Re: [pct-l] News from the Trail: Goforth

["Peter Haskell" <pchaskell@hotmail.com>]

These messages are fresh and fascinating.  How is Goforth communicating 
with you?  Just curious.


>From: "Karen Elder" <wild_mind@earthlink.net>
>To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] News from the Trail: Goforth
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:46:00 -0700
>
>Joanne "Goforth" Lennox is sending me reports of her thru-hike for me 
to
>post here with news about trail conditions for this year's hikers and a
>glimpse of our beloved PCT for the rest of us.
>
>Karen Elder
>
>-------------------------------------------
>
>March 23, 1999
>Laguna P.O.
>
>Dear Folks,
>
>    So far all water sources are flowing strong and clear - including 
Fred's
>Canyon which is described as "usually dry" - here in the semidarkness 
wilst
>filling my platy I was approached by 3 illegals - they kept repeating a
>strange phrase (I know some Spanish). I was freaked so much for "they 
will
>just run the other way if they see you"!
>    I beat up the chamisa-choked trail trying to find any open place 
for a
>camp removed from the trail. After a few bush-wacks, I found an open 
spot. 3
>AM a throaty truck pulled to a stop yards from my camp (oh no!), 
slammed the
>door, & it was quiet. An hour later another truck coming from another
>direction did the same - this one had its lights on + left the motor
>running - so I felt I could rustle about in my bag + take a look. It
>suddenly occurred to me that the phrase the illegals were repeating 
must
>have been their code for their pickup. I didn't sleep much, determined 
to
>pack quietly with the least showing of light - I was out at 5:30 - 
there was
>a Border Patrol truck + I had camped almost at the intersection of 2 
roads +
>the trail.
>    It has been very *COLD* at night and today I still had all my 
layers on
>at 11 AM - cold, clear, + windy - I never did really warm up. Frozen 
water
>bottles + frost every night.
>    These places are very beautiful - more than I could have imagined.
>Kitchen Creek with its clear rocky pools, The Piney Woods of the 
Lagunas,
>the grassy oak groves. I love it!
>    No blisters, feet still the same size!
>
>                        Goforth
>
>PS climbed 2 peaks today
>
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