2007 Swanking ideas - Page 23

Ghoulish Delight · 01-09-2007, 11:05 AM

We used to do a 4 night trip, M-F. Never been in King's Canyon during a weekend.

I'm leaning towards wanting to go. If anything, we can always do birthday stuff with family a week later when we'd be getting together for Mothers' Day anyway.

But it is a bigger birthday for CP, so it's ultimately up to her.

Disneyphile · 01-09-2007, 11:05 AM

Here's the group camping info for Sequoia/Kings Canyon:

http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/camp_grp.htm

Not Afraid · 01-09-2007, 11:25 AM

Easter is April 8th, so I am not available the week before/after (and will probably work my BD).

Ghoulish Delight · 01-09-2007, 11:31 AM

Hmm, it looks like the earliest any of the group sites in Kings Canyon opens in May anyway (Sunset).

BarTopDancer · 01-09-2007, 11:36 AM

So no one else is concerned about when MA is?

innerSpaceman · 01-09-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

So no one else is concerned about when MA is?

Yawn.

As for Group camping ... though I know nothing specific about Kings C/Sequoia ... I tend to have a negative view of group campgrounds. They are usually not as nice as "regular" ones. I would rather get 2 or 3 adjacent regular sites.

That said, I will have to defer to those who've been there as to specifics. What's the difference between Cedar Something and Sheep's Guts Somewhere being touted by both ends of the €uro/NA household?

Not Afraid · 01-09-2007, 11:42 AM

MA will probably be April 27th weekend.

I'm not sure we need to do a Group Camp thing. In the past, I've just gone early enough in the year to snag 2 or 3 adjacent campsites. Most will accommodate 2 cars and 2 tents. The Sheep Creek sites are VERY spacious.

Disneyphile · 01-09-2007, 11:52 AM

Some real nice things about group sites though -

They usually have a large central firepit providing for much entertainment.

And, they are spaced away from "neighbors" without the group causing a noise problem, or being bothered by an adjacent noise problem.

€uroMeinke · 01-09-2007, 05:55 PM

We've also stayed at campsites before they were "officially" open, so I wouldn't worry about that either.

I vote for Ceder Grove (in the Valley)

Gemini Cricket · 01-09-2007, 07:04 PM

If camping is the plan, you must let me know where to come pick up your mountain lion chomped corpses...

01-09-2007, 11:05 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	We used to do a 4 night trip, M-F. Never been in King's Canyon during a weekend. I'm leaning towards wanting to go. If anything, we can always do birthday stuff with family a week later when we'd be getting together for Mothers' Day anyway. But it is a bigger birthday for CP, so it's ultimately up to her. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Here's the group camping info for Sequoia/Kings Canyon: http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/camp_grp.htm
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01-09-2007, 11:25 AM	#3
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Easter is April 8th, so I am not available the week before/after (and will probably work my BD).
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01-09-2007, 11:31 AM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Hmm, it looks like the earliest any of the group sites in Kings Canyon opens in May anyway (Sunset). __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-09-2007, 11:42 AM	#7
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	MA will probably be April 27th weekend. I'm not sure we need to do a Group Camp thing. In the past, I've just gone early enough in the year to snag 2 or 3 adjacent campsites. Most will accommodate 2 cars and 2 tents. The Sheep Creek sites are VERY spacious.
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01-09-2007, 11:52 AM	#8
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Some real nice things about group sites though - They usually have a large central firepit providing for much entertainment. And, they are spaced away from "neighbors" without the group causing a noise problem, or being bothered by an adjacent noise problem.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	We've also stayed at campsites before they were "officially" open, so I wouldn't worry about that either. I vote for Ceder Grove (in the Valley) __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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