[pct-l] new to list

[Ernie Castillo]

At my age, and my current location (Michigan) I can only dream about hiking portions of the PCT again but it is at the top of my retirement bucket list. I was in California visiting family in October and while bicycling on paved roads in the High Desert, I kept stopping at Highway 395. Only when a traffic accident closed a portion of the highway north of Hesperia, south of Adelanto did I actually get to ride on 395. I learned its reputation as a dangerous highway is well-founded. Still, I am tempted to try the Sierra Cascades bike route one of these years, particularly  around Independence. I will have to check it out some time in the future.

Ernie Castillo
PCT Class of 1980
 

> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:38:48 -0800
> From: sconover94 at gmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] new to list
> 
> Hi All,
> I've gotten away from backpacking since 2007. I thought I'd give bicycle
> touring a try and I've had a blast. I even did some of the old PCT bike
> route (paved roads that parallel PCT, it's called the Sierra Cascades bike
> route now).