Yeah, they always open on a Thursday!:eek:

Camp Swank sounds fun!!

There are some neat petroglyphs out there too.

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Rates at Curry Village
$44 per night in Heated Tents
$54 pernight Cabins {both without baths}

Rates at YLodge At The Falls
$89 per night
$150 per night {March 11-15}

Rates at the Ahwahnee
$264. per night.

YL rates: 1/7-2/15 and 2/25-3/1 and 3/11-3/22
Curry Village rates: 1/1-ah, not clear, maybe 1/1-3/28. Or not.
Ahwahnee: 2/2-2/4 and 2/11-2/15 and 2/25-3/1 and 3/4-3/8 and 3/13-13, 3/18-22, 3/25-28.

Argh. If these are confusing and you are really interested,I can scan my flyer.

You can enter the code on the webpage or over the phone.

While the San Diego Zoo was not on the list, if you get an annual pass to the SD Zoo, it also covers the Wild Animal Park (and vice versa). Their AP is not much more than a single day. Susan and I had a "couple's pass" and it was only like $18 more than two single day passes for the two of use. They also have a "family pass."

About 4 hours from either LA or San Francisco. I could plan out a great weekend which would include Hearst Castle, outdoor hot tubs in the woods at night at Sycamore Mineral Springs (see photos below), possibly staying at the Apple Farm (Susan and I's FAVORITE hotel) and other fun surprises.



Just make sure you know that most of the town (if not all - I am not sure) is a rebuild. Most of it burned down is a massive fire a few years back.

You can join Susan and I (and a couple of thousand others) at the Portrero War. You can watch a bunch of (Renaissance and before) geeks put on a lot of steel and go beat up on each other. Or you can participate if you like, but that is (in my opinion) WAY too much effort!

See my San Luis Obispo suggestion above. Instead of staying at a hotel, we could stay at one of the wonderful campgrounds on the Central Coast (Montana de Oro or others).

I've camped at Montana del Oro (actually filmed there and fed 50 people) and have been to Sycamore Springs (my nephew was the restaurant manager there). There are many fun things to do on the Central Coast. Monarch Butterflies at Pismo is fascinating as well. So is Moonstone Beach. Snowflake is staying in a B&B that I stayed at MANY years ago sometime soon.

Of all of the central coast, Big Sur is by far my favorite place.

Perhaps we can have a Lashbear in Pismo swanking? I believe that's in his itinerary.

My birthday is April 9th :)

Now that's my kind of camping, although it's been awhile since we dragged the pavilion out to some dusty or muddy field.

How's this for a pavillion: