[pct-l] Warner Springs Address

[patti kulesz]

I wish I would have known that last year so I could have gone about things a 
little differently. They still haven't paid us back for our loss. It sux! not to 
mention that I am on a special diet b/c of allergies and other health issues. I 
couldn't find anything I needed in that rinky dink store they have in that town. 
Good thing it was only three days to the next resupply!
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: "abiegen at cox.net" <abiegen at cox.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Cc: patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 10:48:21 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Warner Springs Address

Sugar Momma wrote:

>Just some FYI...I don't suggest mailing any packages to the ranch. Last year,
>they placed all the resupply boxes right next to the hiker box. myself and  a
>few others had our boxes rummaged through and not just food but also some gear
>stolen. They weren't very helpful when this occurred either and told us that
>they did it this way for many years with no issues. Didn't even offer us a soda
>much less something to eat after we reported all our food was gone. They may
>have changed their procedure since then but be weary. Losing ur food and gear
>while hiking and being in the middle of no where in a rinky dink town is NO 
FUN!

I was at Warner Springs when this happened or just a little after I left. When I 
first got there I got my package that I had dropped off. They keep the hiker 
packages in a room that is off the lobby but is not locked. They also have the 
hiker box there. They have a sign on a post that says, "Hiker box" on it. When I 
got my box the sign and the hiker box were separated from the resupply boxes. I 
looked through the hiker box and it was mostly stuff I wasn't interested in.

When I checked out, Uncle Tom and some of his crew were on the front porch 
eating life savers. I went to check out and there was a new employee working at 
the front desk. She couldn't figure out how to work the register. She couldn't 
print out a receipt. I still don't know exactly what my bill for $400 was for 
(Yes we were stuck there for three days because of snow and rain). While she was 
screwing around with that, I went into the hiker room. All the resupply boxes 
were gone except one and that one box had the sign on it that said, "Hiker Box." 
I thought that was odd. The resupply box was properly labeled and sealed. I took 
the sign off the box and got some Life Savers from the Hiker Box and was on my 
way. 


I suspect that the new employee had put the sign on the box while vacuuming the 
floor and had no idea what she was doing. I also suspect that even though I took 
it off the box, later or the next day she did the same thing again. I suspect 
that hikers seeing the lone resupply box with the Hiker Box sign on it assumed 
that it was abandoned and looted it. Yes, the probably should have known better 
but I think it was just an unfortunate series of events and misjudgments rather 
than outright theft.

I believe I heard that the staff at WS tightened up their procedures but cannot 
say for sure.

TrailHacker
"When my feet hurt, I can't think straight"
Abraham Lincoln