[pct-l] (no subject)

[moosemunch_7 at hotmail.com (Tom Kowalik)]

Man, hiker town was great!  Skaggs was a bit, how shall I say....off, but he 
seemed to mean well.  I agree with both Yogi and Monty that the place was 
creepy....but only at first, and I did hear some off color remarks made to a 
female hiker.

He let me and another hiker drive his truck to the store, then let a hiker 
drive his ferrari twice (once with me and another in the back seat) and I 
think once by himself.  We did do some work emptying out a trailor, but then 
he gave us the run of the place...movies and showers in his house, freedom 
to his kitchen and the best apple pancakes Ive ever had in my life...you 
didn't even need syrup!  And he was shuttling hikers to the trail in a  
Rolls Royce!  Come on!!

But then again, he was allowing hikers to sleep in a mold infested dusty 
hearse....circa who knows when.

Hmmmm


>>Message: 13
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:19:07 -0800
From: "Monty Tam" <metam01@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: [pct-l] PCT resupply stops/questions - Hikertown
To: "pct list" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Message-ID: <410-22005261221197500@earthlink.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

My mother always said if I don't have anything nice to say about someone,
don't say it.  I don't always listen to my mother.  Sorry Mom.

This ought to stir up the list a little more.

I arrived at Hikertown.
Within thirty seconds I felt crappy to be in Richard's presence. A
spiritual nightmare. Within five minutes I was listening to sexual
references he was making about a Trail Angel everyone meets and love a
couple days before getting there.  My leg was taped up with a stress
fracture and I could hardly walk.  He seemed upset that I couldn't work and
let me know.   He went to the store.  I retaped my leg and hiked on to the
next water source.  The relief of being out of there made the pain worth it.

I've heard stories from a couple hikers about nice things he's done, some
very nice.  Wasn't John Wayne Gacey nice to those 29 boys to lure them in.

There's a store a mile up the road.  The new owner is very hiker friendly.
He may also accept packages.  If there's no water at the school, I may walk
all the way up there just to get water.

Yogi, thanks for opening the door a little.  I think your comment, like
your book,  is of enormous service to the hikers.

>>Warner Springs Monty