[pct-l] The Heitmans' "retiring"

[James F. Miller]

I think the $20-25 per person per night is about right. What would you pay in a motel?
 
As for the 'surprise' angeling, sometimes I found tip jars, other times not. 
 
I did find, if I asked, a donation was often accepted. Some folks seem shy about asking.
 
I'm cheap enough, if I were angeling I think I'd have a suggested dollar donation list. 
 
Bigfoot Jim  
 
 

> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:54:55 -0700
> From: charles.doersch at gmail.com
> To: gschenk1 at roadrunner.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] The Heitmans' "retiring"
> 
> Advice needed on responding to trail angel generosity ~
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> We're in our final two months prepping for our 2012 Thru-Hike (Inshallah)
> -- plane tix already bought -- and we've been training steadily for the
> past year. It reeeeeeeally matters to us that we show our gratitude to
> trail angels and trail magicians in ways they appreciate.
> 
> Would some of you be willing to share with us general rules of thumb where
> money is concerned. We need to plan for how much cash to carry.
> 
> I've read on these posts that $20 to $25 per person per night for staying
> overnight with a trail angel is recommended. Is that about right? What
> about all the other less-than-overnight moments of happy generosity we
> encounter? [For example, if we come around a corner on the trail and find a
> trail angel has set up beer & burgers (like Erin's blog showed), we'd want
> to help pay to defray costs -- is that good?
> 
> I know we'll get the hang of the PCT culture once we're out there -- but we
> want to be prepared.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Charles & the guys
> 
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:21 PM, <gschenk1 at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> > Just out of curiosity, when did the Trail Angel thing take off? While I'm
> > not a thruhiker, I've been on the trail for decades.
> >
> > I remember running into "The Herd" once at Cajon Pass. It was three guys
> > hiking together, with two solo guys each trailing by a couple of hours.
> > They hadn't seen each other, but knew the others were around. The trail was
> > smaller then.
> >
> > Gary
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