Where to take a shower after a backpack?去哪兒洗澡？

I am planning a 10-day major excursion with Andrea Deaton for our club, the Appalachian Mountain Club. Besides the air travel days, we include 3 day hikes followed by a 5-day backpack in Yosemite National Park. Since we will only camp, whether we can find a close-by shower facility poses as a constraint on selecting the route for our backpack. Most of the shower houses in Yosemite National Park are located in the Yosemite Valley, which is to say if we can’t find other shower places, we probably should not backpack, for example, at the southeast region of the park, since it will take too much time to drive to the valley and then go to the airport.

Originally I had an idea that we can rent a motel room on our way to the airport; however, it will take too much time for 10 people to finish showering. Another option might be to purchase a day pass from a fitness gym in a town we pass by, but the option seems costly. Therefore we decided to look into state parks along the way. After some research on the Internet, I found two state recreation areas which are not too much deviated from our path to the airport and one semi-nearby hostel which sells showers to non-residents.

The preliminary results look satisfying, although I still need to call the places to confirm the fees and hours. I’ve never thought that showering could play such a significant part in trip planning, and I wonder, my dear friends, where do you shower after your backpack?


最近和Andrea Deaton為隸屬的登山團體Appalachian Mountain Club籌畫一長達十天的戶外行程。扣除前後坐飛機的兩天，需要準備在Yosemite國家公園，三天的單日健行，然後接著五天的backpack。關於歇宿，完全採取露營的方式，因此，能否就近找到洗澡的地方，成為隊伍在backpacking的路徑選擇上的一個重要考量。

在Yosemite國家公園，大部分的淋浴間都位在地理位置中央的Yosemite Valley，換句話說，如果找不到其他的地方洗澡，恐怕就不能到國家公園的東南角backpack，因為折回Yosemite Valley，會增加太多開車到機場所需的交通時間。

原本我想，那麼就在到機場的路上，找一個motel就好了，但是一間房只有一間浴室，十人的隊伍要花的時間太多。另外一個想法，則是經過一些城鎮的時候，購買一些健身中心的單日使用卷，不過恐怕又會太貴。於是我們決定在沿途上找州立公園，有的州立公園會有淋浴間。在網路上搜尋了好一會兒，總算找到兩個不會偏離原始開車路徑太遠的州立休閒區，以及一個也勉強順路的類青年旅社的地方，提供非住客淋浴的服務。

這初步搜尋的結果還算差強人意，當然，保險起見，還是得打電話確定他們的營業時間以及收費情形。只是，從來沒想過洗澡這個問題竟對行程安排這麼重要。不禁好奇，我熱愛戶外運動的朋友啊，你們都去那兒洗澡？