[pct-l] PCTA TrailFest Hike

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

The hike is on Sunday, as is the trail work project.  There's also a ride on the Palm Springs Tram up to the top of Jacinto I've heard it's spectacular.  Saturday, April 1 (all day) will be the trail classes and vendor fair.  

-=Donna Saufley=-
Trail Fest Chairperson

-----Original Message-----
>From: Hiker97@aol.com
>Sent: Feb 6, 2006 7:42 AM
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Cc: laura629@hotmail.com, Rattlesnake5648@Yahoo.com, carolbruno@cox.net
>Subject: [pct-l] PCTA TrailFest Hike 
>
>For those of you going on the  Saturday hike at TrailFest, the hike starts at 
>the PCT and Swarthout Canyon  Road.  Now here is the confusing part.  This 
>road is in Lone Pine  Canyon.  It is about 6 miles from Cajon Pass and I-15 by 
>trail.  Also,  it is right in the middle of the San Andreas fault zone.  If 
>there is an  earthquake while we are hiking, we are toast.  :-)
> 
>Rattlesnake and I were driving  around in his truck to check out the trail in 
>this area one day last fall.   In other words, we were goofing off and having 
>fun.  
> 
>We come up this hill on a dirt road  right next to the train tracks.  The 
>train track and road bend at this  point at the top of the hill.  Just at that 
>moment a train comes up the  tracks from the other side.  It scared the living 
>daylights out of  us.  The optical illusion made it look like we were on the 
>tracks facing  the train.  Like the dirt road crossed the tracks at that point 
>and we did  not notice it.
> 
>It was one of those things you  never forget.  That BIG train was going to be 
>the winner in this game of  inadvertent chicken.  It passed so close to us 
>that I think I could have  stuck my arm out the truck window and touched the 
>passing train.  If the  train engineer had blown his horn, we would have had 
>heart attacks.
> 
>We continued on with our PCT truck  exploring, but a little more aware where 
>the train tracks and we  were.
> 
>Cheers, Switchback
>Trail Trucker & Trail Town  Diner Champ
> 
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