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Every
year since 1993, we have vacationed at the Lair of the Golden Bear, the
family camp sponsored by the U.C. Berkeley Alumni Association. The Lair
is in the Sierras near the little town of Pinecrest. We are getting
ready for our annual road trip now. Our SUV will have six people in it,
plus our stuff in the "Yuppie Wagon" (a small enclosed trailer
with a polyethylene shell) we just bought. The Lair provides the tent
(canvas top, wood floor and half walls), 3 meals a day, arts and crafts
and sports and campfires, so we just have to get there and settle in.
Part of my job is to make and manage The List of Stuff. Here are some of
the items we are planning to bring to the Lair: |
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Regular stuff - a flashlight for everyone (with fresh batteries) - bedding: sleeping bag, pillow, etc. - fitted sheets to cover plastic mattresses - clothes: including shorts, jeans, bathing suits, sweatshirt, jacket, hat, hiking boots, hiking socks, water sandals, etc. - 2 big towels for everyone (a bathing towel and a swim towel) Other stuff for each person - reading material, songbooks - camera, extra batteries, charger - day pack or fanny pack for hiking - sunglasses - sunscreen - bug repellent - canteen or hiking water bottle - toiletries in bag or caddy - personal medicines as needed - money for snacks, movies, etc. Stuff for everyone: - games (especially "Wheel & Deal", "Scrabble", and "Dread Pirate"), dice, cards, poker chips, game rulebooks, etc. - Christmas lights to decorate tent - tent chandelier, reading lights, extension cords, etc. - alarm clock - mirror - ice chest, water dispenser - drinking glasses - cheese board and knife, wine opener - laundry supplies and quarters, clothes line and pins - step stool - folding chairs - headboard - futons - pup tent - rug - trash bags - clay, clay tools, glazes - white clothes to tie dye or paint, extra rubber bands for tie dye - camelback water pack and water filter - picnic blankets - walkie talkie sets - paper towels - hammock - binoculars for birding and stargazing - basic tools: hammer, nails, screwdriver, etc. - clothes hangers - rope - medicine chest, first aid supplies - bear mascot - extra batteries - laptops and chargers - solar garden lights on stakes (to mark the trail for trips to the head in the dark) |
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UP DATE THE YUPPIE WAGON TRAILER SURVIVED ANOTHER FAMILY VACATION |
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SEPT.
4, 2009 After our week at the Lair, we drove our truck and Yuppie Wagon
trailer over Sonora pass 9,624 feet, through the stark and lovely
Emigrant Wilderness to Nevada's capital Carson City, where we visited
the Nevada State Railroad Museum. We then drove to Vacaville to see the
newly-in-use Nut Tree train (on a very tiny track, alas!) and the
Consolidated Rock & Mineral shop. We stopped off in San Francisco to
drop off my mother and pick up our two new birds and then drove home to
San Jose. |
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WE
STOPPED AT POOT'S HOUSE OF CACTUS WITH OUR EVER FAITHFUL YUPPIE WAGON
TRAILER IN TOW, BEHIND OUR TRUCK.SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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