[pct-l] Walking back through WA after successful thru-hike?, To: pct-l at backcountry.net, PCT2008 at yahoogroups.com

[Tom Griffin]

I am only a section hiker, but I found the transportation from Manning 
to Vancouver and then to Seattle a great way to unwind after being on 
the trail. The morning Greyhound from Manning leaves you off at the 
train station (which is also the bus station in civilized Vancouver) and 
it is not as scuzzy as American bus stations.  We had enough time to 
walk up to Chinatown and get something to eat before boarding Amtrak for 
Seattle. On the way back on the train, we watched the sun set over the 
San Juan Islands as the train followed the coastline. And we drank a lot 
of beer...

After hiking 2,650 miles, you might want to pamper yourself instead of 
hiking 150 (?) miles back to Stehekin. Anyway, HYOH.

Tom "Bullfrog" Griffin
Seattle
PCT Pages: http://home.comcast.net/~griffinte/pct.html

>Message: 19
>Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:10:30 -0500
>From: Patrick Beggan <meta474 at gmail.com>
>Subject: [pct-l] Walking back through WA after successful thru-hike?
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net, PCT2008 at yahoogroups.com
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>Say I didn't want to deal with getting to Vancouver, then Seattle from  
>Vancouver? What if I just wanted to turn around and hike back a ways  
>into Washington (a few hundred miles) and get off somewhere there,  
>taking a single, shorter transport method to Seattle (I live in  
>Bremerton, WA). Is this possible? What's the first trail town (or town  
>somewhat close to the trail) in Washington that has good transport  
>options to get to Seattle?
>
>I was also thinking of heading back south and finding a way to get to  
>Rainier and hooking over to that after having completed the PCT...
>
>I just don't like the idea of all that Vancouver bus action... I hear  
>nothing but bad things from my friends (who occasionally visit  
>Vancouver) about the bus station there. Also, I hate cities and would  
>like to avoid them as much as possible, even if it means walking a few  
>hundred more miles (hey, I like walking, right? Why else do the
>PCT?)
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>  
>