[pct-l] Kelso Valley rd to Bird Spring Pass

[cmkudija at ca.rr.com]

Thanks for the update! Glad to know you are well and made a wise decision.
There's hot and then there's unbearably hot!  Now you have another great
story to tell...

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

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Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but showy,
white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in terminal
or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
                                                               Philip A.
Munz
                                                               A California
Flora, U.C. Press, 1973


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On
Behalf Of Bill & Cathy Frenette
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:14 AM
To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Kelso Valley rd to Bird Spring Pass

"How's Your Trail"?   Meadow Ed, you were right, to dam HOT for hiking. I
started with 6 liters and did 9.6 miles from 9:15 to 1800(6pm). When I got
to Bird Spring Pass the next morning I had 1/2 a liter. God bless Bill and
Mary there was about 20 gallons and I took 2. My pack weight was about 50
lbs. Way to heavy!!! I decided to take SC120 down from Bird Spring to Kelso
Valley rd. My car was at Kennedy Meadows. It was 5.4 miles to Kelso and I
was hoping to catch a ride to any town to call my wife to come and get me. I
said a prayer "Lord I need a ride to town but a bigger Miracle would be for
some one to take me to my car. I was sitting in front of the Robinson's
place on Kelso Valley rd when a woman came out to get the mail, I said Hi
and she said nothing. She left and a few minutes later came back with
another woman and this other woman asks me if I'm a backpacker and hands me
a bottle of cold water, a diet Pepsi and a COORS lite. Wow, I said I was
hoping to catch a ride t
 o town and she said they could do that. Her husband came out and put my
stuff in his car and we start down the road. He asked where I wanted to go
and I said to the nearest Phone so I could call my wife and He turns the car
around and says I could do that from his house. Then He asks where my wife
would be coming from and says OH DEAR. I had said Murrieta. We go into the
house and He says to his wife "I'm going to take Him to Kennedy Meadows". I
about dropped my teeth. He says his car is up there and his wife would have
to come from Murrieta. She says OH DEAR.  They were originally from England
so with their accents, it was something to listen to. When we got to my car
I told him about my miracle, asking God for some one to take me to my car.
That was 48 miles one way for Him, WOW I'm still amazed. God Bless Erik and
Betty Robinson, they were in their late 70s and He had Aorta surgery the
week before. I got their names and address and He say "So will I be
expecting a Christm
 as Card", I laughed and said "It will be more than a Card. I wonder if they
like steaks?  Any how so much for my ramblings I could go on for ever.
Remember "Be Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill "Semper Fi"     PS I will have
pics later including the guys on Motor Cycles.
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