[pct-l] Campo to Mt. Laguna

[jcryan@pocketmail.com (jcryan@pocketmail.com)]

Hi everyone,
Just completed this section and thought I'd send a few thoughts. Weather has been sunny in the 70s which still requires a bit of adjustment for this Northwesterner. Between Campo and Lake Morena, water flowing in creeklet just after San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railroad tracks and Hauser Creek also chortling. Only 2 dollars for a backpacker's site at the Lake Morena Campground. Friendly folks at the malt shop. 
Boulder Oaks campground closed but faucets flowing with various colors of water; I went with the clear kind. Plentyof water in Long Canyon.
  Interested in the heated discussions about immigrants. I was concerned about this prior to leaving but got to thinking. I was buzzed twice by low-flying helicopters in Hauser Canyon and met a crew of 5 b.p. trucks at the creek. I even talked with a b.p. guy who said most immigrants don't use the trail because they think it's bugged and he said it very well might be! Do they have micro cameras hidden in the prickly pears? If so, I bet they'd have more footage of PCT hikers on nature call than fleeing immigrants. Basically, I feel this issue is way blown out of proportion and if anyone -hiker, refugee, salesman etc- wants some water or food from me out there, I'd be happy to share.
   Going at a snail's pace so I hope to see some of you when you pass me after the kick-off!

Sassafras 

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