[pct-l] belated trail condition information

[David Hough reading PCT-L]

This is probably old news, but I keep not getting around to reporting it.
I have been rehiking sections O and P after many years.

Section P, about a half mile north of the southern boundary of the
Russian Wilderness, as of 23 July: the trail is blocked to stock by
rockfall in an unfortunate section blasted out of a rock cliff.
I don't know how one puts an animal in reverse on a narrow trail.
Unsteady hikers might not be too comfortable either, but at least it's
feasible to get around the rock, a slab that neatly almost covers the
trail to a height that is not comfortable to step over.

Most of the rest of section P is in excellent shape.

Section O, about a mile west of Butcherknife Creek, around Memorial
Day: the trail is blocked to stock by a large (36"+) tree with no
obvious way around.    Hikers could get by.

As in the past, the worst parts of section O are overgrown with brush
in some places and poison oak in the lowest places, and there were a
number of non-blocking trees across the trail west of McCloud River,
but section O as a whole is in pretty good shape.

The road to Grizzly Peak is marginal for normal passenger cars, for
day hikers following the Semb books.    It was better on Memorial Day
than it was on July 4.     The road to Peavine is rougher than it 
used to be, too.

Lots of water, and flowers in both O and P this year.    Maybe I just
forgot what previous years were like.

Red Mountain Pond is section O didn't look bad, though it's too close
to Clark Spring to be very interesting.    

In section P,
among the many water sources along the canyon wall of South Russian Creek,
the outlet of Bingham Lake is not mentioned on my map, and might be seasonal,
but on July 23 it was the 
first really attractive water after S Fork Scott River.

I'd recommend to anybody who has the time to take the Fen trail to 
Kangaroo Lake in section P.    Very well done interpretive trail.
If you don't know what Darlingtonia Californica looks like, you will.
The campground looks pretty nice at Kangaroo Lake, but I didn't stay there.