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Hope that you enjoy the smell of fresh air, the songs of the birds - even if they are woodpeckers putting holes in your cabin walls! Let me know how you like this "new enterprise" of mine!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

THE BIG “Disneyland” ATTITUDE


 
People want to come and play in the snow, but don’t want to put chains on or go 25 miles per hour or leave even a car’s length between their bumper and yours.
 
People want snow for their children to play in, but you had better have cleared parking for their four cars (when only two are even supposed to have parking spaces next to the cabin) even if they arrive in the snow storm that put more than a foot of snow on the ground, plus the snow that slid off the roofs!!

People bring their BBQs and set up a family party on the side of the State Highway and walk with babes in arms across the road slowing the 25 miles per hour to 5 miles per hour for fear of someone nonchalantly walking out right in front of you!

People are kind and considerate of others even under the above circumstances.  Truly amazing how helpful and giving some folks are under these long-prayed-for snowy conditions!!  Strangers helping others put their chains on tighter so they don’t run askew.  Homeowners letting babies use their bathroom since “none are provided” by WHO? 

If you are playing on the side of the Hiway, parked in the unplowed lot of an “out of business”  business entity, who is the person / business that is supposed to provide a Porta-Potty service?  The USFS maintains THREE heated bathrooms, nice new ones paid for by PG&E as part of their FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - contract to use the water from Pinecrest Lake to generate power.  The heated restrooms are just TWO miles away on plowed roads!!  When people are told that tidbit of information, they walk away - and not to go to Pinecrest to use the facilities – muttering about the “inhospitality” of us Mountain Folk!   I just saw a Rent-a-RV parked in the Inn Parking Lot – now that is a great idea, bring your own Porta-Potty, refrigerator, stove and a place for the baby to take a NAP!

When we are traveling we use the “facilities” of fast food restaurants or gas stations but ALWAYS as customers.  A cup of coffee each, a pastry, a batch of tator tots/French fries, or even an ice cream or milk shake makes us a customer and is a small price to pay for a clean “facility” when you need one!! 

The business of business is STAYING in business!!  EVEN Disneyland is not FREE, so get a clue and plan accordingly!

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