[pct-l] Re: PCT-L digest, Vol 1 #664 - 23 msgs

[kborski@yahoo.com (Karen Borski)]

Just wanted to say that Yogi's list of PCT resupply
and data book information is really great.  Thanks
Yogi, for putting that together and sharing it.

I wanted to add a few things that I saw as I read
through it.

There is a "museum" that you can stay at in Campo.  It
is very hard to find for some reason, despite being
directly behind the Campo General  store.  It took me
and two other hikers quite a bit of time to find it,
but we really liked staying there.  Had running water
bathrooms and good camping and tap water to fill your
bags before the long push ahead.  It's called the
Gaskill Brothers Stone Store Museum.  Free.  Just go
down the road beside the Campo General store, over the
little bridge and it's on the left down a dirt road.
The Old Stone building is visible from the main road.
The caretaker resides in a trailer home, and you
should knock and tell her/him you are there.  One of
the confusing things is that there's another railroad
museum in town, but you can't stay at that one!

I noticed that Kamp Anza campground (Paul's place)
wasn't in the list.  I'm not sure if he is still
there, but it's another option in that area.  Good
people.

366.8 Guffey Campground.  The water is hard to find,
but it is there.  Bald Eagle and I found it in 2000.
The best way to describe it:  as you are hiking up the
hill, just before Guffey campground comes into view,
the spring is down the ridge off to your right at
least 150 feet - very faint or unmarked trail.
There's a small spring building painted red, but you
can't see it until you get close.  The water is cold
and clear and tastes like heaven (maybe we were biased
due to thirst).  If you are there and thirsty, you
WILL need this water.  You also have the option to
yogi water off of campers.

Independence is an awesome full service trail town.
Great hotel that caters to hikers.  Everything is
close and quaint.  Free internet in downtown library.
Bus service to Bishop.  Hitching up and down Onion
Valley road can be a wait, but we didn't have too much
trouble with it.  There is camping just on the
outskirts of town at a small state park facility.

Mammoth Lakes is a large town with good hiker stuff.
If you catch the bus up from Red's Meadow, there is
more local bus service all over town.  It's not a
walking-distance town, but you can get around OK.
It'd be a good place to visit if you needed to take a
day off.

Tuolumne Meadows:  I was hiking there just two months
ago.  There is an NPS shuttle for $15/each way that
takes hikers to/from Yosemite Valley if you want to go
down to sight see.  The catch is that the bus only
runs once a day, but it's on a set schedule.  If you
want to visit the valley, I'd recommend simply
hitching.

Thanks again Yogi.  We are going to carry this along
with us on our next attempt.  Hopefully, next year.

Nocona
GA-ME'98
Campo-Independence'00


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