[pct-l] Trail Magic

[Sabrina Harrison]

Thanks to everyone for sharing these heartwarming stories! Trail Angels are a blessing, giving is fun, receiving is fun, and the whole deal makes this world a better place!
:)
GoGo

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> On Mar 13, 2018, at 1:47 PM, Tim Umstead <tumstead96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Memorable Trail Magic received:
> My wife and I just finished dropping down Fuller Ridge and were trying to
> stay out of the sun near the drinking fountain.  It was mid-afternoon and
> 110 in the shade.  One of the works up Snow Creek drove up and gave us
> popcycles. Oh, I longed for some thru-hikers to walk up, so we could be
> sitting there, on a blazingly hot day, in the middle of nowhere, eating
> popcycles.
> 
> The Best Trail Magic we gave:
> My family and I drove out to Whitewater to surprise Catwater, as she came
> south on her second PCT thru-hike.  Sitting and talking, with her and Puff
> Puff we discovered two things
> 1) she hated coming down Fuller Ridge on her first thru-hike and she was
> not looking forward to climbing it the next day.
> 2) The next day was her birthday and in her mind it was going to be a
> terrible birthday.
> Thinking about it, after we returned home we got this great idea.  A quick
> drive to the store for a styrofoam cooler, ice, a six-pack of assorted
> beers, bottles of water, fruit, and sandwiches.  The kids colored the
> cooler, wishing Catwater Happy Birthday.
> The next morning my wife and I drove to Idyllwild, then on Black Mountain
> Road to the PCT, near the top of Fuller Ridge.  We left the cooler where
> she would see it and headed home, knowing she would get there in the late
> afternoon.
> The next day we returned to pick up the cooler and found it empty, with a
> note.  Catwater and Puff Puff saw the cooler.  Thinking it was another
> empty cooler of trail magic Puff Puff went over to investigate.  Reading
> the writing on the outside, she called to Catwater, "It's for you".
> Catwater became very emotional, and after looking inside decided that they
> did not have to walk to the next water source.  They were camping right
> there and have a great Birthday surprise.
> 
> If you can get emotional just writing the story, knowing the joy you have
> given another person, that is Trail Magic.
> 
> One last comment on Trail Magic, it almost always is given to the NoBo.
> The SoBo see very very little of it.  They just come across the empties.
> It is kinda sad.
> 
> The Ravens
> PCT 96, 15
> CDT 17
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