[philmont] burro time

In general, it's a really bad idea to try and plan a schedule around a
burro. Just ask some of the Crews that spent hours trying to get one to
cross the little stream at Maxwell. However, the Ponil Turnaround is
certainly one of the busiest drop-off points on the Ranch, meaning you
have buses coming in all day, at intervals that are dictated by the
departure times at Basecamp. So, the 8:00 am bus(es) at Basecamp will
arrive at the Ponil Turnaround between 8:30 and 8:45. If you're there,
they'll take you, and if not, there's another set coming in 2 - 3 hours.
  It's not a situation where you have to be there at a certain time or
you end up walking to Basecamp. And if there are too many Crews for the
buses that show up, the drivers will whistle you up however many more
are needed. In such situations cooperation between the Crews is needed
- first on site, first in the bus, and so on. Death threats are only
rarely needed.

- Dr. Bob

JC Lewis wrote:
> Okay, gang, this one?s a little particular; but someone out there has
> surely done this:
>
>
>
> I need to know the hiking time with a burro from Pueblano DOWN to
> Ponil. The itinerary we?ve requested requires us to ?shuttle? one ?back
> home? on Day 12. We?ve GOT to get it right on arranging the bus pickup
> time; so, we?ve got to know a really good guess. Those many of you
> who?ve taken one UP to Pueblano want to be helpful; but I?d prefer the
> answer from someone who?s actually taken one the way we?re going. I?ve
> heard from a donkey-owning family I know that if they think the burro
> thinks it?s going home (which it will headed to the main corral at
> Ponil) AND if it?s downhill (which it generally is) AND if it isn?t
> carrying a load (which it won?t be), that they?ll probably be hard to
> hold back. Hope that?s so. Our guys will be Mountain-Man hardened by
> Day 12 and will want to get into town; so, the burro won?t be waiting on us.
>
>
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> Does anyone have any history of burro time Pueblano to Ponil? Thanks in
> advance.
>
>
>
> Jerry Lewis
>
> 2007 611-I2
>
> Troop 303, McKinney TX

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Received on Sun Mar 11 07:57:28 2007