[at-l] last report from Crawford Notch

[Tom McGinnis]

eArThworm sent me an email link available on the web, but it's not CNSP-specific, and it seems like a good way to make an enemy, to throw a stone into an over-big pond.

Actually, I hadn't thought of a phone call. Hey, you didn't catch a name of Ranger McFriendly, did you?? Maybe a little butter-n-honey.....



--- On Tue, 9/4/12, RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: [at-l] last report from Crawford Notch
> To: "'Tom McGinnis'" <sloetoe at yahoo.com>, "'at-l'" <AT-L at backcountry.net>
> Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 6:14 PM
> If you are so inclined you can reach
> them at:
> 
> Crawford Notch State Park
> 2057 US Route 302
> Harts Location, NH 03812
> 603-374-2272
> 
> This is the same "Harts Location" that is first to vote in
> elections along
> with Dixville Notch. They typically vote 1 minute after
> midnight. From the
> Jan. 10, 2012 Manchester Union Leader "At midnight, a total
> of 23 votes were
> cast in town hall for the first-in-the-nation presidential
> primary. Voting
> took two minutes and 26 seconds."
> 
> --
> Arthur D. Gaudet
> RockDancer on the Appalachian Trail
> Rockdancer97 at comcast.net
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom McGinnis [mailto:sloetoe at yahoo.com]
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 4:58 PM
> To: 'at-l'; RockDancer
> Subject: Re: [at-l] last report from Crawford Notch
> 
> I looked for a Crawford Notch State Park email address, that
> I might copy
> them on a lauding reply, but to no avail.
> 
> Well, regardless, as do all those who give so much to make
> the AT happen,
> you rock so much, RD. I mean, aside from your off-season
> efforts, you then
> go ahead and do the travel, do the gas, do the wear&tear
> on the auto, do the
> rain, do the hard ground, do alllllllll the feed action and
> such...
> 
> ...but to think that there would be a dollop of grief in
> there too, in the
> form of bureaucracy *that* *should* *know* *better*.......
> Dang.
> 
> Well, my continuing very best wishes to you, and deepest
> thanks.
> 
> 
> 'toe
> one-time hiker-type, longggggg long ago.
> 
> --- On Tue, 9/4/12, RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
> The busiest day all summer was Saturday, Sept. 1. Mara
> (Stitches), Artie (a
> friend of the trail) and I greeted and fed 31 hikers, 25 of
> them NoBo
> hikers. This is the highest daily number all summer and, in
> a way, is a
> puzzle. Some are planning to finish in 15 days, others will
> take nearly 6
> weeks to reach Katahdin. We fed a total of 68 hikers on the
> weekend, making
> a "season total" of 325 hikers.  The weather was beautiful
> all weekend in
> Crawford Notch, with 70's in the daytime, down to high 40's
> at night. 
> 
>