[pct-l] need ride from Old Station to Belden on June 20

[timpnye]

My experience hitching out of Old Station to Chester was that it was a death hitch. I walked up to the main intersection past JJ's. After a full afternoon a car stopped with a prof from Cal and his friend. You want a ride as far as the county road that splits off to the right towards town. The professor's bon homie quickly wore off with distance and as the sun set. I was cut loose at a rest stop as darkness fell. There was no traffic at the rest stop which was closed. A pickup eventually pulled in, by mistake, and I pleaded go mercy. Bless those two. They gave me a ride to Chester advising the county road is little traveled and doubtless would have been a road walk the next morning. If I could have found it.
I've had more success hitching from Belden to Chester. That took three rides, but no more than an hour or so between them. I wouldn't want to hitch from Chester to Old Station for obvious reasons.
Piper's Mom has given me a ride a couple of times; once to Old Station and once to Belden, but it's a long way to either from Chester.
Sorry I can't provide more cheery news.
-------- Original message --------From: Susan Virnig <susan at newstories.org> Date: 6/14/17  10:05 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: "<Pct-l at backcountry.net>" <pct-l at backcountry.net> Subject: [pct-l] need ride from Old Station to Belden on June 20 
For anyone interested, I just heard from the manager at Drakesbad that 5 hikers a day are coming thru their place (Warner Valley in Section N).  The hikers have told her that the trail is accessible but still has snow patches at higher elevations.

We plan to leave our vehicle in Old Station, but need a ride from there to Belden midday next Tuesday, June 20.  Any suggestions?  Or has anyone had any success in hitchhiking from Old Station to Belden?

—Susan from Spokane aka Sunshine 
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