[pct-l] O' Canada

[chwillet at indiana.edu (Christopher Willett)]

Get a room in the Manning Park lodge.  While there is a bar in the 
resort where you can drink beer, if you want some to drink in your room
you'll have to hitch out to the east gate of the park (about 20 K) where 
there is a little store which sells beer and Greyhound tickets.  Greyhound 
pulls up at the Lodge at around 10 am and it takes about 2-3 hours to
reach the terminal in Vancouver.  The next Seattle bus doesn't leave until 
quite late and arrives in Seattle late at night.  So, spend a night in
Van.  The Jolly Taxpayer pub and inn is in the middle of downtown 
Van. and you can find it on the tourist maps that can be found around
town.  I can post an actual address if necessary.  It is about a 20 minute 
walk into town and takes you through either Chinatown or the slummiest 
neighborhood in Van., depending on your route.  A room for two with a 
queen size bed, TV, and a bathroom (though the shower is communal) was 
$70 CA.  Clean, quiet, and safe.  If you want a room in downtown Van. 
expect to pay about twice this.  The price includes breakfast.  The 
JT also has an outstanding pub, with about a million beers on tap,
including an excellent English cider.  In the morning, catch the 
express Greyhound to Seattle.  It leaves, I think, around 9 am and 
takes about 3 hours to make it to Seattle.

In Seattle there is a hostel near Pike Street market (easy walk from the 
terminal) called, I think, the Green Turtle.  Costs $25 and is 
pretty standard: Separation of sexes, dorm rooms, and no booze. 
Instead, Birdie and I opted for the Commodore Hotel just up the 
street.  $50 for two.  A little sleazy, but I didn't mind it so 
much, taking the blood on the bathroom floor for a shaving 
accident.  Birdie didn't like the hypodermic needle she found 
in the women's bathroom and stayed elsewhere the next night after 
I had flown home.

Suge

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Russ Olinger wrote:

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>  I'm a new poster here.  I have been hiking for many years and  am
> interested in doing the PCT at some point in the future.
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>  I have been lurking here recently gathering facts.  I find all of your
> posts very interesting and informative.  
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>  I have a question as to what the conditions are in Canada when the PCT
> hike is completed.  What are the accomodations 
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>  for catching a ride to the nearest Airport, railway, bus line, etc?
> Yogi, maybe I should just wait until I get a copy of your book
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> which probably has all these answers in it.
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> Thanks,
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> Russ
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