[pct-l] Rangers

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On the PCT, I encountered a few rangers that wanted to see permits or  
hear us knock on our bear cans. I had one ranger walk in on me  
washing my "nethers". That was embarrassing. Then she chased me and  
my hiking partner out of where we were and made us camp in a smelly  
horse camp full of horse poop right next to the creek. She was nice  
about it, though.

Locally I had one obsess about us telling him how long it would take  
us to get back from our dayhike. He was all ready to set up search  
and rescue for us if we were 15 minutes late. We had to try really  
hard to make him leave us alone. We weren't going to need any rescue  
and didn't want to hike on such a precise schedule. He had a brand  
new badge, gun and uniform and huge muscles. Probably a stimulus  
money hire and ex-military. Just a bit too helpful.