Pacific Crest Trail - the last 200 miles - and potential Prius meets

have a great time!

 

I have no doubt that PNW Prius people will contact you with offers to assist.

 

My kind of thing, but I will have a tiny obligation about then. There are a few other regulars on here from the PNW. None of them have offered to fund my IPA account, but I do not hold that against them.

Sort of a long time ago, but I know when I did a couple of runs, Bisco was the only one who offered to join, but with the addendum that I needed to carry him for most of the distance.
kris

As a PS, I just recommended the 1,000 mile summer to my brother-in-law. I know it is a hopelessly outdated book by Colin Fletcher, but I loved it. It was in my dad's bookcase.

 

It is not beyond hope that REI might be drawn into supporting this long family/ groovy-car epic.

Write to them. Toss out some ideas how they might benefit.

 

As REI vends newest fashions and fabrics, they need to call back to Colin Fletcher and similar. Steak behind the sizzle. This is your play, Jimbo.

 

Depending on how you go northwest, you could always pass through the Bay Area on your way.

We can get a good group together in relatively short notice.

Give us the weekend in September and I’m sure we could make something work.

 

If I'm free when you're in Vancouver, I'd love to get together.

My Grandmother gave me a copy of Colin Fletcher's The Complete Walker, which is still on my bookshelf decades later. Hiking equipment has changed a fair bit over the years, but many basics haven't, and his advice and experience is still relevant.

 

Complete Walker; The Man who Walked Through Time -- Colin at his best.

Very sad how his life ended.

Hey, anything beats "that other book," (not Colin's) unless you like fiction -- for those who know what I mean.....

kris

 

We hope to be car camping and day hiking along Hiway 20 in the Rainy Pass area again this September into early October, but nothing firm enough to be part of any support plan.

The ferry from Chelan is a very nice scenic trip. But you'd want to overnight in Stehekin to use the bus service to the PCT at High Bridge, as the once-daily ferry isn't docked long enough for a same-day visit to the trail.

We have bicycled from Stehekin up the road to High Bridge / Agnes Creek, in 95F weather. But we were much younger then, the bus is certainly preferable now.

One of our few bear encounters was at High Bridge. Actually our third encounter with it the same day, as the young bear was enjoying the same trail as many day hikers. While waiting for the return bus (I had exhausted my cycling energy the previous day, refused to pedal out there again in the hot weather) after hiking a non-PCT trail, we took a short jaunt out the Big Agnes Creek trail. Returning as the bus was waiting for its departure time, other passengers from a previous stop were sitting around the ranger station camp to cool off from the baking bus. I spotted the bear coming down the trail beyond them, pointed, and tried to holler "Bear!". It took several stuttering tries before anyone understood enough to turn around to look behind. The bear was within a few feet of several lounging folks. Plenty of startled looks from humans, but the bear was unperturbed and kept ambling nonchalantly towards his goal of getting across the bridge, where we had crossed seconds earlier.

 

This exhausts my supply of bear-humor images. Somebody else take over:

 

Our weather has been very "acceptable" to a very bad fire season.

Who knows. Things may change. But many of my Pacific Northwest friends who live in the rural hinterlands are a bit apprehensive this year and this is a bunch that does not worry on the drop of a dime.And I have never heard this level of concern in all of my years here.

So, just keep track of wildfires and keep me in your thoughts.

Where I live there is only one way out and that route is the one most likely to be overcome by flames. EEEK.
kris

 

Keep track at InciWeb or where else?

 

I keep track at the Oregon Department of Forestry's Wildfire blog site, which is easy enough to find with Google. It is the quickest to be updated (or at least it has been), but that only covers Oregon.

 

ODF site includes "blogspot" which has implications for your friends in parts of Asia

Besides InciWeb has national coverage.

 

Pretty much like any American. While I am somewhat curious about other spots. I really only care about wildfires in MY area.

And that statement comes with a bunch of caveats, but I am not up to detailing them.

 

Our thoughts and prayers can only do so much. Your job is to prepare for situation.

'prepper' websites can be extreme in some aspects but still offer useful advice. Such as:

Copies of essential paperwork – You should store your originals in a fireproof safe, but in your emergency bag keep copies of:

• Homeowners/renters insurance.
• Car insurance.
• Titles and deeds.
• Drivers/firearms licenses, passports.
• Your inventory of valuables (for insurance replacement policies).
• Flash Drive of precious family photos and videos.