NP Resupply at Lake Durant

[revt]

Has anyone ever resupplied at Lake Durant Public Campground by sending a package aehad. I called the office and the woman who answered said sure send it and we will hold it, but I would like to know if this has ever been tested?

Peace

RevT

[sacco]

i've heard of other people using the campground, but i have no 1st hand experience.

[Rick]

Never tested the mail drop, but last time I was through, it was storming bad.

I asked the lady at the office if I could have a site for 1/2 price (I think it was $12 or $15 then) since I was thruhiking. She said no. I said, but you are empty (midweek) and I have no car just a small BP tent - I'll take the smallest, least rentable spot you have - How about it.

She said no, it was against park policy. I mentioned, "Surely the park would rather make $6 to let someone sleep overnight on a 5'x7' space that would go unused, rather than pass up the money altogether." Her response was somewhere around the fact that $6 wouldn't cover the cost of insurance and maintenance to use the site.

I ended up taking a shower there and heading back out into the rain and staying to the first L/T at Tirrell Pond. Bummer!

[Pete_Hickey]

I asked the lady at the office ...... She said no.

I ended up taking a shower there and heading back out into the rain and staying to the first L/T at Tirrell Pond. Bummer!

They are very inflexible in the rules at the campgrounds. There is absolutely NO room for judgement.

When I was passing through there, I used the toilets. Ahhhh Porcelain toilets! Luxury!

[lumberzac]

When I was passing through there, I used the toilets. Ahhhh Porcelain toilets! Luxury!

I used the pay shower. It was much more enjoyable than the shower I took the day before in the spillway of Wakely Dam. Something about the snow that fell that morning made the water awfully cold.

[redhawk]

She said no, it was against park policy. I mentioned, "Surely the park would rather make $6 to let someone sleep overnight on a 5'x7' space that would go unused, rather than pass up the money altogether." Her response was somewhere around the fact that $6 wouldn't cover the cost of insurance and maintenance to use the site.

It also could possibly have cost her her job or resulted in a reprimand.

I can understand the logic behind the rule..... Without it you would get some people who would be checking an during the week at slow times and negotiating for the express reason of not paying full price.

You could have employees giving discounts to their friends.....

You copuld have dishonest employees collecting full price and registering the "discounted" price.

And anyone hiking should be prepared for whatever situation might present itself, including having enough cash to pay for a teny site if necessary.

Sorry Rick, this is one of the times I will side with the DEC

[Kevin]

Sorry Rick, this is one of the times I will side with the DEC

Everyone, they've gotten to Redhawk - we need to organize an intervention!

[fvrwld]

I had my brother meet me at Lake Durant. It worked out perfectly. He brought my resupply, reserved a site and cooked me steak for dinner. I also had him bring me supplies for a real, luxury shower. The best part of all was the company.