[pct-l] pancakes and home again

[DjgPct at aol.com (DjgPct@aol.com)]

Well, Darrell has joined the ranks of all the other fine hikers who could 
not/have not completed the Seiad Valley Pancake Challenge.  Personally, I'm much 
relieved to know that he was sensible enough not to push it.  He enjoyed just 
2.5 pancakes and called it a day, knowing that he had to rise early and keep 
trekkin' the next morning.

We met as planned at Callahan's on October 6th.  I took a quickie video of 
his end zone dance as he touched base to the end of that PCT section.  We took 
our time driving home, enjoying visits with friends and family along the way as 
well as good down time watching the surf on Oregon and northern CA beaches.  
Walks among the tall trees helped, too.

Now he has to deal with all the voice mail, email, snail mail and "stuff" of 
life again.  That's the hardest part of all, I think.

Once again, thanks to all of you for your advice and support as Darrell 
trekked this 1,700 miles.  It helped us both a lot.


Betsy