[pct-l] caches at Kelso V. Rd. and Bird Spring Pass

[cheryls at teamspirits.org (TeamSpirits)]

An addendum on the Barcik's and their two vital caches.

Picture this:

Mary Barcik, 70 years young, hops on her motorcycle and rides the badly 
rutted dirt road to Bird Spring Pass.  She  threads 70-80 empty one and two 
gallon jugs together, hangs them around her neck, body and bike, then 
bounces to Weldon with her awkward bulky load of jugs.

She and her 73-year young husband clean and refill the jugs, load them into 
their car, drive the load back to Bird Spring Pass, and then tote the heavy 
jugs back up to place under the juniper trees for another round of hikers.

They repeat this scenario a couple times a week, and have done so for the 
last 5 years.  Not to mention stocking the cache at Kelso Road at least 
twice a week also (an easier task per Mary, with better roads and they 
actually drive that road for other reasons...)

When I talked to Mary last week, she said it's getting harder every year for 
them to keep these caches stocked, but they'll keep at it just as long as 
they can.   Kudos to all the wonderful trail angels, and especially to these 
amazing septuagenarians .

Cheryl
(Sprained ankle section hiker from Big Bear to Walker Pass 2005)