Fun in Sequoia

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Tell me about the Ahwahnee...ever stay in a cottage?

{I notice how GC picked up on Grants circumference. }

No, when we stayed there in Yosemite it was in a regular hotel room. Wasn't a huge room as I recall. I do recall it was very lovely though, and the restaurant was good too. It's been years since I was there -- I went for a bar mitzvah of all things. And I remember I was four days into quitting smoking. And I was staying with my parents. It was... interesting.

Yeah the whole sleeping on the ground thing I am SO not gonna do. I have enough sleeping troubles. LOL Alex your idea of camping sounds like you have to be as absolutely miserable as possible. Just doing what we did was definitely a LOT of work, but left enough time for the fun stuff. It was camping. It was in a campground, and we slept in tents outside. I washed in a freezing cold creek. That was enough "camp" for me.

Oh yeah GD, the bear thing. We heard of someone doing exactly the same thing, and ended up being fined $150 for leaving and not latching his bear box properly. See, the bears only get aggressive when they know they can get food (i.e. if people intentionally start feeding them, or the bear box isn't latched, etc.) That's when the rangers have to start shooting them. Otherwise they are pretty docile and will get very scared of you very easily if you make noise. Not that I'd go up and try to pet one, of course.

But yeah my next vacation will be in a hotel (at WDW, actually). As I said before, I like MORE amenities, not LESS. But it was a new experience and I am always up for new experiences. There's gotta be SOMETHING about the whole camping thing that people enjoy doing, after all!! It's sort of like a "make your own adventure" or "exploration" sort of thing.

Like any vacation, the most important thing is who you're spending it with.