Day 17 - Layover, Vermilion Valley Resort...

Since the last update, I have received a bulletin from the authorities in the Vermilion Valley Resort area advising to "Be On the Lookout" for a notorious gang of green mud faced women who took over the resort with a vengeance...


The "Mud Tribe"...

They were apparently last seen in the bar area creating a ruckus and generally having way too much fun!


The Ladies enjoy some fresh pies brought in by Janet and Linda...

** Updated 5pm PDT **

Nana called me this afternoon on a cell phone borrowed from another guest at the resort. They are there - they arrived on time and all is well. The telephone and computer systems at the resort are down.

Kris is ending her trip here, as was planned and Janet is re-joining the ladies for the push to Whitney.

They are planning to leave on tomorrow morning's 9am ferry and should be back on the trail by 10am.

They will try and update me from their next layover stop - Muir Trail Ranch where they are scheduled to arrive Saturday afternoon, the 5th. In the meantime, Kris will try to forward me some photos from this most recent leg of the trip so that I can add them to the appropriate journal entries. (Done!)

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I have been unable to get through to the ladies at Vermilion. Apparently they are having telephone problems at the resort according to a taped message I got when I called. I was getting a bit worried when I did not hear from them as scheduled. According to their web site, there is very limited cellular service in the area. (Cingular only - and I don't think any of the ladies have Cingular)

I have sent an e-mail to the resort asking them to let me know if everyone got checked in on time.