RE: [Philmont]: autumn adventure

Another reason that staying in cabins is not a good idea--they have been
empty since the summer season and the threat of Hanta-virus is real. During
the summer, the staff controls the rodent population and disinfects for
hanta. This does not happen at most camps during the autumn. It is not
worth a night in a cabin to risk this disease.
Also, listen to your guide regarding where to pitch tents--horses are
released into the backcountry during this time! My now-husband has a great
story abiout being "attacked" one night by a bear on an Autumn trek that
turned out to be a horse! :)
Have a great time--Philmont is amazing in the fall.

-Nancy Coleman Stickelman
AA guide '01-'02
BC '97-'03

>From: <bill55@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [Philmont]: autumn adventure
>Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:09:47 -0600
>
>
>Advisory warning: Do not try to sleep in that part of the Sawmill cabin
>where the reloading program takes place. It becomes a rodent Noah's ark
>after sunset. All of the critters seem to be running marathons, all night
>long. Also, you will never forget the first time you expect to see a field
>mouse, and instead confront a Pika scurrying across the rafters. Harmless,
>but much larger than anything you were expecting to see outside of a
>tenement in New York City. The nightime noise is so loud, you wonder how
>the
>deer got into the walls and subflooring. More seriously, the danger of
>hanta
>virus, spread by rodent feces and contagious by inhalation, militates
>against sleeping on the floor of this cabin, and perhaps others on the
>ranch.

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Received on Mon Jan 9 22:21:21 2006