OFFICIAL Kings Canyon Camp Swank Thread - Page 54

Ghoulish Delight · 05-29-2008, 08:58 PM

Seems like the walkies will work out, at least for some portion of us. I think once we get a critical mass of people arriving/on the road, we'll be able to get the message passed along. Though it's now ocurred to me that it was in the Grant's Grove area that we used to get cell reception, there's a good bit of distance between that and where we're going. But it's also been quite a few years, so I imagine they've improved (though I kinda hope they haven't, it'd be nice to be cut off for a bit).

Not Afraid · 05-29-2008, 10:30 PM

10 4 good buddy.

I'm cracking up here. The campground is not that big!

innerSpaceman · 05-30-2008, 06:50 AM

Except the overstuffed chairs have new upholstery this year.

(but let's hope G.C. stays away from illustrating the one referred to in the Swayze thread.)

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I'm cracking up here. The campground is not that big!

Oh? Then why did we spend 20 minutes driving around lost inside it looking for those cool campsites?

Which, heheh, we bothered to write down the site numbers for ... and then, er, did what with that??

Not Afraid · 05-30-2008, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh? Then why did we spend 20 minutes driving around lost inside it looking for those cool campsites?

Which, heheh, we bothered to write down the site numbers for ... and then, er, did what with that??

We did a driving tour of the campsite. I drove every road to show you the possibilities. I think you were in a different car...the one that was lost for 20 mins.

innerSpaceman · 05-30-2008, 08:11 AM

Hmmmm ... Disneyphile posted a fairly decent map of Sheep Creek campground in this earlier post.

The lower map has a red zone marked out, but I believe the desired sites are just outside the red-zone, right along the river. But that gives everyone, I hope, a decent idea of where we're first headed when we get there. (Not shown, but the main road from which you enter is just beyond the top of the maps).

Not Afraid · 05-30-2008, 08:33 AM

Any of this sites by the river are fine. We'll get what we can get. We won't know which site we'll have until we get there and look around. We may end up n the other side of the campground but by the river. Why doesn't someone just bring some poster board and some duct tape, write the site numbers on the poster board when they are decided and tape it to the information board?

I don't know what my plans will be yet. There's a chance I may go up to Oakhurst on Wednesday and drive over from there on Thursday. My brother is in the hospital with a bone infection and I may need to visit him unless he ends up being transfered to a specialist hospital in Palo Alto or San Francisco. We don't know what happening yet.

Again, I've NEVER had a difficult time getting a site at Sheep Creek this early in the year. The ranger told me that this is a particularly dead weekend. But, we really won't know until we get there.

Not Afraid · 05-30-2008, 09:04 AM

OK, I haven't been keeping up with the meal plans but just a reminder to make sure you have food for your own lunches and food for days when you are there and a team isn't making a meal. Thursday dinner is the big one that stands out to me.

Monday breakfast mishmash turned out really good last year. I will probably be bring up some extra breakfast stuff as well since I love me a good camp breakfast. Really all we need is bacon and eggs and leftover veggies.

Our dinner plans are decidedly Asian in nature. I think it's going to be fantastic!

Ghoulish Delight · 05-30-2008, 09:14 AM

Shoot, I think we need to get ourselves a bigger cooler.

Not Afraid · 05-30-2008, 09:17 AM

Keep in mind there is a store at Cedar Grove. They have basics as well as ice and wood.

Kevy Baby · 05-30-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Seems like the walkies will work out, at least for some portion of us.

Bad news on us getting a walkie to iSm: we went to locate them last night to charge and we were unable to locate them. That and the fact that we will now not be going to the reading on Saturday and that whole plan is out the window.

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Shoot, I think we need to get ourselves a bigger cooler.

And a bigger boat.

05-29-2008, 08:58 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Seems like the walkies will work out, at least for some portion of us. I think once we get a critical mass of people arriving/on the road, we'll be able to get the message passed along. Though it's now ocurred to me that it was in the Grant's Grove area that we used to get cell reception, there's a good bit of distance between that and where we're going. But it's also been quite a few years, so I imagine they've improved (though I kinda hope they haven't, it'd be nice to be cut off for a bit). __________________ '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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05-29-2008, 10:30 PM	#2
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	10 4 good buddy. I'm cracking up here. The campground is not that big!
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05-30-2008, 08:11 AM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hmmmm ... Disneyphile posted a fairly decent map of Sheep Creek campground in this earlier post. The lower map has a red zone marked out, but I believe the desired sites are just outside the red-zone, right along the river. But that gives everyone, I hope, a decent idea of where we're first headed when we get there. (Not shown, but the main road from which you enter is just beyond the top of the maps).
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05-30-2008, 08:33 AM	#6
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Any of this sites by the river are fine. We'll get what we can get. We won't know which site we'll have until we get there and look around. We may end up n the other side of the campground but by the river. Why doesn't someone just bring some poster board and some duct tape, write the site numbers on the poster board when they are decided and tape it to the information board? I don't know what my plans will be yet. There's a chance I may go up to Oakhurst on Wednesday and drive over from there on Thursday. My brother is in the hospital with a bone infection and I may need to visit him unless he ends up being transfered to a specialist hospital in Palo Alto or San Francisco. We don't know what happening yet. Again, I've NEVER had a difficult time getting a site at Sheep Creek this early in the year. The ranger told me that this is a particularly dead weekend. But, we really won't know until we get there. Last edited by Not Afraid : 05-30-2008 at 08:40 AM.
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05-30-2008, 09:04 AM	#7
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	OK, I haven't been keeping up with the meal plans but just a reminder to make sure you have food for your own lunches and food for days when you are there and a team isn't making a meal. Thursday dinner is the big one that stands out to me. Monday breakfast mishmash turned out really good last year. I will probably be bring up some extra breakfast stuff as well since I love me a good camp breakfast. Really all we need is bacon and eggs and leftover veggies. Our dinner plans are decidedly Asian in nature. I think it's going to be fantastic!
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05-30-2008, 09:14 AM	#8
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Shoot, I think we need to get ourselves a bigger cooler. __________________ '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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05-30-2008, 09:17 AM	#9
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Keep in mind there is a store at Cedar Grove. They have basics as well as ice and wood.
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