2008 Camp Swank

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Don't take the helm of a group plan then bow out and fu<k thening up for everyone else.

Huh? What are you talking about? It's an add-on. Subtracting one day that I (and very few others) would have been at Kings Canyon for 2 days at Yosemite. Arriving at Kings Canyon on the very same day that the vast majority do, and staying at Kings Canyon with the big group till just about everyone goes home.


How is that messing things up for everyone else? Because there weren't enough accomodations during that weekday period in Yosemite Valley for 20 people?


I was fine with waiting till 2009 for a big lodge swanking. It's not going to happen that year for me. I AM going to Japan. My entire vacation budget and time for the year will be blown (the budget more than blown).


So instead of waiting till everyone can go in 2010, when I might be in a wheelchair for all I know , I'm going to tack 2 measley days onto the camping trip in another part of the Sierras.


It's just a great opportunity for folks, especially Yosemite virgins, to go with some friends* this year, instead of 2 years later. Lord knows, I tried to swing this year's Swank Camp to Yosemite ... and that just wasn't in the cards.




* And yes, this is for some friends, not a ton of friends. Frankly, the activities and explorations on a limited time scale are not condusive to very large groups. I grabbed every non-Ahwahnee accomodation available ... BUT anyone who wants to try for cancellations OR grab a non-reserved campsite at White Wolf is free to join in. If you recall, the problem with White Wolf was getting 4 adjacent sites. Getting one or 2 on a Wednesday should pose no problem whatsoever.



Again, I don't mean to offend anyone. I just have a yearning to take my younger friends who've never seen Yosemite to explore the Incomparable Valley while I'm still young enough to explore it with them. Tick, tick, and all that. No Time Like The Present.