OFFICIAL Kings Canyon Camp Swank Thread

[Disneyphile]

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.

Then, we need to collect funds prior to going and one person pay for all sites once they get there.

If someone wants to organize that, great.

According to the current tally, we'll have 19 people, which means 5 sites. 5 sites x $18 x 4 nights divided evenly is $18.95 per person for the whole trip.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Then, we need to collect funds prior to going and one person pay for all sites once they get there.

If someone wants to organize that, great.

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.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Another thing to watch for are the fruit stands on the Highway 180.

There are gay bars with no stools?

[Disneyphile]

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.

But, it still requires that person to get there early (probably before 10am), and set up gear at each site.

[innerSpaceman]

I'm gonna rise with the dawn, go watch dear frolic in a meadow, hike to a waterfall, come back to camp for breakfast, go climb a mountain, hang out by the river, enjoy dinner with friends, sit around the campfire with a drink in my hand for about an hour and then plummet back to sleep.

If there's a HammockLand, I'll try sitting still in one for 15 minutes if I can.


I've got excess energy. Nature seems to exacerbate that, not calm it.

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

But, it still requires that person to get there early (probably before 10am), and set up gear at each site.

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.

[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...

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I plan on doing some reading, maybe some witting, and mixing cocktails

I've been sitting here trying to decide if this is a typo or a clever play on words

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm going to buy a hammock. And then, I'm going to sit in the hammock.

You might enjoy the hammock more if you take it out of the box and hang it up before sitting (or lying) in it.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

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

That's probably best, since they're arriving before you and the rangers confiscate stuff left to "reserve" campsites within 24 hours.

And, if this thread pisses me off today, I have some booze handy to keep my hands too occupied to type.

[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.