[pct-l] car break in at Soda Creek Section P

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Pegleg,

Your experience with the car break-in illustrates, once again one, of the
great mysteries:  Why does the number of horses’ asses exceed the number of
horses?

For hikers in the Columbia gorge there’s a notorious car smash-‘n-grab
parking lot at the end of Eagle Creek.  The Eagle Creek trailhead is about
0.5 mile up the creek from I-84.  At the trailhead there is parking and
some potties, but wise locals don’t park there.  It is secluded and remote,
and an easy for dirt-bags to exit the freeway, hit a few cars, then quickly
re-enter the freeway.

For a person with a car it is better to park at the big lot near the fish
hatchery, and then walk the extra 0.5 mile because that lot is under the
nose of people who work there.  After dozens of hikes up Eagle Creek for
pleasure and trail maintenance I’ve never had a theft incident at the big
lot.

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Peggy Rice <msrice27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend and I have hiked section P (Etna to Castle Crags) this week
> (July 13-20) southbound. Quick report:  no snow on the trail, water in
> all the places on Halfmile's maps, but not always where the Databook
> says it will be.  Thank you EnviroPyro and Pebbles for the trail
> magic, and it was great to meet quite a few through hikers.  We were
> feeling great until we got back to my car, which was parked at the I-5
> Soda Creek exit, at the southern end of section P.
>
> My car was broken into (and so was an adjoining car, judging by the
> glass in the parking lot), and a lot of gear was stolen.  We then went
> to Redding to replace gear (I'm going to flip and solo hike Oregon),
> and by coincidence, I saw someone, in broad daylight, steal a backpack
> from a locked car in the hotel parking lot (I couldn't catch him).  My
> warning is:  backpacks are very attractive to thieves - don't leave
> them in your car.  Don't park at that I-5 area, either.
>
> If any of you notice stuff for sale cheap, I'd appreciate any leads.
> I lost two GoLite packs, a GoLite sleeping bag, brand new Evernew
> titatium 0.9 L pot, a Black Diamond one person tent, Marmot Precip
> jacket (women's M, blue), ExOfficio pants and shirt and a bunch of
> other stuff (Esbit tabs being perhaps the most unusual).  It makes me
> angry that the theives won't care at all about my gear - I'm sure they
> were looking for electronics, money and jewelry - they didn't get
> anythng like that.
>
> I'm nearly back to normal and headed to Oregon.  Hope to see many of
> you on the trail!
>
> Pegleg
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