Although others may not have had the best service at Big Sandy, my experience last year was extremely positive. People may not realize that these folks are driving your parcels into extreme BFE, the nearest post office being 50 miles of dirt roads away.<br><br>Our parcels didn't make it on time and the people were nice enough to let us raid the hiker box AND kick down a ton of Liption Instant soups which turned out to be the decisive caloric intake to make it to Togwotee. <br><br>While it is not designed to indulge every hiker's need it is a great place to stop for food and a hot shower in a very remote part of the country. <br><br>Bronner<br><br><b><i>cdt-l-request@backcountry.net</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Send cdt-l mailing list submissions to<br> cdt-l@backcountry.net<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>
http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> cdt-l-request@backcountry.net<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> cdt-l-owner@backcountry.net<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of cdt-l digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. springs (jason seehafer)<br> 2. Regarding Big Sandy Lodge... (Heath Stephens)<br> 3. Re: Regarding Big Sandy Lodge... (Marcia)<br> 4. Re: Regarding Big Sandy Lodge... (Slyatpct@aol.com)<br> 5. Re: Regarding Big Sandy Lodge... (Jonathan Ley)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:11:53 -0400<br>From: "jason seehafer" <jasonsee123@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [cdt-l] springs<br>To: cdt-l@mailman.backcountry.net<br>Message-ID: <BAY101-F268BF0FEF00A50BB5E9644F5510@phx.gbl><br>Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed<br><br>hi all,<br><br>a quick up date on a few springs in MT and ID<br><br>buffalo spring was awesome (a good cold break from the hot weather). the <br>flexible pipe from the spring to the trough was broken at a joint about 50 <br>yards up the hill. which explains why no water has been coming out of the <br>pipe at the trough. i failed to pack my plumbing fittings and monkey wrench <br>so i was unable to fix it, but there was a nice shade tree right where the <br>pipe came apart and ice cold water was pouring out!<br><br>latham spring - thanks to Alden (northbounder) for identifying its location <br>on the trail. lots of sticks and arrows and orange blazes showing the <br>obscure jeep road to the spring.<br><br>i found a piped spring at keg spring road (the wolf guide book states "try <br>to find the pipe spring" and the Ley maps states there is a cistern at this <br>location. the timing was great. it was a long dry spell from odell creek <br>to blair
lake. the spring was about 120 yards to the right of the trail <br>(southbound) at the location of the cistern (which apparently does not exist <br>anymore). look for four wooden posts forming a small square (old cattle <br>quard?) and head diagonally to the left downhill about another 30 yards. <br>you will hear the water and see the growth of shrubs, flowers, etc. the <br>pipe was buried in the shrubs. very good flow and very cold. it hit the <br>spot.<br><br>saw a strange animal just before entering yellowstone. still not sure what <br>it was?? are there such creatures as minature buffalo? i also need to talk <br>to someone about putting up a sign where i stealth camped south of Mack's <br>Inn. "Moose Crossing".<br><br>Anyhoo, life is good. And onto the Winds!<br><br>in dubois, wy right now and heading out tomorrow. great trail town.<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 08:00:28 -0700<br>From: "Heath
Stephens" <cruxgroove2@yahoo.com><br>Subject: [cdt-l] Regarding Big Sandy Lodge...<br>To: <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>Message-ID: <007801c6b969$0e662e40$6d01a8c0@hptabletpc><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>The Big Sandy Lodge is a poor place to re-ration.<br>The people there were very rude and difficult to deal with.<br>Several hikers are of agreement on this issue. <br>If you can avoid frustration and anger by rationing elsewhere please do so.<br>Best regards,<br>Heath <br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 08:19:51 -0700<br>From: "Marcia" <gottawalk@pacbell.net><br>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Regarding Big Sandy Lodge...<br>To: <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>Message-ID: <001a01c6b96b$c47a33a0$6401a8c0@Desktop2006><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>And EXPENSIVE!!!<br>Marcia<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Heath Stephens" <cruxgroove2@yahoo.com><br>To:
<cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 8:00 AM<br>Subject: [cdt-l] Regarding Big Sandy Lodge...<br><br><br>The Big Sandy Lodge is a poor place to re-ration.<br>The people there were very rude and difficult to deal with.<br>Several hikers are of agreement on this issue. <br>If you can avoid frustration and anger by rationing elsewhere please do so.<br>Best regards,<br>Heath <br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cdt-l mailing list<br>cdt-l@backcountry.net<br>http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:28:39 EDT<br>From: Slyatpct@aol.com<br>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Regarding Big Sandy Lodge...<br>To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<br>Message-ID: <57d.2ea7c3f.320764a7@aol.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br> <br>In a message dated 8/6/2006 11:00:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, <br>cruxgroove2@yahoo.com writes:<br><br>The
Big Sandy Lodge is a poor place to re-ration.<br>The people there were very rude and difficult to deal with.<br>Several hikers are of agreement on this issue. <br>If you can avoid frustration and anger by rationing elsewhere please do so.<br><br><br>..........................................<br> <br>While they may not be overtly hiker, they did cook the 6 of us breakfast, <br>which was pretty much an all you can eat, mid morning for a reasonable price. <br> <br>However, I do think she was a little miffed when I sent two large boxes <br>(from Steamboat) instead of 6 individual boxes. <br> <br>It's just one of those places where hikers aren't their top priority. Best <br>to be pleasant and well mannered for the sake of hikers that follow you.<br> <br>Sly<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: http://mailman.hack.net/pipermail/cdt-l/attachments/20060806/779c1bc9/attachment-0001.html
<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 08:51:28 -0700<br>From: "Jonathan Ley" <jonathan@phlumf.com><br>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Regarding Big Sandy Lodge...<br>To: <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>Message-ID: <000001c6b970$303ae680$6501a8c0@DESKTOP1><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I?ve heard mixed things about them, and had a mixed experience myself?<br>(assuming they?re still the same owners). Our box wasn?t there when we got<br>there, but admittedly, we really didn?t give the mail enough time. They live<br>a couple hours drive from the lodge, so they may not get the mail more than<br>a couple times a week. They did have a ?hiker box? though (but there wasn?t<br>much in it). They weren?t super friendly, but they did make dinner (which<br>wasn?t that great). When our box did arrive, they were kind & responsible<br>enough to forward it to Rawlins for us at no charge. <br><br> <br><br>I think their big
thing is ?hunters with deep pockets?, and they see hikers<br>as a lot of work & no $ return. It seems to me they could tap into the<br>climber/hiker clientele though - if they had a little caf? & advertised it.<br>There are a ton of hungry climbers coming out of the cirque of the towers<br>area & no other real options for that after-hike juicy burger. <br><br> <br><br>-Jonathan<br><br> <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net]<br>On Behalf Of Slyatpct@aol.com<br>Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:29 AM<br>To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<br>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Regarding Big Sandy Lodge...<br><br> <br><br>In a message dated 8/6/2006 11:00:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,<br>cruxgroove2@yahoo.com writes:<br><br>The Big Sandy Lodge is a poor place to re-ration.<br>The people there were very rude and difficult to deal with.<br>Several hikers are of agreement on this issue. <br>If you can avoid frustration
and anger by rationing elsewhere please do so.<br><br>..........................................<br><br> <br><br>While they may not be overtly hiker, they did cook the 6 of us breakfast,<br>which was pretty much an all you can eat, mid morning for a reasonable<br>price. <br><br> <br><br>However, I do think she was a little miffed when I sent two large boxes<br>(from Steamboat) instead of 6 individual boxes. <br><br> <br><br>It's just one of those places where hikers aren't their top priority. Best<br>to be pleasant and well mannered for the sake of hikers that follow you.<br><br> <br><br>Sly<br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: http://mailman.hack.net/pipermail/cdt-l/attachments/20060806/d8ee73d8/attachment-0001.html <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cdt-l mailing
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