Subject: [Tweeters] theft during recent (July 9-19) birding tour plus
Date: Jul 21 21:09:27 2008
From: vogelfreund at comcast.net - vogelfreund at comcast.net


When I was stationed at Fort Huachuca, 1969-71, Sierra Vista was often referred to as "Sorry Gulch." It sounds like it has grown awfully since then. Is Tombstone still there (20 miles away)?

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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From: Maureen E Ellis <mj2ephd at u.washington.edu>
> Folks,
> While staying at the Sierra Suites hotel in Sierra Vista, AZ, I had several
> items of clothing, mostly hiking clothes-a major inconvenience, stolen from my
> laundry bag in my hotel room, likely by hotel cleaning staff. Our tour group
> leader said this had never happened on any of his tours before, but, I reminded
> him that thefts from laundry bags may not be noticed till after returning home
> or after several hotel changes, as does occur in birding tours. I would
> recommend NOT leaving out a laundry bag in your hotel room...as I did to remind
> myself that things needed to be hand-washed after that day's birding field
> trip. Most of the time, and in other hotels, my laundry bag would be stuffed
> in my closed luggage. I did file a report with the general manager of the
> Sierra Suites hotel; she questioned the staff, and, of course, got denials. I
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