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[pct-l] VVR-Good and Bad like most things
>one guy named Mike? who hiked over two passes to get to the ferry by 9am
Muir and Selden ? mmm hmmmm......
heh heh...
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From: "Pearson" <stprsn@softcom.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:46 PM
Subject: [pct-l] VVR-Good and Bad like most things
> Here's our nickel's worth.
>
> When we got to VVR after 16 days in the Sierras + a side to Mt.
> Whitney (yeah, we're SLOW!) we were pretty happy. We had been
> dreaming about cherry pie for the previous 3 days and were probably
> salivating over everything we walked past. (Too bad there was only peach
when we got there.) There was a fair group of hikers there already (about
> June 19th?) and we enjoyed talking to everyone we could. Buzz, Izzy,
> Ukelele Nate, Britt, Billy Goat, Mulligan, Gail, Porter, Halftrack,
(Trim?)
> Walking Carrot, Dan, Data, Jason, Addie,and one guy named Mike? who hiked
over two passes to get to the ferry by 9am and ate 3 burgers with fries in
one sitting PLUS pie and said he was still hungry...LOTS of folks!!
>
> The staff were VERY friendly towards us...John the cook and the woman
> who did the laundry (sorry, can't recall her name at the moment) in
> particular. John cooked us anything we asked for and the laundry
> woman gave us soap and some tea for Tom because he was really bad
> off. (dehydration, diarrhea, loss of appetite--all problems he had been
> dealing with BEFORE we got to VVR) They were all concerned about
> the food situation though because we were telling them of a big group of
> hikers coming in within a day or so that we'd heard about for a few days
> on the trail (about 15 or so ravenous souls) and they needed to make a
> run to the store. Up there, that's an all day event. When they showed up
> food started running out quick...wonder why? ;) We did have a nice guy
> show up with 4 boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts though!! FREEEE for the
> hikers!!
>
> The power was cut by the construction crew working there, which melted
> all the ice cream (oh heaven NO!!) and also hit the water main so there
> was an issue with water as well. Not that it mattered a whole lot to us
> because we were so dang worn out that we HAD to hole up there for a
> few DAYS (yes, DAYS). We didn't leave until we got ice cream! John
> thought we quit the trail and got jobs!
>
> Were there some issues? Yeah, the fishiness of the hiker barrel
> donations caused us concern but we put our donations in when a big
> group of people were rummaging through in the morning and it seems
> those donations were snapped up by hikers before leaving on the ferry.
> Would Tom have liked to have taken a shower sooner...yeah, but what's
> a few more days after you have 16 days of stink on you? (I rushed to
> showers before they hit the main.) Pricey, but we expected that. At least
> they didn't charge us for the buckwheat pancakes that weren't cooked
> (John wasn't cooking that shift). In total, $616.14 damage. (We had to
> get a room because Tom was spending all day in the crapper.) Glad we
> had our Visa with us!!
>
> So, would we stop again? Probably because we got to meet a lot of folks
> there that we may not have been able to otherwise and there was
> more good experience than a bad for us. Would we stay for DAYS?
> Nope. Probably just in for the night and out provided we were in
> better shape than we were last year. (This was our first backpacking trip
> afterall. Who's idea was it to thru hike the PCT?) =-)
>
>
> Red's Meadows was great for ice cream, but the previous bunch of hikers
> must have cleaned them out because when we arrived there wasn't much
> left. (Unless there wasn't much to begin with!) Tom got a half-raw burger
> at the cafe though, not very appetizing. Also, they guessed at the price
> of a tomato...$1! Tom paid it before I
> could object but he was really hankering a tomato! Nice to have the
> shuttle out to Mammoth there, but we kept on going after pigging out on
> Haagen Daas.
>
> The bottom line is that we're going through resorts and they're all out
> there to make a buck and they're all pricey. The best burger for buck we
> found (Paradise Cafe ran out of hamburger when we got there so we
> can't judge them) was at Northern Kennedy Meadows, $6.50 burger with
> a bag of chips...add a buck if you want fries. But if you head into
Packwood up in Washington...a PA BURGER is to die for!!! (Get two, they'll
give you funny looks.) =o)
>
> Start Slow & Taper Off
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