[pct-l] Dinsmore's Hiker Haven Help

[Scott Williams]

Hear, hear ned!  I saw the building for showers and washer that Jerry
started last summer, and it's a substantial undertaking, and it's all for
us.  If you love our trail, and the people who support us in our long
hikes, then these are two folks who deserve every nickel we can spare.
 They're simply the best!

Shroomer


On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:20 PM, <ned at mountaineducation.org> wrote:

>
> I know the word has already gone out that Andrea & Jerry need a little
> help keeping this "Trail Angel Oasis" able to supply the needs of PCT
> thru hikers, but I just happen to be here while all this is going on,
> so I thought I'd try to paint a picture of these two heroic
> philanthropists!
>
> I've never been to the Dinsmore's Hiker Haven before. Back in 1974,
> Trail Angels were more rare than thru hikers! As a matter of fact, I
> only saw one thru hiker my whole summer hiking the trail!
>
> Nevertheless, Andrea & Jerry have been helping hikers "fresh" off the
> trail since 2003 when Jerry brought their first, hitch-hiking
> hiker-trash to their home. That was their first home. Now, in their
> second location, they are better situated with more room, but they
> need the means to provide better facilities for the hikers, whose
> presence in numbers, as we all know, far exceed the abilities of a
> normal home!
>
> So, Jerry is laboring to build (think pneumatic nail gun in hand
> trying to put up plywood panels and keep a cigar in his
> mouth)(pictures on the Mountain Education Facebook page) a small
> building to house a much-needed Hiker Laundry and Bath-House, both of
> which will be next door to the Hiker Dorm. Totally convenient!
>
> The problem is they don't have the finances to do these improvements
> that will help both them and the hikers! Yet, it's time and has to
> happen. On top of that, over the last 11 years, they have opened their
> home, laundry, and bath/shower to all who need them and their own
> washer/dryer units have recently broken down! Now, the big-hearted
> Andrea & Jerry can't even wash their own clothes!
>
> Help, Hiker Community! These fantastic, ever-loving,
> give-you-the-shirt-off-their-backs kind of people don't just need a
> replacement residential washer/dryer, they need Commercial-Grade
> machines that will handle all those muddy clothes, shoes, and sleeping
> bags that drag themselves in the door 15 at a time for the duration of
> "thru-hiker season" up here!
>
> I can't say enough about Andrea & Jerry's sincere care of and
> determined support for PCT thru hikers and just at a time and location
> in the hiker's treks where they need it, since so many arrive here
> late in the summer and fear the first snow storms stopping them from
> getting to Canada! Andrea, called "PCT Mom" on her personalized
> license plate, bends over backwards to help hikers realize just what
> it will take to slog through snow. She knows this country, hikers, so
> listen to what she says. (Don't forget, she works with all the local
> Fire and Search & Rescue guys, so she knows what's ahead for you!)
> Shell even beg, then equip hikerswith more than enough food and gear
> to accomplish it. All it takes is not getting lost!
>
> So, let's help them out, as a few of you have already announced, with
> sufficient financial support to provide for what the hikers need! The
> Dinsmore's Hiker Haven provides:
> - a place to mail resupply boxes to and bounce boxes from,
> - a place to sleep in bunk beds and sit on real chairs with guitars,
> wood stove, and music to listen to, and
> - a yard with a campfire pit next to a river where hikers can pitch
> their tents a "sit a spell."
>
> They need to replace and upgrade to:
> - a durable, predictable, reliable Commercial-Grade laundry room where
> all that dirt and grime can easily be cleaned and
> - a normal bathroom with a normal shower where all that hiker-trash
> smell can be refreshed.
>
> Andrea and Jerry won't ask for anything, while they give all they
> have. There's some very special people here who need your help to help
> hikers in need of simple creature comforts...
>
> Let's Roll folks!
>
>
> Ned Tibbits
> Mountain Education
>
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