General YS Communications

All, I have setup the Yellowstone Blog so that all postings and comments to it are automatically relayed to Ben, Bruce, Dave, and me.  Otherwise this blog remains PRIVATE and not viewable by anyone not invited, accept for NSA of course.
. . I have left the three or four additional people who show as "interested" setup as authors.  They do not receive this communications, but can log-in and see it.  The four additional adds that Dave sent (Mike, Charlie, etc) have not activated their invitations and as a result may not view this blog.
. . I suspect that when we head out in September, we will want to open the Blog to family members so they have access to where we expect to be and when.  We will need those email addresses early so we can confirm they can actually view it.

Reservations Issue

All, I would be careful about "releasing" reservations.  That may make them unavailable to Ben and Ann.  I would check with reservation services about transferring them to Ben and Ann in order to assure they get them.

Recent Communications: In-Park Rooms

From: Bruce Day                Sent: June 29, 2014
To: patgleas; dhshumaker1  Cc: bennettcowan; tom; Bob and Eva Schofield
Subject: Re: Yellowstone Reservations

Ok, 9/6/14: The way things are now Ann and Ben will take the other cabin in the two cabin unit I had originally booked for Bob and Ed.   And the following originally planned for Pat and Linda
. . (9/7/14): Ben and Ann will also take the rooms/Cabins at Yellowstone Resort Lake Lodge,  
. . (9/8/14): Mammoth Hot Springs, and 
. . (9/9/14): the Old Faithful Frontier Cabin
  
The rest are out of the park and individually reserved except for Ashton that did not require a deposit and Tom reserved for us all.
. . If that is correct and no one else has jumped in, all that needs to be done now is 
1) For Pat and Bob to release their reservations. 
2) Ben and Ann do not need to assume Pat's Colter Bay reservations.

Recent Yellowstone Communication: Dinner

From:    YellowstoneNationalParkLodges.com           Date: Jun 27, 2014
Subject: Your Yellowstone Reservation Confirmation.
To:          David Shumaker


DATE    TIME   FACILITY                EVENT        ADULTS
9/07/14 5:45PM Lake Hotel Dinner       DINING 4-TOP   12 
9/09/14 5:15PM Old Faithful Inn Dinner DINING 6-TOP   12  

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From: David Shumaker  Sent: June 29, 2014
To: Bennett Cowan        Cc: Tom Evans; Bruce Day
Subject: Re: MORE INFO?

Ben, I will let Tom reply on the hotel reservations since he is the most knowledgeable about those.  It does seem though that you should switch (Pat Gleason's??) reservations to your name for the park hotels.

. . I have made dinner reservations for two nights only...Lake Yellowstone and Old Faithful.  There are no reservations possible at Mammoth.  It is strictly first come first serve at the restaurants there.

. . Currently we are holding 12 seats at both locations.  I have six friends/relatives that state they are interested in coming/riding.  That is why I reserved additional seats.

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From: David Shumaker  Sent:June 29, 2014
To: tom@evanscenter.com
Subject: Re: MORE INFO?

Tom, I agree, 14 is more than 12.    Twelve was the top on-line reservation limit when I started this 3 weeks ago.   

. . I thought about asking you to book 4 more but let's wait a couple days and see if I can get anything sorted out.   I did talk to Mike Kovach and he (and Sonia) are definitely interested.  He wants a final checkout with his cardiologist first.  The California guy is definitely out.

. . Brian, Charlie (cousin) and Lee (son-in-law) are still in play.  I do not think any of their wives are considering to participate.  Actually this only adds to 13 max unless I am missing someone.  I really do not expect them all to go so I think we are OK.  But since these 3 are working, it is difficult to get them to finalize their plans or not.

Greater Yellowstone Tours FACEBOOK

It is quickly approaching the time for our big adventure.  You might want to watch the Cycle Greater Yellowstone Facebook page.  Although commercial groups like these are not permitted in the park, the page may give you some ideas.