wyoming gathering august 17-19 WALK THE WINDS 2012

[sagebrush]

I plan to arrive Thursday afternoon. Lisa, just back from a week in Yellowstone with her sister and family , is "camped out" so I will flying be solo

See you all soon!

Will

[corncountry]

Diane and I plan to leave Iowa on the 9th or 10th, spend a day or two in the Black Hill area, then on to Yellowstone. We will arrive at the gathering on thursday.
I never make reservations, so I don't know where we will be staying. I have traveled this way for years and have always found a place to camp.
We wish everyone a safe trip. See you all soon.

Jim

[gdpipkorn]

Our plans are to leave home Friday, Aug 10. We want to enter Yellowstone via Beartooth Pass from Montana on Monday. Spend MTW at Bridge Bay CG. Arrive Thursday at the gathering. Be back home Wednesday, Aug 23 via the Black Hills area.

We plan on leaving Mpls/St Paul on Friday too. 1st night we'll stay at Theodore Roosevelt NP in ND, 2nd Night at the bottom of the Bear Tooth outside Red Lodge, MT. Sun night either at Slough Creek or Pebble Creek or else in a NF campground outside Cooke City, MT. Mon & Tues reservations at Canyon Campground in YNP, then 2 nights at Gros Ventre Campground in Teton NP. We'll pull into WTW on Friday. I'll be with my daughter Nikki.

Bruce

You will be one day ahead of us the whole time. That's cool.
Slow, Any chance of snow with 20's &30's night temps? That would really round out a beautiful summer vacation!!

[Forrest747]

Jennie has a cousin in Kemmemmer so we are going to drive up there on Thursday, do some grocery shopping also will be testing the water system on this trip. Will be up around noon on Friday. Will also need some help with the new lantern. Boys will be with my dad and the girls at my sisters "Camp Aunt". So just us adults on this trip.

[MargaretK]

Steve ,
If you see this before you call would you ask whether the camp has a phone number that could be used to reach one of us in case of emergency? I'm thinking we might not have cell reception & would like to leave an emergency number if one is available. Thanks.

[Rachkien]

If its not too late I will take 2 Xl.

I'll bring em!

Add two Xl's what colors are available?

James

[S. Heisley]

Slow, remember, not too long ago, your father was in the hospital. If, heaven forbid, something like that should happen again, wouldn't you want to know right away?

I suspect there is a phone number for the local sheriff or ranger that could be called; and, if it was an emergency, they would probably drive up to the campground and let you know, wouldn't they?

[parnold]

I have 25 people who rely on me for their livelihood so I have to drive every day to where I get a signal and check in. It was a miracle at all that I was granted two weeks vacation in a row. I'd like to shut out the rest of the world entirely but it's just not possible.

[shawnandherbie]

I sure hope its sunny and hot kus im sure that lake is cold, 27 years living in phx now a cali resident....... i like warm water or im only getting my feet wet lol, thin blood here. Thanks slow for the hard work your putting in for this all to happen, only curious about one more thing and thats about the closest beach/rocky ledge/water view to the camp site. Gotta leave something there for new sites i guess lol. Just got done putting all my installation in ,waiting on my last a/c part to come in the mail now, thinking about getting a YouTube account and just sending you guys a link to see, whats a fomie? Seen it on the. Site and still not to sure what it is. So what water if any could we water the trees with? I know no dish water but what about hand washing water or face washing, maybe shower? I know bears love mint...... ive got a few sneek peek pics take a look. And is there any other outbacker like mine in the club?

[Forrest747]

I know bears love mint......

I hear the bears perfer apricot and lavender scrubs. Fruti yet soothing.

[shawnandherbie]

Lol, it says on yellowstones website to keep your tooth paist or anything mint away from your tent that they love mint hahaha also warns campers that are menstruating that the bears can smell it........ dont spit your tooth paste out next to my trailer is all im sayin. lol. And if its your time of the month, hope this comment dont make you stay up at night

[Mukilteo]

So, I guess one should use the girl friend as bear bait that time of month?

[Forrest747]

Slow, I will bring 2 lanterns, for the light up.

I will be bringing my find. hope it works

I forgot to say Shirt Color can you do Black and Red combination. either a black shirt red lettering or red shirt black lettering. need to color cordinate with the trailer.

[shawnandherbie]

, Well i have a sink in the galley but it drains to a beach sand bucket under the trailer then dump as needed into the bush, fire place......... always handy to have a bucket of water if a fire comes a blaze or maybe when your fellow camper needs to be woken up from drinking too much and the water smells better then the camper does and the solar panel is gonna need some sun light so if it does rain let is happen when we are all tucked away in our little trailers.

[sagebrush]

Methinks a lot of the bear warnings are the result of bureaucratic self justification. My family camped in the vicinity of Flagg Ranch ( between Teton and Yellowstone Parks)1 to 2 weeks every year for elk and deer hunting. In 55+ years of this there was only 1 time when we had a bear in camp. This was with cooking over a campfire, brushing our teeth, washing our faces, wives and mothers in camp and meat hanging in the shade. There was more of a problem with coyotes scrounging scraps.