[pct-l] hike is over, but not the trip

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

The Hike is never over. go back and find a trail. My God the trails  
themselves are museums, history, and art all in one.   Try Echo  Mountain a lost 
resort from the turn of the century. It is worth every step of  the hike good view 
on top you will find the parts of the Grand Hotel, A street  car line once 
pulled by mules. Go to REI or any sport store and find a  hiking book called 
Trails of the Angeles. The San Jacinto Mts. at a museum  in themselves. Go up the 
Tram or the other side at Idlewilde 
 
Lonetrail
 
 them.  Both are equipped and focused upon the hiker and even  ultra-light 
> thru-hiker types like us.  Other than that I cannot  think of any gear 
manufacturer 
> tours, thru-hiking shrines (other than  the almost forgotten and 
essentially hidden 
> golden spike ceremony spot  and, of course Hiker Heaven at the Saufleys) or 
> mountaineering  museums.  Maybe we should start one!  "Mountaineering 
Museum of  
> the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto  Mountains