[pct-l] nemo

[Steve Courtway]

It's too bad poor nemo had to bear the brunt of a situation that had 
obviously come to a head over time - kind of sad to read about all those 
tears.

although there is a difference between asking "how much do I owe you, I 
havn't paid yet" and "waiting around for awhile and then asking if we were 
all set"

there is an trail angel/trail hiker relations lesson(s) in this one for sure 
!!!!

s.c.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Slyatpct at aol.com>
To: <sheilaquinlan at hotmail.com>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] nemo


>
> For the most part it seems like all the hikers have been pretty cool at
> Drakebad.  Regardless of the Nemo incident, it's hard for me to believe 
> the
> owners would come out and ban all hikers because one $6 tab wasn't paid 
> for.  It
> would be like a convienence store/gas station owner banning all  cars 
> because
> someONE skipped out.  Unfortunately any bad incidents by  hikers leaves a 
> mark
> on all of them, but how many motorists would send a  check to pay the guys
> bill?
>
> I hope Drakesbad understands this.
>
> Sly
>
> In a message dated 8/17/2006 2:01:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> sheilaquinlan at hotmail.com writes:
>
> i know  this is an old topic, just wanted to chime in on the nemo thing. 
> so
> sorry she had to go thru all that and glad she had a message posted to the
> list.  also wanted to say when i was at drakesbad shamu's trainer and one
> gallon, we were invited in for food and much of our conversation that 
> night
> centered around...wonder how much this will cost or if it will cost 
> anything?
> like with nemo, it was "leftover" food from dinner that night  and nothing 
> was
> mentioned before and while we were being served.   anyways, sorry nemo had 
> to go
> thru all this as i know it was very ambiguous  when we were there too. 
> and
> while we all try to keep responsible and  follow rules to preserve a good
> reputation for hikers sometimes our  exhaustion/whatever gets the better 
> of us.  to
> avoid extra walking that  night, we slept in the horseshoe pit in the 
> middle
> of the resort and just rose  at day break.  technically we weren't 
> supposed to
> do it but we hoped no  one would be bothered as they slept thru the
> night and hopefully never  knew we were there.
>
>
>
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