[Geysers] Queen's Laundry

[Joeerg at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/2004 8:43:22 PM Central Daylight Time, 
TSBryan at aol.com writes:

We tried to find it around 8/6/4, also following the guide diligently, and 
never saw Queen's Laundry.  I was worrying about some black clouds that seemed 
to be coming and was rushing on the trail, which was much too open for my 
tastes if a storm was on the way.  The first fork I saw was not very far in.  I 
bore right and got to a campsite.  This seemed all wrong so we backtracked and 
continued on the trail we were on, which was very well marked.
A second fork occurred at the edge of a large meadow.  One trail led along 
side of the trees at the edge of the meadow, but there was a hand lettered arrow 
on the trail marker directing "trail" directly across the meadow where a 
marker could be seen in the next patch of trees.  We followed directions and 
continued to follow markers.
I too love old buildings and ruins and was disappointed not to find it, also 
surprised there wasn't a marker or more obvious path than anything I saw.
Deb Stahl

> 
> In a message dated 8/20/2004 3:52:08 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
> thedulcimerlady at juno.com writes:
>  
> >> Next week I hope to enact my third try to reach (call that find) the 
>> Queen's Laundry.
> 
>   
> The route to Queen's Laundry is straightforward, really. Do this. Drive to 
> the end of Fountain Flats Drive and hike along the old road to Ojo Caliente 
> Spring. Cross the bridge. Directly on the opposite side of the river from Ojo 
> Caliente is the trailhead for the Sentinel Meadow trail. Take it. Keep going. 
> Go all the way, past the other springs (Mound, Steep, Iron Pot). The trail 
> will curve toward the south. At that point either 1) cut straight across the 
> grassy meadow -- probably pretty dry at this season -- or 2) continue the trail 
> a bit more until you reach anotehr that branches sharply back to the 
> nnorthwest. Take it and it goes directly to Queen's Laundry, and Norris's bath 
> house.
>   
> Put another way -- if you can find Sentinel Meadow (no hill climbing needed 
> or recommended), then Queen's Laundry is simply the farthest spring in from 
> the road.
>   
> Scott Bryan
> 

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