OFFICIAL Kings Canyon Camp Swank Thread

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

So I will be getting to Sheep Creek before 10am on Thursday (hmmm, thanks for the advice, Disneyphile) and -- to the extent anyone will lend me their tents - - I'll try to populate four beautiful, riverside campsites.

Okay, so are Sohrshah and I joining your team then? Works for me...

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

If persons pay for individual sites on their way in and I know about it (it is recorded), it all works out in the end.

That is, as long as no one has a problem with me handling the accounting.

Is there really a need to do any accounting except between people who are sharing a campsite? The only accounting that really needs to be done with through a person at a campsite and the national Park Service.


OH! And, since no one travles with a checkbook any longer, it might behoove you to bring one along. It's much easier to slip a check for the correct amount into the envelope than to try and have exact change.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

OH! And, since no one travles with a checkbook any longer, it might behoove you to bring one along. It's much easier to slip a check for the correct amount into the envelope than to try and have exact change.

Since we'd probably be the early arrivers for our site, I was just going to drop the envelope with our full amount, and then make Kevy & GusGus dance off their share later.

But, I also think my dad gets 50% off the site he stays in with his senior annual pass, so that throws a wrench in a bit too.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

We base the costing of common expenses on an overall average. For example, the total cost for all sites for all nights becomes a lump cost spread evenly over all participants. It is based on an average of four persons per site.

And like NA said, $18 per site per night is dirt cheap.

Since the sites are not done by advance reservation and people may want to spread out if we have that possibility, I think that people or groups should be responsible for their own site fees. That way, I can choose 5 nights at $18 if I want or split the cost with another person, group, vehicle or whatever.

It also keeps the mess of accounting down to a per campsite transaction.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

It also keeps the mess of accounting down to a per campsite transaction.

It also means the person collecting all the funds needs to arrive early enough to get all sites and also set up stuff in each site to "reserve" it until everyone else gets there.

That's precisely why I'm not volunteering.