[pct-l] Mt. Hood PCT update

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good morning, all,

Last weekend I was on the PCT at the normal Sandy River crossing just above
where Rushing Water Creek empties.  At 3 PM it was a bush-league, two step
rock-hop.  It looked like late summer.  Just above the crossing, the Sandy
was distributary, meaning it split into two branches in the rock and sand
bar, and formed a little island at the trail crossing.  Even as klutzy as I
am, I don't think I even got the soles of my sneakers wet.

There were puffy clouds flying by all day, and an amusing thing occurred at
Ramona Falls.  A group of hikers was there, and one young lady wanted to get
a sunlit photo of the falls from the foot bridge.  She stood there about 15
minutes but the sun was behind a cloud it was dismal, so she came back up to
have a snack with the others.  As soon as she got food in her hands, the sun
came out and lit up the falls in its usual magical way.  She put down the
food and trotted back to the bridge just in time for the sunlight to
disappear.  Once again, back to the food.  This exact thing happened three
more times while I watched.  I finally had to leave before I laughed out
loud.  I don't know if she ever did get a shot.

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall Karon" <m.karon@comcast.net>
To: "PCT-L" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Mt. Hood PCT update


Don't know what the Sandy River was like, but Zig Zag was a quick, dry
bolder hop across.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
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