<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 8/20/2004 8:43:22 PM Central Daylight Time, TSBryan@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 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> In a message dated 8/20/2004 3:52:08 PM Mountain Daylight Time, thedulcimerlady@juno.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Next week I hope to enact my third try to reach (call that find) the Queen's Laundry.</BLOCKQUOTE>   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 </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>