Well, I will personally say that it was a great retreat. As we've said before we prepared for the retreat by studying "Glories of Divine Grace" by Fr. Matthias Scheeben and "12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation" by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri. The lectures prepared by Father John were in the topic of grace, and the material mostly came from these two books. They were great lectures, and we recorded them.
I was sick almost all of the retreat, but still had a great experience.
We wore the scapulars on our way to the cabin and our way back. It was very interesting to experience what priests experience every day. People come up and talk to you and ask questions. People look at you strangely. We even had an American Airlines chaplain come up and talk to us. He told us he was a Catholic priest, then went on to tell us how awful Archbishop Burke was in regards to the St. Stanislaus parish, told us how priests should be married, how the Vatican discriminates against homosexuals, and then went on to tell us how great the Mormons are (he was carrying a Book of Mormon). So that was definitely an interesting experience. But we also met a seminarian, a devout Catholic father of 8(? is that correct Lee), people who talked to us about faith and their struggles. It was very interesting indeed, and definitely see how a priest wearing clericals can bring him opportunities to evangelize.
The retreat itself was great. Many prayers, many spirit filled discussions. Much time to be alone and isolated in nature and be silent.
We all took advantage of a general confession with Fr. John. Fr. John is a very devout, orthodox priest who absolutely loves his priesthood. He cares much about souls. So the opportunity to spend an hour or more with him to lay down all the junk in our life and receive spiritual direction was great.
I loved praying the Divine Office in community. I loved waking up and immediately praying the Divine Office and going to Mass. I loved praying the Rosary every night and going on Rosary walks during the day.
It was also great to pick the Thomistic mind of Fr. John. We had some amazing, mind blowing conversations about the priesthood, heaven, grace, hell, liturgy, the cosmos, and so many other wonderful topics.
I loved the crisp, fresh air. I loved having Russian and Gregorian chant on while doing dishes. I loved the great classical, spiritual music on for dinner.
What else do you have to add Lee?
Nice pics. 
