[pct-l] RE the shelter at Cottonwood Bridge

[marmot marmot]

Kevin
Thank you for your info. I guess it was there last time I did the trail. I must have just gotten water and moved on without noticing it. This time I really needed it.  A rest from being blown over and stopped completely from moving forward was so appreciated. 
Marmot

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> On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Kev <hikevv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I will convey your thanks to one young Eagle Scout Andy Ford and the rest of Troop 146 of Quartz Hill CA. After contacting me with that idea as his Eagle Scout volunteer project, the troop showed up like an army and installed it in a day, along with signs out there.  I think that was about 2002?
> He'll be happy to know, because after the DWP discovered it (apparently on their easement) they had a cow.  But it's all good, and one day we hope that Andy will be paroled for his crimes and allowed to resume life as a free man. ;-)
>  
> Happy Trails from Section E!
> Kevin Corcoran
> Volunteer PCTA Area Coordinator
> Region 1 Section E
>  
>  
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:28:47 -0700
> From: "Mel Tungate" <mel at tungate.com>
> To: "'marmot marmot'" <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>,     "'pct-l
>         @backcountry.net'" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Shelter
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> AMEN !!!!!!
> 
> 40+ mph all night the night I was there.  That little shelter was priceless
> - perfectly positioned, and built very strong.
> 
> Mel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of marmot
> marmot
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 12:22 PM
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> Subject: [pct-l] Shelter
> 
> Thank you to whomever built the shelter at the Cottonwood bridge. The wind
> has been blowing so hard that I have been stopped in my tracks. It's
> wonderful to get out of the wind for a bit. I don't remember it being on my
> last hike.
> Marmot