[pct-l] Bridge of the Gods

[patti kulesz]

apparently some people are getting a little carried away with their answers on some of the questions I ask on here...I ask for a reason which I feel no need to explain at this time but in the end it will be understood. It was not my intention to bitch about paying the toll...only to inquire as is all the other inquiries made one here...yes I may joke at times about the costs of things...but it is merely that...a JOKE...
patti

--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Stephen <reddirt2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Stephen <reddirt2 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bridge of the Gods
To: pct-l at backcountry.net, "Wayne Kraft" <wayneskraft at comcast.net>
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:10 PM

Hahahahahahaha, I fell out of my ever lovin chair on that one ! 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Kraft" <wayneskraft at comcast.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Bridge of the Gods


> The bridge crossing the Columbia River at Cascade Locks belongs  
> eternally to God, of course, but its temporal caretaker is the Port  
> of Cascade Locks, a tiny municipal organization with a limited  
> budget.  The Port of Cascade Locks has managed to keep the 1926-built  
> structure maintained and safely serviceable since purchasing it with  
> revenue bonds in 1961.  It seems like the measly fifty cent toll  
> asked of pedestrians crossing the bridge would be considered a  
> bargain by most folks, but apparently some thru-hikers object even to  
> this. Well, there are alternatives.  You could ford the river. It is  
> only about 1800 feet or so across and you do have to watch the  
> currents, the grain barges and the gill nets, but you are out for  
> adventure, are you not?  You could also take an alternative route to  
> avoid the toll.  You could do a road walk to Biggs and cross the  
> Columbia there for free.  It's only about 120 miles extra and it  
> saves you fifty cents.  Actually, I'd recommend you take the Herman  
> Creek Trail from Wahtum Lake down to the river.  That will cut, oh,  
> two or three miles off the road walk. Or maybe we could get the PCTA  
> to build us a new "free" bridge.  I hear it would cost about $26  
> million to replace the bridge, so I guess our memberships would cost  
> a bit more. Of course, we could probably build a cheaper bridge  
> suitable only for pedestrian traffic.  A sort of Bridge of the Lesser  
> Gods.  As for me, I cross the BOG every once in a while and I've  
> always considered it sort of a privilege to chip in my small  
> contribution to the Port of Cascade Locks' expenses, but that's just  
> me, I guess.
> 
> Wayne Kraft
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