Ridge Lake

Dave's Spot came in tonight, September 10th, around 7:00 pm. He is camping at the south end of Ridge Lake at PCT mile 2410.

I had the chance to talk to Dave again this morning. He told me that he needed to buy some food to resupply and then he and the guys would be off. Since they would get a late start, he did not expect to hike too many miles. Looks like they did just over 9 miles. See PCT Half Mile map Washington Section J page 1.

http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/mapdl.html

Here is Dave's Google Map from his Spot:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47.46261,-121.3676&ll=47.46261,-121.3676&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

Thanks to Orange Pacer for getting us the information on the Chevron Station. I passed this on to Dave this morning. He had already looked at each package in that cooler! No packages.

My cousin Kris got me in touch with her cousin Ben who lives near Seattle. He lives too far to ask him to drive to Dave with fuel (5 1/2 round trip drive), but Ben did have some suggestions. He has a friend who will be driving past Snoqualmie Pass tomorrow and could bring Dave fuel, but Dave needed to get back on the trail today. Ben's other thought was that at Dave's next resupply location, there is a little store with camping supplies. I called the store/gas station at Ben's suggestion and sure enough, they have the fuel there for purchase. The Dinsmore's Hiker Haven is also at that location. They should also have a package that I had sent early on. My suggestion to Dave was to call them and ask them to open the box to see if there was fuel in it.

Today may be my last call from Dave until he reaches Canada. He's been told that cell signals are rare in this area. I told him to watch out for payphones! We need to hear from him because we are curious about his adventures.

Team Far Sight (Zero and Fire Marshall) and Redhead are all with Dave at Ridge Lake. Their goal is to hike to the Canadian Border together. Dave will continue 8 miles to Manning Park and then take a bus to the Vancouver airport. Zero, Fire Marshall, and Redhead will stop at the border, hike 20 miles to the nearest road, get a hitch to the Amtrak station, and get a ride to Sacramento. At least, this is the current plan. As I've found out on this Adventure, plans change all the time!

13 - 14 days until CANADA!!!!!

(if Dave hikes 20 miles each day - then another 400 miles in California)

Trail Angel Jane