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[pct-l] PCTA TrailFest Hike
Thanks for correction. I would have been all alone on the trail Saturday at TrailFest. Cheers, Switchback :-)
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From: dsaufley@sprynet.com
To: Hiker97@aol.com; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Cc: laura629@hotmail.com; Rattlesnake5648@Yahoo.com; carolbruno@cox.net
Sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:46:09 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCTA TrailFest Hike
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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