[pct-l] Cascade Locks

[linda.hungerford]

Yup, even with a sawmill, ugly salmon-blocking hydroelectric dam, big 
slackwater reservoir, ugly tinkertoy metal bridge, interstate freeway, busy 
freight rail lines, and huge trailer park Cascade Locks is gorgeous.  Just 
think how awesome it would be if it also had a school that wasn't always 
about to close, a 24-hour buffet, cheap drinks, regular shuttle bus service 
to downtown Portland with its REI and Whole Foods and sushi buffet, and a 
means of income generation for the displaced indigenous persons from whom 
the land was originally stolen...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ambery-80243 at mypacks.net>
To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cascade Locks


>
> I agree, this is a beautiful location!  For those who don't know, there is 
> still a proposal on the table to put a casino in this beautiful area, and 
> the Department of the Interior is to be making a decision on whether to 
> allow this to happen.  ( While a recent land swap may have avoided putting 
> employee housing for the casino adjacent to the PCT, it was included in 
> the original plan.)
> Please consider making your voice heard to preserve this National Scenic 
> Area.  A casino here would have a detrimental impact in this area, and 
> could possibly set a precedent that could affect decision making on other 
> federal lands.
>
> 
> http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5111/t/1543/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1017
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew Edwards <hetchhetchyman at aol.com>
>>Sent: Aug 19, 2009 12:47 PM
>>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>>Subject: [pct-l] Cascade Locks
>>
>>Has anyone ever noticed what a beautiful location Cascade Locks resides 
>>upon?
>>>From the perspective of a thru-hiker this place is like the Elysian 
>>>Plane, (heaven). I rolled in to town and go a humungous Bacon Double 
>>>Cheeseburger and a Milkshake, Bought a sixpack of Coors and strolled down 
>>>to the Marine Park for a shower. I am now consuming said comestibles 
>>>under the brillaint sunshine next to the gigantinormous Columbia river.
>>If I tried this in my home state of California I would be summarily 
>>executed or something.
>>Wow, I really like Oregon!
>>They have an aweful lot of cool Jeeps here too!
>>I have been lying in the park drying my laundry and just taking in the 
>>beauty of this place.
>>Anyhow, fellow thru's.. Don't give up!
>>Heaven Awaits!
>>Cheers-Iceaxe
>>
>>Sent from the Trail on my Peek
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