[pct-l] New to List

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Buzz Saw and I will be there in Seattle for Trail Fest, and can't wait to see everyone!

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: cmkudija at ca.rr.com
>Sent: Mar 20, 2007 4:59 PM
>To: RJ Lewis <karmagurl at rainierconnect.com>, pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] New to List
>
>Ronnie,
>
>Since you're in Seattle, you ought to check out PCTA's Trailfest this
>upcoming weekend: http://pcta.org/meetover2006.asp .  You're likely to meet
>lots of other Seattle-area PCT enthusiasts, and acquire some fun
>information.
>
>The Boundary Waters was undoubtedly a great introduction to wilderness
>travel!  Another wonderful place on the planet -
>
>Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
>PCT partially '94
>
>www.pcta.org
>Join Now!
>
>Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
>often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but showy,
>white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in terminal
>or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
>                                                               Philip A.
>Munz
>                                                               A California
>Flora, U.C. Press, 1973
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On
>Behalf Of RJ Lewis
>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 2:38 AM
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] New to List
>
>Hi!
> My name is Ronnie Jo(no trailname yet), I'm female, 43, from the
>Seattle, WA area, and will be doing my first major hike in several years
>after coming back from a life changing accident. I won't be hiking in
>2007, as I plan on using this summer to get into shape, planning and
>buying gear (any and all help welcomed gratefully), and generally doing
>my "homework" re: the PCT trail and hike.
>  I won't be attempting a thru hike this first time out in many years,
>but I will be getting onto the trail at Mt. Etna, and finishing up at
>Manning Park at about the same time many of the thru hikers do.
> I fully plan on "hiking my own hike" as they say, and have been reading
>many of the journals and reading the boards here too, for a great deal
>of helpful info- thanks everyone! It's been helpful and even a bit
>entertaining at times, and all of it, greatly appreciated- don't think
>it's not.
>  A bit about me....I've been a wilderness enthusiast since I took my
>first wilderness trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area at the ripe
>old age of 8.  I've hiked and camped in the wilderness of many states,
>from Arizona to Minnesota, from Pennsylvania to Washington and
>California, even to spending 3 months in Yosemite Park one summer.
>  Yeah, I'm a bit older now, and I'm sure a lot slower, but I don't
>care.  It's high time I get back out there and commune with mother
>nature again.  In fact I'm long past due. ;-)  As far as I know, mine
>will be a solo nobo hike-- if I find a partner, male or female, who
>wouldn't mind a bit slower "stop and smell the roses" pace type hike,
>I'd be ok with that, but I'm perfectly fine doing a solo hike also.
>  Thanks all for allowing me to introduce myself to your fine community
>and I'll keep reading all the great info you all are giving.
>
>Peace out~
>***Ronnie Jo***
>
>**The more I know, the more I know I don't.**
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