Where is the "BC"?

I got this story a few years ago from a friend who passed it along to me by e-mail. I laughed so hard when I read it and I thought I'd post it, considering that my life is VERY dull these days and I have nothing better to write about...

There was a nice lady, a minister's widow, who was a little old fashioned. She was planning a week's vacation in Skylake Yosemite campground (Bass Lake, to the uninitiated), but she wanted to make sure of the accommodations first. Uppermost in her mind were the bathroom facilities, but she couldn't bring herself to write "toilet" in her letter. After considerable deliberation she settled on "bathroom commode", but when she wrote that down it still sounded too forward. So, after the first page she refered to the bathroom commode as "BC". "Does the cabin where I will be staying have its own BC? If not, where is the BC located?" is what she wrote.

The campground owner took the first page of the letter and the lady's cheque and gave it to his secretary. He put the remainder of the letter on the desk of the senior member of his staff without noticing that the staffer would have no way of knowing what "BC" meant. Then the owner went off to run some errands.

The staff member cam in after lunch, found the letter, and was baffled by the euphemism. So he showed it around to several counselors, but they couldn't decipher it either. The staff member's wife, who knew that the lady was the widow of a famous Baptist preacher, was sure that it must be a question about the local Baptist church. "Of course," the first staffer exclaimed, "'BC' stands for 'Baptist church," and sat down to write the following:

Dear Madam,

I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but now I take pleasure in informing you that the BC is located nine miles north of the campground and is capable of seating 250 people at one time. I admit it is quite a distance if you are in the habit of going regularly, but no doubt you will be pleased to know that a great number of people take their lunches along and make a day of it. They usually arrive early and stay late. It is such a beautiful facility and the acoustics are marvelous. Even the normal delivery sounds can be heard.

The last time my wife and I went was six years ago, and it was so crowded that we had to stand up the whole time we were there. It may interest you know that right now there is a supper planned to raise money to buy more seats, which will be held in the basement of the "BC".

I would like to say that it pains me very much not to be able to go more regularly, but it is surely no lack of desire on my part. As we grow older it seems to be more of an effort, especially in cold weather. If you decide to come down to our campground perhaps I could go with you the first time, sit with you, and introduce you to all the folks. After all, this is a friendly community.