Re: The WHY's of Planning.
Rick Clements (rickcl@POGO.WV.TEK.COM)
Mon, 24 Jan 1994 09:02:22 PST
From: Peter Van Houten <peterva@QM.WV.TEK.COM>
}arriving. You see, our pack is so large that we reserved the entire tubing
}area for our pack. We made the necessary arrangements in advance and paid
}the appropriate deposits. When we arrived everything was setup for us...the
[...]
}3) This is the final one! Even when faced with a impossible situation be
}courteous! You may find out that the one in charge may work with you. Point
}in case....I let one pack join in with ours (we had some extra space) because
}the leader approached me and we discussed the situation as adults and worked
[...] }Another
}pack leader (who actually approached me before the one) got mad at me for
}reserving the whole area, and that they had as much "RIGHT" to be on the
You brought up serveral good points. I wanted to highlight the being
friendly and attempting to work things out. I've seen people forget it
too many times.
An other suggestion, is try plan B. There used to be several places
that had inner tubing. (One our pack used for years closed.) We went to
Ski Bowl, because our Committee Chair has a cabin in Governement Camp.
There are other places.
Or, try plan C. They already have a snow park permit. The freezing
level is very high right now. It's great weather for snowball fights,
making snow forts and making snow sculptures. Our boys had fun in the
parking lot waiting for people who hadn't bought snow park permits ahead
of time. After we finished tubing, we went to our Chairman's for hot
chocolate. Some of the boys played in the snow more.
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