[pct-l] Trail Fest

[yetifan at yahoo.com (Scott Herriott)]

Yogi wrote:

<Please come to the kickoff Monte!!>

I second that motion.  And don't forget the Tyvek.

Like Yog said, the Trail Fest was great.  


Later,
Squatch
www.walkpct.com



--- yogi <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It's Monday at 5pm, and I just got home from the
> Trail Fest in Portland.  
> Whew!  It's good to be home.  I was supposed to
> leave Portland at 11am 
> Sunday, but a snowstorm in Denver closed the
> airport---where I was 
> supposed to change planes.  That left me stuck in
> Portland for another 
> day until I could leave early this morning and fly
> to Kansas City via 
> Phoenix --- a little out of the way, but at least
> I'm home.
>  
> So I get here in KC, go to the parking place, and
> try to turn on my car.  
> NOTHING.  It was then that I remembered that I drove
> through fog on 
> the way to the airport Friday morning.  Must have
> forgotten to turn off 
> my lights.  AAARRRGGGHHH.  I just want to be HOME!!!
>  
> Now that I've had a couple beers, I'm good to go.
>  
> Trail Fest was fun.  It was cool to finally put
> faces with some of the 
> names I see here on PCT-L all the time.  And it was
> good to see old 
> friends again --- Jeff & Donna, Squatch, and who can
> forget MONTE!!!  
> (Please come to the kickoff Monte!!)
>  
> I was hoping to see more thru-hikers at Trail Fest. 
> It seemed to be 
> devoid of thru-hikers.  There were a few thru-hikers
> who live in the 
> Portland area, but not many who actually traveled to
> attend the Trail 
> Fest.  Not sure why that happened.  My guess is that
> it was pretty 
> expensive.  $99/night for the special PCT rate at
> the hotel is a bit 
> pricy for hiker trash like me (us).  Hopefully,
> there will be more 
> reasonably priced accommodations for future Trail
> Fests.
>  
> All in all, it was a fun weekend.  I'm glad I went. 
> I thought the coolest 
> part was when everyone gave Pete Fish and his crew a
> standing ovation 
> at the awards dinner.  I don't know Pete, but I know
> what he does, and 
> to see him recognized that way was pretty special.  
>  
> Thanks to everyone at the PCTA for putting on a good
> weekend!
>  
> yogi
>  
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