[Philmont] Pizza at Cimarron River

A couple of peripheral comments:

A) I have been through the tunnel there 7 or 8 times in my career, and
have never seen a Simple Simons sign there. Nor have I seen any pizza
boxes, napkins, wrappers, soda cups, or anything else that suggests a
major problem there. Plenty of nasty grafitti, though.

B) I have never heard from any Philmont staffer, including Rangers,
about any edict concerning Simple Simons deliveries. That includes at
the already too tedious Advisor Orientation meeting. Nor is there
anything in the Philmont paperwork about it, and I would think that if
Mark was that hardcore about it, it would be written up somewhere.

C) Seems that if Mark wanted to get himself riled up about something, he
would be better off trying to do something about the dozens of Scouts
(and Advisors, alas) swimming in the Cimarron. As I mentioned last
summer on my Report to the List, that problem was absolutely out of
control when we went through there last summer.

Then again, Mark is the driving force behind the
"whether-you-like-it-or-not" mandatory burros edict, so if there's a "No
Simple Simons" edict, I can't say I'll be overly surprised. Though
speaking frankly, seems like he has lots more important things to worry
about. And besides, I'm sure bears love pizza scraps, too....

R Fisher wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> I would like to confirm or debunk something that was conveyed by a
> fellow Scouter regarding the subject:
>
> First some background. One of our crews has itinerary #28 this summer.
> On Day 7 they are scheduled to hike from Clarks Fork to Cimarron River
> Camp with a food pickup at Ute Gulch Commissary, a distance of a little
> over 13 miles - looking at the graph on the side of the map, its more
> like 15. Cimarron River Camp is only about 3/4 to a mile from the
> bridge/viaduct at the highway, and I've been read, and will confirm with
> Simple Simons on arrival, that they will deliver pizza there. Because
> of the circumstances, I am considering hiking out to the road and
> ordering pizzas for the crew. It goes against my basic intincts
> regarding a Philmont Trek, but it could also be a rather neat way to
> recognize a crew accomplishment - 13 miles is one heck of a day! I
> think it is also one of the crew member's birthday.
>
> Now the issue. I was told that Philmont Administration severely
> discourages/frowns on the practice; that the staff is constantly
> removing the Simple Simons sign from the viaduct, and have tried to
> persuade them not to deliver to the area. In fact, I was told that Mark
> Anderson has even been involved and told groups (unit contingents??) he
> has observed to not consider returning to Philmont - black balled in
> effect.
>
> Any one got any information on this? I certainly don't want to upset
> the apple cart, and the plan is currently tentative at best.
>
> Happy Trails
>

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Received on Thu Apr 13 18:35:52 2006