[pct-l] Re: Seeing donna's name/Class of '04

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

Mouse,

If I had know you were close by, I would have driven to the gas station to give you a hug.  Saufley Electric is listed, in case any of you are ever in the vicinity.  We love seeing hikers no matter the circumstances. 

But that's not the only reason I'm responding; I was doing some closet cleaning and came across a handwritten list of '04 email addresses.  The Class of '05 has created their own Yahoo group and has managed to find over 240 of the their class to stay in touch with, I thought that maybe someone from the Class of '04 would like to set something similiar up.  I've got a good baseline of folks, and they could help fill in the gaps.  Connecting seems to really help with the missing-the-trail blues.  

If anyone from the Class of '04 wants to take this project on, I can scan and send the email addresses to you.  For that matter, I have contact information for every class, just not in a convenient list format, so that might take a little more time to consolidate.  I've decided that going forward I will capture this information every year, in order to help whoever wants to get a list set up.  

L-Rod


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Niemiec <whitethunder10@hotmail.com>
Sent: Dec 7, 2005 6:59 PM
To: dsaufley@sprynet.com, gobig2006@gmail.com
Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Seeing donna's name

Hi all a little fun story for you.

Hiking the trail in 2004, I, like everyone, stayed at the Saufley's.  And 
myself and Big Ben took the big red beast to the stores and such around 
those parts.  And we had to stop at a gas station to fill it up.  Then we 
got our purchasing done, hiked the rest of the trail, etc.

That winter I went back out to Cali (I'm from Wisconsin) for a ski vacation. 
  On the way home from Tahoe there was a huge traffic backup because of the 
mudslides.  After the super long hold up, we pulled over to get gas - at the 
exact same station that I had stopped at with big ben! Surreal.

The thing about it is I was still very much in my post hike depression.

LIke I said, I'm not from California, so I'm not really used to it's 
highways and stuff.  So to see that gas station all of the sudden felt 
really cool... It was at that time that I realized I was near the Saufely's 
house/ and the place I walked under the freeway there.  Before this I really 
didn't know where I was when I was at teh saufley's  I mean I had an idea, 
but not really a full map to look at.

  Of course none of my buddies I was with understood the feeling of 
realizing that, but I swear that was rad.

Couldn't stop at the saufley's because I  had to catch a plane back home but 
I wish I could've.

The thing about the trail is that sometimes it suprises you in life.

Seeing Donna's name on the list-serve reminded me of that... that's all

Oh one more thing - I saw the hut at carson pass during the same trip - 
drove right by it.  And donner lake and snowboarded at squaw valley and 
alpine meadows.

It si wierd - from the trail, stuff like that is rare, but it is where we 
live our everyday lives.  The trail felt like a secret passage that crosses 
our nation and everyone else doesn't even realize its there!  Writing this 
mail just amped me up about hiking again. Damn.

The hardest part is somehow showing all my loved ones and friends what I 
went through and the life i had in that secret passage for 4 months.  Next 
time I'm bring everyone.  I it is so hard to know that feeling alone....

Mouse out
www.trailjournals.com/joeniemiec


>From: dsaufley@sprynet.com
>Reply-To: dsaufley@sprynet.com
>To: Robert Francisco <gobig2006@gmail.com>
>CC: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCT postage stamp!
>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:14:32 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>
>Perfect!  If that's Memorial Day weekend, we'll be having a party anyway!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Francisco <gobig2006@gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 7, 2005 9:45 AM
>To:
>Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCT postage stamp!
>
>The unveiling of the PCT stamp is scheduled for May 27, 2006.  I figure the
>class of 06 can all celebrate at Hiker Heaven.
>
>
>go-BIG
>
>
>On 12/7/05, Datto <datto_atl2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Lick the back of the PCT stamp and it tastes like corn pasta.
> >
> > Datto
> >
> >
> >
> >
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