[pct-l] cascade locks

[Brandon McGinnity]

Truth. I just don't want to be the jerk out there by not knowing "protocol",
haha. I'm going with the PO.

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 1:54 PM, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>wrote:

> One of the great unexpected things about doing these long trails is just
> how
> great hikers get treated.
>
> It is a very rare, and I would imagine a truly sad, hiker that can come off
> one of these long hikes without a renewed faith in the generosity and
> humanity of his fellow man.  What a great bonus to add to a great
> wilderness
> experience!
>
> Day-Late
>
> >
> > There's a post office in town and some nice people running it.  I had a
> box
> > shipped priority, as my shoes were falling off my feet, and the gal at
> the
> > desk couldn't find it with all the hiker stuff.  I was staying in Hood
> > River, the next town down, so I took off with friends, and shortly
> > thereafter the worker found it in a special stack she had made to make
> sure
> > she could find things for priority customers.  She and her boss were so
> > distraught at not getting a hiker his box, that she took off with the box
> > and hit the campground and every bar and motel in town, figuring that's
> > where I'd be, and were really bummed that they couldn't find me.  It was
> no
> > great shakes for me as I picked it up the next day, but the apologies
> went
> > on for a long time.  Great folks in a little town, who really cared about
> a
> > lone hiker and his gear enough to scour a town to find me.  I'd mail
> > something there again if I was going through just to say hi to them.
> >
> > Needless to say, most hikers just used the post office to mail stuff
> there.
> >
> >
> > .
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