2008 Camp Swank

Not Afraid · 03-06-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

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.

Then find another weekend and get a group together and go to Yosemite! There are many weekends between now and June and after. This weekend was planned for Camp Swank and YOU were at the helm of planning. You just bow out and make other plans? That's really not cool.

innerSpaceman · 03-06-2008, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

You just bow out and make other plans? That's really not cool.

OMG Lisa, Please READ.

I AM NOT BOWING OUT.

I will be at Swank Camp in Kings Canyon. I will arrive on the same day that MOST PEOPLE ARRIVE. And I will be among the last to leave.

This is not in any way bowing out. This is PURELY AND TOTALLY ADDITIONAL for anyone who also wants to spend a couple of COMPLETELY EXTRA days in Yosemite. It's a little further north in the Sierras. Yeah, it sucks we can't crow fly, and have to drive thru Fresno.

Let me see if I can read between the lines, here. And correct me if I'm wrong.

Are you upset because this side-trip would prevent me from being one of the campsite Pioneers at Sheep Creek? One less tent to claim 4 adjacent spots with? Yeah, that would be true if this Yosemite thing flies.

But you are mistaken if you think Swank Camp is being spearheaded by me or helmed by me or anything of the sort. I reiterate for the umpteenth time that I am a single voice with a single vote. I have been outvoted on dates and on place. And I am still a participant. But JUST a participant. Like everyone else.

I have already said, some weeks back, that I am not willing to front the camping money this year, and I have said over and over that I am just one among many who will go with the majority decision.

And I will. But I don't feel I have any personal responsibilty to be one of the first people to arrive. I hope that four people/parties will volunteer for that. I just won't be one of them.

It's no secret I have less enthusiasm for Kings Canyon than I do for Yosemite. We were just at Kings Canyon last year. It's beautiful and I want to visit there again. Maybe not so soon, but that's what's happening ... and I look forward to joining in the fun. But I do not have the enthusiasm required to be one of the first four people there, and I resent your implication ... if you are indeed implying ... that I have a responsibility to do that.

I have a responsibility to follow my heart. My heart wants to take some people on a side-trip to Yosemite. If there are any such people who want to do that. I hope there will be a few.

innerSpaceman · 03-06-2008, 12:53 PM

Hmmmm,

I just thought of something.

OFFER No. 1
I will lend my Tent to any one of the three parties who will be leading the Pioneer Effort at Sheeps Creek, if four are not willing to do it. They can set it up as a Dummy Camp. I'll even contribute two blow-up sex dolls to live in the tent until real people can get there.

Yeah, it means you'd have to rig-up the Sydney Opera House tent. But I think what we're really looking for is a Tent to Occupy Space, and not necessarily the people who would sleep in it.

OFFER No. 2
I am extending a 25% discount on the 2 nights of lodging in Yosemite Valley for any Yosemite Virgins who want to add that on to make a Grand Sierra Adventure.

That's retail of approximately $100 per person, which I will discount to wholesale of $75 (approx.) to any Yosemite Virgins.

I hope this demonstrates my good faith effort to contribute to securing adjacent campsites in Kings Canyon, and my can't-help-myself effort to deflower Yosemite Virgins (with the assistance of any others who'd like to join in).

BTW: There will be iSm Geriatric National Park Tours in the Future. First Up: Yellowstone - - a mecca for geriatrics and one of America's Great Treasures.

Gemini Cricket · 03-06-2008, 01:30 PM

Uh, hi, Mr. innerSpaceman. I've been doing some thinking, and I've got some ideas to improve the camping trip plans. One, Poochie needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine. Two, whenever Poochie's not onscreen, all the other characters should be asking "Where's Poochie"? Three--

03-06-2008, 12:53 PM	#3
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hmmmm, I just thought of something. OFFER No. 1 I will lend my Tent to any one of the three parties who will be leading the Pioneer Effort at Sheeps Creek, if four are not willing to do it. They can set it up as a Dummy Camp. I'll even contribute two blow-up sex dolls to live in the tent until real people can get there. Yeah, it means you'd have to rig-up the Sydney Opera House tent. But I think what we're really looking for is a Tent to Occupy Space, and not necessarily the people who would sleep in it. OFFER No. 2 I am extending a 25% discount on the 2 nights of lodging in Yosemite Valley for any Yosemite Virgins who want to add that on to make a Grand Sierra Adventure. That's retail of approximately $100 per person, which I will discount to wholesale of $75 (approx.) to any Yosemite Virgins. I hope this demonstrates my good faith effort to contribute to securing adjacent campsites in Kings Canyon, and my can't-help-myself effort to deflower Yosemite Virgins (with the assistance of any others who'd like to join in). BTW: There will be iSm Geriatric National Park Tours in the Future. First Up: Yellowstone - - a mecca for geriatrics and one of America's Great Treasures.
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03-06-2008, 01:30 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Uh, hi, Mr. innerSpaceman. I've been doing some thinking, and I've got some ideas to improve the camping trip plans. One, Poochie needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine. Two, whenever Poochie's not onscreen, all the other characters should be asking "Where's Poochie"? Three--
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