Post by rangewalker on Jul 14, 2020 6:50:07 GMT -8
Yellowstone NP group trip August 20-28 and August 24-28 Cancelled
Sadly, this morning I had to shut down our group trips into Yellowstone NP this year. There were five BPBC Forums folks still on board. The shorter Element 2, two nights in the back country group, had dwindled to one person last night. And in doing some outreach for the recon trip for July 30th, it became blindingly apparent that in 30 days, things are going to get worse here in Wyoming and Montana. I could not secure a “landing” area in or out of the Park for folks to arrive and depart with enough slack if things go wrong. And things do go off schedule and worse. Amplify that with a lot of us do not know each other except through me. Not bad if these were standard times, even fun, but these are not normal times.
Last night I had a call with one of the hikers that had signed up for Element 2 in our Yellowstone plans. The friend is healthcare professional in the area and offered some insight into the real conditions regionally in WY and MT in healthcare and the local pandemic response. A second call this morning was with a friend who lives in one of the Montana gateway communities that has been a tour guide and outfitter in Yellowstone NP been on the ground this month as a professional photographer. Four of the group had multi state travel issues.
I am not taking down the Goggle group used to organize the venture. There is a lot good stuff up there for us to use later. The feeling post shut down is similar to when I worked in the oilfield when it was a constant build up and then layoff everybody because of markets and demands that we could not control.
Sadly, this morning I had to shut down our group trips into Yellowstone NP this year. There were five BPBC Forums folks still on board. The shorter Element 2, two nights in the back country group, had dwindled to one person last night. And in doing some outreach for the recon trip for July 30th, it became blindingly apparent that in 30 days, things are going to get worse here in Wyoming and Montana. I could not secure a “landing” area in or out of the Park for folks to arrive and depart with enough slack if things go wrong. And things do go off schedule and worse. Amplify that with a lot of us do not know each other except through me. Not bad if these were standard times, even fun, but these are not normal times.
Last night I had a call with one of the hikers that had signed up for Element 2 in our Yellowstone plans. The friend is healthcare professional in the area and offered some insight into the real conditions regionally in WY and MT in healthcare and the local pandemic response. A second call this morning was with a friend who lives in one of the Montana gateway communities that has been a tour guide and outfitter in Yellowstone NP been on the ground this month as a professional photographer. Four of the group had multi state travel issues.
I am not taking down the Goggle group used to organize the venture. There is a lot good stuff up there for us to use later. The feeling post shut down is similar to when I worked in the oilfield when it was a constant build up and then layoff everybody because of markets and demands that we could not control.
