[pct-l] Deep Creek

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

Sounds like the kind of ranger who ought to be wearing a 
name tag. Hint hint.

- bf

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ginny & Jim Owen" <spiritbear2k@hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:53 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Deep Creek


> When we were hiking in 2000 we ran into a BLM ranger at 
> Deep Creek.  Although we had camped on a bench about 5 
> miles before the Hot Springs, he tried to give us a ticket 
> for camping illegally (it was about 9:00 and we were 
> coming out of the hot springs, so of course we must have 
> been sleeping there.  He didn't understand about 
> thruhikers rising with the sun.)  There was, at that time, 
> a sign saying NO CAMPING.  This was right after they had 
> reopened the trail after the fires.  To the north and the 
> east the trails were still closed.  To the south, and 
> according to the PCTA website, the trail was open.  We 
> argued with him for about an hour that yes, we really were 
> there legally and if all the trails really were closed we 
> were still going to have to go on the PCT to get out of 
> there.  Only the sight of the enormous blisters on Jim's 
> foot convinced him that maybe we had actually walked more 
> than a couple of miles to get there.
>
> Ginny
>
>
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