[pct-l] hostels along the trail

[eyakel at earthlink.net (Eric Yakel)]

In fairness, I wrote my last post before reading the new information from
Mr. Mayon.  After reading his information, it sounds like things at Hwy. 138
are definitely looking up.  Kudos to you Mr. Mayon.
                                  Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Yakel" <eyakel@earthlink.net>
To: "Christopher Willett" <chwillet@indiana.edu>; "bob mayon"
<3points@ispwest.com>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] hostels along the trail


> If you look up the archives, you will probably find a lot of posts from
> people who said that Skaggs gave them the creeps.  Several ladies posted
> experiences of him saying things that were quite rude or crude.  I won't
be
> staying there.  Look it up for more information.
>                                                 Eric
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Willett" <chwillet@indiana.edu>
> To: "bob mayon" <3points@ispwest.com>
> Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] hostels along the trail
>
>
> > Just as a reminder to those on the list who may not have been on in the
> > early fall, Mr. Skaggs was requiring labor or money for their stay, or
> > even just for a bit of rest. While
> > certainly not unreasonable, it would have been nice to know this in
> > advance.  That is the reason that I am posting this.
> > I was asked to paint his fence for forty minutes (the white one you
> > see in the picture on the front of the webpage),
> > in the middle of a Mojave afternoon, in return for some water and
> > a place to sit in the shade for 2 hours.  Many other hikers were there
> > painting in the afternoon.  I eventually got off with moving some
> > rose clippings around and left after 30 minutes, my task done.  Note
that
> > there is a
> > store about a mile walk from the HWY crossing and that the LA aquaduct
> > is about a 20 minute walk down the trail.  The school listed in the
> > guidebook was quite closed.  With a
> > little care, you can get
> > down the embankment of the aquaduct to get some water from it.
> >
> > Other thruhikers had, shall we say, a somewhat unpleasant stay on Mr.
> > Skaggs property.  But, those are for others to tell.
> >
> > Suge
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, bob mayon wrote:
> >
> > > I'm staying in my old 1951 Nashua Trailer at Jack Fairs old place in
> Neenach ...I moved out of the Three Points Roadhouse since my brother and
I
> aren't getting along to well these days..The property looks pretty good
here
> now, and Richard Skaggs  and his wife have said they would like to keep it
> open to the hikers..I know last year towards the end, Richard got a little
> stressed with so many people here all at once.....and trying to construct
> things.. ... but things are fine now...I'm gonna help him this year....I
> made a web site up for the place ...You can see it at:
> http://members.ispwest.com/3points/index.html
> > > bob mayon
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> > ----------------------
> > Christopher Willett
> > Department of Mathematics
> > Indiana University
> > 831 East Third Street
> > Bloomington, IN. 47405-7106
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