[MythiCalia] Why Hullo Thar.

[Eshari]

From: Shiari Ryu <shiariryu at hotmail.com>

> I'm curious about regulations towards number of tents,

I don't think we're going to come anywhere near it. The Toyon camps are 
supposed to be for up to 50 people. They are usually expecting more 
people to share tents than actually do when they quote numbers like 
that, but we should have plenty of room in any case.

 > the issue with
> the firepit (campire permit was mentioned on the site?),

Yes, I have to call them about that. I'm not sure exactly what the 
permit has to do with, i.e., if you are not supposed to use the 
fire-ring without it, or even the charcoal bbqs, or what.

I expect that it has to do with fire danger rating at the time, so I'm 
not sure how far in advance I can apply. Some parks even ban fires 
sometimes if fire danger is too high. East and southeast of San Jose 
particularly turns into a tinderbox at this time of year, as you may be 
aware. Fortunately that's not where we are, but still.

Anyway, how soon do you need to know?  (If you are asking because you're 
planning to bring wood, bless you; I like having fires but I only have a 
little wood left over from winter, heh.)

 > and just how
> many food storage boxes there are (if known).

Unfortunately, I don't know for sure. The site is gated and you can't 
park on the service road outside it, so I haven't been in person to 
count this sort of thing. Possibly one per picnic table, so 12-16 
depending on what site we are in, would be a guess.

That said, animals usually manage to get into food lockers unless they 
are unusually secure, so I would recommend storing food in your car 
rather than using the lockers unless we are right there at the time.

 > I'm also wondering if people are going to be touchy
> about meat? You know... random curiousities to keep down animosities.

As far as I know we don't have any vegetarians or vegans this time 
around, but as we are not doing any kind of group food project, please 
yourself. No one has a right to dictate your diet. ;)

-- 
leaves of emerald,

Eshari