[pct-l] YCC Camp

[Julie Flaming]

Hi, Robert -

My mom used to work right near the YCC camp at Mammoth in Yellowstone and I
grew up summering in the Park. If you need any info, etc., feel free to
email me off group. My parents still have a lot of contacts in the area.

Julie

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:52 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Good morning, Robert,
>
>
>
> What a wonderful adventure that will be for a young person.  At the ages of
> 14 and 15 I worked on the staff of a Boy Scout summer camp.  The setting
> was
> not nearly as glamorous as Yellowstone but I was amazed that they would
> actually pay me to spend the summer at camp.  The pay was inconsequential:
> $12 per week for the 6 weeks the camp operated, plus 3 additional weeks of
> unpaid volunteer setup and close-down time.  I could have made much more
> money at home but the thought never entered my mind.
>
>
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965
>
>  http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
>  http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Engraving Pros <mail at engravingpros.com
> >wrote:
>
> > My middle child just got the call. Eight weeks this summer
> > working for the Youth Conservation Corps in Yellowstone.
> > Not only that, but they cut him a $1400 check when he is
> > done. Fifteen years old and off on his first solo adventure.
> > Man am I jealous.
> >
> > Robert
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