I think this would be the time you could 'neener neener', Mousey Girl. ;)

I won't vote because I can't go. But. It has never been my ability to keep my mouth {or fingers} shut {still}.

I totally agree with the taking newbies to Yosemite. And, perhaps it won't be as perfect a campground as the one at Kings Canyon but gawd almighty, you'll be in Yosmite!!

I think that issues should be worked out, and, I think that obstacles should be jumped over. Hell, if some people don't get a campground, get a room! The time spent on the floor, on the trails, being able to see how the light effect Half Dome & El Cap throughout the day, the shadows falling on the water, along the paths, and yes, the coyotes strolling through the meadows and the deer munching away, all so lovely.

The sunsets, the moon rising.

Perhaps it is so lovely because I have never seen a bear.

Inywho. I wish I could go because I am a newbie to a lot of the things that you guys will probably share, sort of like going to Disneyland with the LoT of you, new things are always there to learn! But, happily, we are going next month. A lot of things will not be open, but, enough to keep us content will.

I hope you guys can work something out.

No need for apologies. I'm just giving you a hard time. Unless you really think I'd go camping at KOA or REI... ;)

Well, REI yes ... KOA? never!

swanie had the good idea of the Friday morning phone bank volunteers keeping in touch by I.M.

Yahoo I.M. works best for me, but I suppose I can sign up for something else, if we arrange it soon enough. My moniker there is psychenautics. Feel free to friend me or whatever, and we can stay in touch no matter which way it ends up going.

As of now, if I've counted the vote-change requests correctly ... it's a tie.


In the case of a tie, I think we should try Yosemite first and see what happens.

Oh, I suppose since we're getting down to the wire, we should pick some dates.

The first dates available come Friday will be June 15. But Disneyphile and Frodo Potter can't make it that mid-June weekend. We also don't want to run into the 4th of July holiday. And we've figured that starting on Thursday night gives us a heads-up on most folks book beginning on a Friday ... and that 6 nights is ideal even if we don't plan on sleeping there the 6th night (because we, um, tend to strike camp in a race with the sun on the last evening, not fun.)


SO .... that leaves, if my calculations are correct: Thursday, June 26 through and including Tuesday, July 1.

:blush: (which would, alas, be just one day short of a second birthday at Swank Camp for me.)

that works for me, but Im also pretty flexible as far as 'time off'

Here's the link again to the general reservations info page.

The reservations phone line number is (877) 444-6777.

This is the site for booking Lower Pines sites.

BUT ... I just found out only 2 sites can be booked under one name. So, even if we can snag 4 or 5 sites, we need a different person's credit card for each transaction. Any volunteers?

At 4 people per site, 4 sites will allow for 16 people. A 5th site would be required for a capacity of 20 people.

Looks good to me - and sounds good to try Yosemite first then Kings Canyon if that isn't panning out.

I don't know if Yahoo IM has this feature but AIM has a chat feature - where you can invite all the people you want to talk to into one session. That way everyone can read what's going at the same time opposed to individually IMing. Hopefully that makes sense.

We can definately use my name/card for a second set of sites.

Hmmm, I had an AIM account. Wonder if I can revive it.


Oh, and thanks Katiesue, you're the bee's knees!