the conference center will charge you the double-occupancy rate plus $275 for the extra person (breakfasts and lunches included). Guests are welcome to join the hike and the Tuesday and Wednesday dinners. (We ask that you pay an extra activities fee of $40 to cover the costs.)

In the past, some people have chosen to stay instead at local bed and breakfasts. Many are within a few minutes' walk of Ghost Ranch Santa Fe and the Plaza.