Permits!?!?

“I fax'd in my permit request for the LlamaRama trip to the National Forest Service on March 1st. No response yet.
I fax'd in a request for another trip out of Mineral King to the National Park Service on Tuesday March 13th. I got the permit in my hand on Saturday the 17th.
Hurray for the Park people!!!
@#!?*& on the Forest Disservice!”

“I've been checking my credit card charges on-line to see if anything has been charged by the Forest Service. Nothing yet.”

“When are you going to Mineral King ???”

“Aug 25th.
Sawtooth Pass
Lost Cyn.
Big 5 Lks.
Little 5 Lks.
Big Arroyo
Precipice Lk.
"The Tunnel"
Bearpaw Mdw.
Redwood Mdw. (Sequoias)
Cliff Ck.
Timber Gap”

“Cooooooool!
Looks like a great trip! How many days are you going to spend
on this trip?”

“Add a day and go down to Kern Hot Spring.

8-)”

“Nav - very cool second trip you have planned! I'm still crossing my fingers on time for another week-long trip after llamarama.

On the permit front, all is quiet.

Almost... too quiet.”

“No permit here yet either. I keep checking my credit card account as well.”

“A bit TOO quite if you ask me.”

“I agree. Nothing today in the mail or on my VISA account.”

“Drat! Nothing here either.”

“HOORAY! Reservation confirmation arrived in today's mail for the first choice date!

Lots of other stuff in the envelope, Bear canisters required for anyone on the Whitney trail.

Mel - "Bitchin"”

“COOL! I can't wait to get home.”

“3 confirmations for the 7 dayers in the mail today!”

“I got three permits just today.
I have the one for the six group for the llama rama.”

“Mel, are we all approved now?”

“Snakeyfeet....
Did you get your permit?”

“Permit received today! Entry 7/31, exit 8/9, 7 people. You are all now in my power!!

Bwah ha ha ha ha ha!”

“Or at least, six of you are in my power!

Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!!”

“My 3 permited people are not in your power! For I am their leader!

Bwah ha ha ha yourself! 8^)”

“Yes Mel, Snakeguesser got the permit for 3 people.”

“Thank you darlings.
We are now official.”