RE: [Philmont]: Itinerary Changes and Treks Card

The reason given to the recommendation made to me was that FedEx and UPS do
not make daily runs to Philmont Scout Ranch. One card/package would not a
run justify. I have no personal experience with this, but I was passing on
the recommendation made to me. I sent mine in USPS Priority Mail, which I
expect to be fast enough. Of course, I live in Texas, quite a bit closer
and Dallas/Ft Worth is a major USPS hub.

Thanks for making the cross reference, I will be interested in all the
differences.

Joe

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Julian Love
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:02 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Itinerary Changes and Treks Card

For those who want to see the 06 itinerary changes, I have posted a 5-year
(2006-2002) cross reference for each trek at
http://www.troop116.org/philmont/phlitinxref.htm
This is a summary page with selected features shown for each trek. If you
click on any trek number you can see the complete list with changed camps in
red, program features, etc. (This replaces the one I had out there in past
years that went all the way back to 1999. If you really want to go back
that far, follow the link back to Troop 116 Philmont Page and look under
Reference Material - Old.)

Of note, Trek 32 has removed the description regarding Burro Packing in the
Program Features column. But in the Treks book chart labeled
"2006 Itineraries Include These Programs" on page 96, Burro Packing is still
checked for #32. I've noticed on other items, these summary charts in the
Treks books sometimes don't get updated to correspond with changes to the
actual itinerary page. I suspect the specific itinerary page rules. (Wish
I had discovered this sooner or #32 would have rated higher on our already
sent in request card.)

Someone reported earlier they were advised not to send the itinerary request
card other than US mail. Wonder who would say that - why? In the Treks
book under "Reserving your Itinerary for 12 Day Expeditions" on page 13, it
states "Cards may be mailed first class, sent by Fed Ex or UPS, or by any
other delivery service. PLEASE SEND THE ORIGINAL CARD . . ." Our council
sent their request cards last year by USPS Express 2-day guarantee - went
from NC to NY to GA to NY to NM. Took 10 days. Got 4th choice on one crew.
(Got money back from USPS.) Guess this can happen to anyone.

Let me know if any errors found in my hurriedly posted charts. I tired to
be careful, but you never know.

Julian Love
Charlotte, NC

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