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[pct-l] All you can eat and such
In the 70's, the parkservice tried their best to shoo-out all the locals
from Stehekin off their land and claim the whole upper chelan area. If this
had happened , you would have a bunch of Asian Owned Concession businesses
ran by people who didn't know anything about the area. ( Much like all the
other National Park Concessions) We are lucky to have a family like the
Courtneys and their family runs businesses( which one brother Tom runs the
barge from Chelan to Stehekin, and another who runs the Bakery, and Cragg who
runs the Valley Resort) These are a dying breed of Americans who are just
trying to " Eck" out a living up there and not getting rich in the process.
They DO NOT advertise all you can eat and allow people to eat there fill .
But sometimes we thru -hikers forget that these folks also have to pay the
bills as well. This does cut into the pocketbooks of those trying to make a
living. Cragg Courtney is too much of a " Class Guy" to ever complaint to any
hiker eating him out of house and home. If fact , he is very up to date on
the PCT events( He even wanted to know if " Flyin Brian " made it and asked
about Scott Williamson's trips) As stewards of PCT good will, we need to not
over step our bounds with trail towns or trail angels when they . (Just as a
group last year may have caused hardship for this years crowd in Cascade
Locks because of bad manners)
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