[pct-l] a hot time at the end of section D

[jody boyles]

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> On Jun 12, 2022, at 7:56 AM, David Hough reading PCT-L <pctl at oakapple.net> wrote:
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> The high was probably 100 in Soledad Canyon yesterday, and I am still
> rehydrating - even beer seems less attractive than tap water.
> 
> However it was more comfortable 80's most of the day starting from about
> half a mile west of Messenger Flats.    It was only four miles to North Fork
> but already it seemed like an oasis - drinking water that wasn't too hot
> to drink!    Tables with shade and a breeze!   A pit toilet!    One can
> only imagine how much more inviting to through hikers - we saw one at
> Soledad Canyon in the morning and three setting out from the KOA in the
> evening as it cooled off.
> 
> The trail was in pretty good shape - a little brush overgrowing here, a little
> slipsliding of trail there - nothing blocking to equestrians.
> The Indian Canyon road was gated closed at Soledad Canyon, and the approach
> from the ridge was gated closed near our start point.
> 
> The ridge road was easily passable by ordinary cars, and still paved in places.
> 
> Cooler today, and more cooling tomorrow.
> 
> David Hough
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