[pct-l] Trailhead Travel, San Diego to Campo

[eyakel at earthlink.net (Eric Yakel)]

Robert, we all appreciate your generosity.  Thank you.  Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert E. Riess" <cdrriess1@cox.net>
To: "PCT-L" <PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:59 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Trailhead Travel, San Diego to Campo


Greetings to the Class of 2004:

It will be my pleasure again this year to host hikers in San Diego and help
them get a good start.  I can meet hikers at the airport, Amtrak and bus
stations, and help with all kinds of Trailhead logistics.  Grocery store and
post office runs are pretty routine. Sometimes we get out to REI or A-16.
Hikers usually spend a night or two at my house, and then we make a
Trailhead run, often at 4:00am for a firstlight start.  I started in 1999
hosting 15 hikers in 9 groups.  Last year it was 31 hikers in 15 groups.
Usually the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the ADZPCTKO we have a vanfull
of 6 hikers going out to the monument to start at firstlight.  I am a school
teacher, so the earliest I can meet you is 3:00pm on school days.  I am one
of the unofficial organizers of ADZPCTKO, so I will be at Lake Morena that
Saturday and Sunday.

If you are looking for transporation from San Diego to the Trailhead between
mid-Apr and mid-May, send me an email with your arrival information and I
will make every effort to accomodate everybody.  I have a supply of white
gas and alcohol, but if you need a particular fuel cannister, please let me
know in your initial message. (I will not tell anybody you are using a
store-bought stove.)  Please include your airline and flight numbers so I
can coordinate pickups at the airport.  You are welcome to ship advance
packages to me. Once initial contact is made by email, I will keep everybody
informed by regular email updates, which do not go to the list. I have
always been happy to host hikers without conditions, but due to a health
consideration of a family member, I must regrettably host only nonsmokers.

Lastly, if you want to handle San Diego to Campo on your own, visit
www.sdcommute.com and click on the online trip planner. From this resource
you can determine that if you arrive after about 2:00pm, you cannot get to
Campo that day on public transportation.

Whether I meet you or not, good luck to the Class of 2004.

Hike on !!  Bob Riess at the Trailhead in San Diego

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