[pct-l] Re: New Thread

[cg@amz.com (Craig Giffen)]

Ahh, good idea, here were some of my fun off trail experiences:

- Someone told me that Los Lobos, Bruce Hornsby, and a bunch of
other bands (Furthur festival) was going on in Reno.  So I walked a 34
mile day to highway 50, then hitchhiked into South Lake Tahoe the next
day.  Met some hippie guy who was going up to Reno.  We stopped and ate at
Sizzler for a couple hours.  (Thru-hiking is the only time Sizzler is
actually GOOD).  We went up to Reno.  Someone gave him a ticket, which he
gave to me since he didn't want to leave his dog in the van.  I went to
the show, met Bruce Hornsby who was walking around in the crowd.  Two days
later I was back on the trail.

- Seeing movies while on the trail was kinda fun, saw four that I can
remember.

- Meeting a girl who was camping by the PCT and hanging out with her for
a couple days, but me being to dense to realize that she actually liked
me.

- Going to the Starlight Mountain Festival near snoqualmie pass.  It was
this hippie dippy festival, and my friend and I got a ride from these 19
year old metalhead kids.  Here we are stuffed into the back of a beat up
Buick with our packs.  Right behind our heads are these huge speakers
blaring Slayer.  We met some friends at the festival and camped with
them.  They were really suprised since they new we were on the trail that
month, and we just walked right into their camp and said "hello".  


-  Getting stuck in Quincy, CA without my pack.  Had to sleep behind the
community college with the sunday paper for a blanket.  Getting a motel
would be no fun.  The cops were a bit unruly though, since they didn't
believe Ryan and I (guy I was hiking with for a few days) were actually on
the trail.  Took all day to hitchike back up to Belden, never had so much
trash thrown at me while trying to hitchike.

CG






> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> From: d111@mail.jps.net (david paulson)
> Subject: [pct-l] New Thread
> 
> Here's a thread I haven't seen discussed before:
> 
> What "off trail" events would you suggest attending
> for those thru-hikers who enjoy town life/cultural events
> as much as life on the trail? Events must be within a reasonable
> hitch of the trail and occur when the "typical" thru-hiker
> would be passing through the area.
> 
> What got me thinking about this was seeing Allen and Shane
> (both thru-hikers)  at the California World Music
> Festival in Grass Valley this weekend. Allen hitched
> from Sierra City (about 90 minutes away) and Shane came
> down from Donner Pass ( about 60 minutes away).
> Shane actually contacted the promoters ahead of time
> to volunteer at the festival, and thus got in free
> at the three day event.
> 
> So, what other suggestions do you have???