From: Donald S. Roberts (don@hummellawfirm.com)
Date: Mon Jul 15 2002 - 17:21:32 CDT
Just a brief section on parking. The word is inadequate. We were fortunate
to be there during relationship week, so all our cars fit. I am informed
this is the lightest week at PTC, and that usually there are five times as
many family members. The relationship and fellowship classes tended toward
older scouters, so whereas the prior week had 39 Los Jovenes, this week had
12. It is my understanding the other groups were similarly smaller.
The parking over at CHQ is adequate, and that is where you go for overflow.
IT is about a 10-15 minute walk. There is plenty of time to visit Tooth of
Time traders throughout the week. The 10 minute walk and shopping can be
easily accomplished between end of session and lunch (or end of lunch and
afternoon session, depending which lunch you are in). Sunday the trading
post was a zoo, and it can be a zoo anytime a number of treks come in (and
new treks arrive). So long as you are outside those times, however, it
isn't that busy. It makes a good lunchtime or dinnertime walk. Since TOTT
opens at 7:30, an after breakfast walk also works well.
The above is a problem. Frequent visits to TOTT means frequent purchases,
and that budget can get shoved aside. I know we spent far more than we
intended. TOTT does *not* put all its patches on display, and the
handicraft center and Seton Library both sell some patches not available at
TOTT. If you hike the Urraca trail, you would especially want to check out
the handicraft center patches. TOTT will not sell PTC participants the
arrowhead (of course), but there seem to be few other restrictions. We were
told that we qualify to wear the bull on our shoulders. TOTT really has
reasonable prices, at least not as outrageous as can be found in other
venues I've visited.
The handicraft lodge is two buildings over from the laundry. They sell
detergent packages at the handicraft lodge for the laundry. So if you plan
on doing laundry (family day Wednesday is a perfect time), be sure to get to
the handicraft lodge when it is open to get detergent if you don't bring
your own. Washers are 50 cents, driers are 25 cents for ten minutes. I did
two washer loads (quite full, small front loaders) and combined them in one
drier for which I did three 10 minute runs (75 cents) and everything was
dry. That's also a good time to go to the handicraft lodge to buy your
patches:-) This complex of buildings is sort of located between east and
south tent city, by the campfire arena.
One thing that was not mentioned until our last day there, is that the
trekkers have an opening campfire every night at 8:15 at their campfire
arena behind the Seton library. It's a short walk south from PTC on the
same side of the road. They do an in character history of the area and a
PowerPoint presentation. If there is an evening program at PTC you are not
interested in (such as Sunday night), you may want to go over there to see
what they do. There is also a closing of trek campfire every night on the
West side of CHQ, where the treks are given their awards, though I don't
know if that would be particularly interesting.
Villa Philmonte has tours every half hour. Each of the programs, Chicas,
Boy Scouts, Senores, etc. did a tour. Some interesting stuff in the photo
gallery. Easily accessible.
The Philmont Museum/Seton Library has a small gift shop (Indian trading post
type stuff), the library, art by Seton (he was gifted), and currently a
display on the evolution of the backpack (that needs an interpretive
curator). Makes a good short visit on the way to/from the trading post.
Don't plan on needing more than 20 minutes there...
Rayado (Kit Carson Museum) is an interpretive center of a trading post on
the Santa Fe Trail. Nice for a short visit, most of the programs go there
as well. As a West Fellowship participant, we had a special buffalo steak
dinner there with Keith Calloway (just us six and our faculty). Very nice,
and a great dinner. For those that don't know, Keith is the big boss for
BSA's high adventure camps. He is in charge of Philmont, Sea Base and
Northern Tier. Everybody else reports to him.
Regards
Don
Donald S. Roberts
Law Offices of Philip L. Hummel, IV
500 N. State College Blvd., Suite 1200
Orange, CA 92868
714-978-6771 Fax: 714-634-3869
don@hummellawfirm.com
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