[pct-l] Vermilion Valley Resort

[Jim Banks]

I had a great time at VVR.  I highly recommend stopping there.  Yes, it is a
little pricey, but what do you expect?  They have to bring in all those
supplies a long distance.  You can run a tab which is convenient both for
you and for them since they are doing your credit card charge over a
satellite phone (at least I think that is how it worked) so doing it only
once instead of every time you buy something, but I think it is what causes
some people to be surprised at how much they spent when it is time to leave.
If you are on a tight budget, keep track of how much you are spending so
that there are no surprises.

I-Beam

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Ben G
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 10:00 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Vermilion Valley Resort

Hello everyone.
I am currently at Vermilion Valley Resort on my trip on the JMT.  I have met
many wonderful, cheerful PCT hikers here such as Rodknee Dangerfield or
Dangertrail (sounds like it has changed a couple times), River, Bearded Lady
(formerly Smurf), and Delaware Dave.

Anyways, I asked Jim (the owner) at Vermilion Valley Resort if he ever posts
on the forum here.  I guess he does not.  In the mean time I wanted to let
the current hikers know that *the ferry is running at both 9 am and 4pm
right now.  *Many of the other hikers, including myself, were told by others
that it is not running at all.

My second order of business is to encourage any current and all future
hikers of the PCT or JMT to stop at Vermilion Valley Resort.  They have new
bathrooms which are very nice and easy to clean. I know this was a common
complaint before, however unjust.  After one PCT or JMT hiker took a shower
the bathroom floor was dirty again.  To expect them to clean the bathrooms
after each and every hiker is unreasonable.
Also, the food has received wonderful reviews from everyone I have talked
to.  The High Sierra Salad is great.  The Oat pancakes were a wonderful
choice for breakfast.  I have decided I am going to stay here until Sunday
morning so I can enjoy the barbecue tomorrow night.  Why rush back to work?

I highly encourage anyone passing through to come here.  The prices are
reasonable considering the location and the difficulty it takes to get
anything out here.  Ignore the highly publicized, and somewhat questionable,
opinions of a select few who express their viewpoint online and in print.
The more beers and food you drink the bigger your bill will be. Only you are
to blame for that.

I am writing this by my own volition and am happy to do so.  Many other
hikers who I have met have said they would do so to.  At least two have said
they would do so to counteract the negative review in a certain popular
handbook that they purchased.

Ok, I am done.

Ben Grunbaum
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