[pct-l] Hitching

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

But you haven't really lived until you ride with Donna Saufley..She drove me
from the Ranger Station to Agua Dulce last year and was probably averaging
80+ mph through the twisties...She assured me that she took this route to
work every day and could drive it blindfolded..That helped to loosen my
death grip on the door handle a bit..but after a month of hiking at 2-3 mph,
I felt like we had made the jump to light speed..everything was just a
blur...I noticed that it takes a while to re-adjust to car speeds after you
return to civilization. I was constantly being flashed by cars behind me to
speed it up a bit...took a week or so to get back into my normal lead footed
ways..

Redwood

PS - Donna..thanks for the ride, you are an ace driver and I would ride
shotgun with you anytime...

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Steiner" <dhstein31@yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Hitching


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> On my first BP and PCT adventure 4 yeas ago- I injured my knee - being
fat, ill prepared, and bringing the kitchen sink contributed to injury.
Dog, friend and I tried to thumb it betwen Little Grass Valley Lake through
Quincy to Belden to catch up to our car shuttle..  We had quite the
adventure.  On our first ride we squeezed into  anti enviromnetalist LOGGING
truck.  He drove about  60 mph on roads that are not meant for anywhere near
that speed telling us the whole time to jump out if he tells us too -
because he brakes go out often and informing us if which corners his cousin
died on.
>
> Our next ride was after a hot walk through quincy was a TILE GUY with post
it notes all over his dash with phases like "be nice to your customer",
"count to ten", "listen",  "don't get mad" - obviously this man had some
anger issues but seemed pretty sane to us.
>
> The last ride was after being ignored for miles on very ht pavement was a
gentleman who after we were in the car offered us some POT --- after a week
on the trail -I guess we looked like we needed a lift- I was tempted but
declined BUT we did arrive in Belden before the rest of our group got
here  ------ After having that miserable of a time I ironically AM HOOKED on
Backpacking and ALWAYS pick up hitchhikers.
>
> Duane
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