[philmont] Sightseeing/transportation recommendations sought

We also used Blue Sky Adventures, the Bandelier and white water were great
bonding moments for all of us and I highly recommend the whole package. The
best thing about it was how they catered to all of us and the adults were
able to have fun. Driving vans with Scouts just wasn't what we wanted to do.
Mike (who started Blue Sky) was on our bus, was great! He has two sons and a
daughter who have been Rangers at Philmont, including one on Staff in 2006.
He has also been an Advisor several times, so he knows Philmont!

I noticed that they are using Colorado Springs as a base this year, their
web site is:
http://www.blueskyadventures.net/

Fortunately for us the bathroom worked in our bus!

Brian Gorman
Cascade Pacific Council
Philmont Committee

On 9/4/07, vowelldk1@aol.com <vowelldk1@aol.com> wrote:
>
> O Keepers of the Collective Wisdom,
>
> On my crew's last trip to Philmont, we were fortunate to have a family
> host us in Colorado Springs, where we used rental vans to tour the Garden of
> the Gods, get a private tour of the Cheyenne Mt. Zoo, visit the AF academy,
> and drive to Pike's Peak and the Will Rogers memorial. We kept costs low by
> use of our host's kitchen and BBQ grill. We turned in the rental cars in
> Co. Springs and had one of the transport companies pick us up, take us to
> Philmont, and return us to the airport.
>
> However, on our 2008 trip, we won't have this host family available. I'm
> interested in your recommendations on companies that might eliminate the
> long-distance planning factor for our next trip, either in Co. Springs or
> elsewhere, preferably an all-inclusive transport-sightseeing package deal.
> We won't have any scouts or adults repeating the trip, so doing the same
> things again will only affect me.
>
> Feel free to reply on or off-line.
>
> Denise Vowell
> Crew 574
> Bailey's Crossroads, VA
> Philmont 04 & 08 (only 334 days left!)
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Received on Tue Sep 4 22:27:59 2007