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The Odyssey Guestbook Entries: 2005
Name: Katherine
Email: katandall@aol.com
Date: Wed Sep 21 21:27:05 MDT 2005
Hi Darrell - Congratulations!!! Just got on-line for the first time in quite a while and it was great to get the news and awesome to see your picture! Good job! Hope to see you soon. Love, Katherine
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Email:
Date: Wed Sep 21 21:22:50 MDT 2005
Name: Linda Necker
Email: lgnecker@earthlink.net
Date: Mon Sep 19 08:47:08 MDT 2005
Congratulations to you, Darrell. We got your call and have left it on our answering machine the day you arrived. Sorry we missed it. All of the Neckers celebrate with you on a job well done!
Name: Sarah, Ken & Hayden
Email: southpacif@aol.com
Date: Sun Sep 11 14:57:22 MDT 2005
Congratulations! That's a lot of walking, especially for a Granda. We are very excited for you and are so glad that we were able to play a part in your journey. We send you our love and look forward to seeing you soon.
Love,
Sarah, Ken and Hayden
Name: Dale..New Zealand
Email: bplum@clear.net.nz
Date: Sun Sep 11 02:27:48 MDT 2005
Hi Darrell & Betsy...Only just catching up with this latest part of your trip Darrell. Really enjoying being part of it all 'from a distance' Have been reading about the Appalacian Trai as welll Perhaps thats next :>) What a wonderful thing to be able to do. All the best Dale
Name: Cathy
Email: cfresquez@nmmagazine.com
Date: Thu Sep 8 12:30:02 MDT 2005
Congratulations Darrell! It is so good to hear that you arrived in Canada and safe. My parents were so excited when they received your post card. We can't wait to hear from you. Thank you Betsy for keeping us up to date with his adventure. It was nice to go along with him. we enjoyed the pictures. Hope to see you both real soon.
Cathy
Name: Lauren
Email: geminiangel23@yahoo.comh
Date: Sun Sep 4 22:45:18 MDT 2005
Congratulations Uncle Darrell!!!! I am so proud of you for dreaming a dream and living it! It is amazing the stuff that you do and I aspire to be like you someday when my life isn't so full of other obligations. My love to you and Besty! Hope to see you again soon!
Name: lizzie
Email: lizurmy@hotmail.com
Date: Sat Sep 3 16:10:40 MDT 2005
Congrats Darrell! You are a true adventurer and I am so proud of you and Betsy both. I can't wait to here more details when our paths cross again. I love you both.
Name: JB
Email: jsomberg@sisna.com
Date: Sat Sep 3 09:06:17 MDT 2005
What an achievement!! Darrell, CONGRATULATIONS! It is all very,very impressive. And those pictures are just marvelous! (Betsy is sooooo proud of you.) Thanks for sharing with this one.
Name: Denys
Email: denysc@cybermesa.com
Date: Fri Sep 2 11:37:08 MDT 2005
Congratulations Big D,
You the Man! What a monumental accomplishment.
Discipline, vision, perserverance and a big, big heart,
as well as the world's best partner. Obviously a winning combination.
I look forward to raising a Guiness w/you in Oct.
Love and Hugs, D
Name: Kathy and Jean
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Fri Sep 2 00:27:42 MDT 2005
Did I ever imagine we would be getting a phone call from....DARRELL
this past week ??? Never !! THANKS for giving us time to hear your
voice and pinch ourselves to be sure we were not just imagining it was
YOU !! Mathilde too was most surprised and glad to have been here when
you called !! And proud that she could use her English for such an
exciting moment ! We hope you will get some rest now in Seattle !! A
bientot, K. and J.Name: Susan
Email: ArtTherapy@aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 1 23:02:57 MDT 2005
Hi Darrell,
Congratulations on your arrival in Canada! Yipee!
The photos on your webpage are breathtaking; what a fabulous adventure you are having. See you back in the States later in the month.
Lots of love, Susan
Name: Andy
Email: alrwalker@aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 1 17:48:55 MDT 2005
Darrell - Awesome! What a remarkable accomplishment. I look forward to sitting down with you, perhaps here in Virginia, possibly in Santa Fe, to relive with you some of the most memorable moments you've had. Safe trip home!
Name: Marilyn
Email: mammills@earthlink.net
Date: Thu Sep 1 17:21:59 MDT 2005
Wow Darrell - Congratulations on an amazing journey. The photos are beautiful. I also bet there's nothing like getting home for a while. :-)Betsy - this is a great site (though I would expect nothing less from you!).
Name: Noah
Email: noah.gordon@prodigy.net
Date: Thu Sep 1 14:15:39 MDT 2005
Congrats from Nepal!!
Warm Regards to you both, Noah
Name: Joan
Email: joaneack@sbcglobal.net
Date: Thu Sep 1 11:55:36 MDT 2005
BRAVO! I love and support you! Congratulations on reaching your dream!!!
Name: Frank Herdman
Email: fherdman@rubinkatzlaw.com
Date: Thu Sep 1 11:50:48 MDT 2005
Congrats, Darrell! An incredible accomplishment.
Name: Darrell "Lord of thr Ring"
Email: djgpct@aol.com
Date: Wed Aug 31 18:42:11 MDT 2005
Wed. August 31, 2005 Hello Folks. I made it. I completed the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada, 2,650 miles "Under Human Power" by foot on Mon. August 29, 2005, at 8:22am PDT. The earth did not shake but a quiet feeling of completion did prevail. I was appropriately alone as I clebrated crossing the US-Canada border/PCT Northern terminus. It was a cool and damp morning the result of a predawn rain. One of few rains that I experienced this leg(summer). I took a few pictures and minutes of videos via a makeshift tripod of trekking poles, tree branch and duct tape. I'm now in Hope, BC, Canada and headed back to US by bus tommorrow. Surprise Surprise I'm having a little hip pain so will rest up with friends in Seattle. Then maybe hike a little in Cascade NP. See you back in the states. All the Best. Darrell Gardner "Lord of the Ring"
Name: Eric Valentine
Email: evalenti@eoni.com
Date: Mon Aug 29 14:13:19 MDT 2005
Hi, Darrell-Bob and I enjoyed our dinner conversation at the Courtney ranch. It was great fun to reminesce about our time together moving up and over Little Giant.
Name: Gina Vigil
Email: gvigil@cuddylaw.com
Date: Wed Aug 24 09:20:37 MDT 2005
Hi Darrell,
We at the Cuddy Law Firm are really enjoying the pictures - what beautiful country. Good luck and keep sending Betsy the wonderful pictures.
Name: Steve McDonald
Email:
Date: Wed Aug 17 13:57:12 MDT 2005
I met Darrell on the trail yesterday, August 16, about noon, near Pete Lake in Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. He is doing fine and looking forward to getting to Canada. We hiked and chatted together for about half and hour. I was only out on a day hike, but on Aug 4-8, I hiked the PCT from Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass. It's a great trail. I admire your enthusiasm and determination. GO DARRELL!
Name: KATHY AND JEAN
Email:
Date: Wed Aug 10 02:47:39 MDT 2005
Dear Darrell,
You are amazing...
I keep singing "Climb Every Mountain" (from "The Sound of Music") when
I look at the maps Betsy has so conveniently displayed for us, to
follow your progress...Plus your splendid photographs. We are confident
that you know just how much you can do and cannot do...and are rooting
for you by the day and the hour, but most of all whenever the challenge
gets heavy...LOVE, Kathy and Jean.
Name: Andy Walker
Email: alrwalker
Date: Fri Aug 5 18:59:41 MDT 2005
Hi Darrell,
Such hard work to put together still another leg of this amazing journey! This is something we mortals can't fathom. Walking up stairs sometimes seems a challenge to some of us and here you are, Darrell, mounting and descending mountains, dealing with everything ma nature has to offer - good and bad. What remarkable vistas you've captured in your photos. By themselves, they're incentive enough to keep moving on to your destination.
It might be interesting for those of us following you progress, getting some insight to your camping experiences. What locations do you seek? What time of day do you settle down for the night? When do you rise? Do you ever keep going at night? What are the major challenges you face camping, other than bears? What do you eat? How often? How much?
Maybe Betsy can fill us in with some of that. We salute you both, as of course this is definitely a team effot.
Love from Richmond! Andy
Name: Bev Schulz
Email: BevSchulz@aol.com
Date: Thu Aug 4 21:58:07 MDT 2005
An incredible journey with awesome photos! This is a great project!
Name: LisaRae
Email: lrcw@aol.com
Date: Fri Jul 29 11:27:46 MDT 2005
Darrell - I'm just catching up with everything - and my hat is off to you. What a wonderful journal and pictures - I will use them with my children this fall.
Now, I just want to use some of these characters
We're thinking of you.
Lots of love - LR and Andy
Name: Kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Mon Jul 25 01:43:08 MDT 2005
WOW !! I apparently missed the July 9th entry....don't know how that slipped by me...We now have at last caught up with you...Darrell, you're walking too fast for us, wait up a minute !!! (Just kidding
)
I admire your fortitude and stick-to-it-ness, plus having to fight off
the microscopic "winged" fauna. Do they crave insect repellent ? Or are
they just too temped by anything warm-blooded, despite the taste of
"Off" ?? I guess their numbers are proof you are not walking through
dry spots but rather through humid, high forests and lake areas. Your pictures are absolutely beautiful ! I will post them in our kitchen to give us the impression we were there with you !
The hearts around here still beat for you...especially since I just found your pancake recipe (which had somehow blown under the fridge and which I had been searching for for months...doing a little spring cleaning, late, here...)
Betsy, thank you, you are doing a grand job too on your end of the adventure(s). We ar
Name: Suzanne Franzen
Email: seataka@aloha.net
Date: Thu Jul 21 12:07:05 MDT 2005
It is delightful to 'see' what you are BEING. Most HIGH love. and gratitude for your journey and YOU.
Name: Charles
Email: charles111@hotmail.com
Date: Tue Jul 19 19:41:23 MDT 2005
Hey you,
I just check out you web site, to discover the adventure of this new part of Darrell “lord of the ring quest”. I wanted to give you my support from Singapore, especially about the mosquito part that is very bad here also. I’ll be checking the advance sometimes, hope the best for you too.
Cheers
Charles
Name: Alan
Email: alam@water.ca.gov
Date: Wed Jul 13 17:35:40 MDT 2005
Darrell-
It good to see you back on the trail. Sarah and I met you on the JMT last year at Vermillion Valley. I just finished Sections B-D of Oregon. Sarah and her father are still out there planning to finish the rest of Oregon sometime between July 25-26th. Best of Luck. Alan
Name: Cathy
Email: cfresquez@nmmagazine.com
Date: Fri Jul 8 14:59:45 MDT 2005
Hi Darrell,
I made copies of your journal entries for my mom and dad to read. Our thoughts and prayer are with you. They were very excited when they heard your voice message. We look forward to seeing pictures.
My dad is doing well. We visited with Dr. Cunningham today. She is ready to make a move and do a surgical procedure to assist the wound in healing. It's a 50/50 chance it might work, if not my dad will still be okay. We sure do miss you. Thank you for everything. You are truely our angel.
We look forward to seeing you and Betsy when you return. Be sure to send lots of pictures.
May God Bless You,
Cathy
Name: Kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Fri Jul 8 06:43:27 MDT 2005
Darrell, your send-off picture makes us think of your ARRIVAL pictures last year !! Gotta get some tan on those legs !! You have our thoughts every step of the way, pal !!
Love from Kathy and Crew
Name: Lulu
Email: lucygoossy@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri Jul 1 07:25:55 MDT 2005
YEAAAAA !!!!!
Go for it Darrell !!! We support you a 100% !!!
I am back in Paris and everything is more than fine !!!!
I am thinking of you very much and I supporte you with all my heart !!!
Enjoy the walk and bring us gorgeous pictures !!!!
Lots of kisses,
xoxoxoxoxoxox, Lucie
Three or four entries got lost at this point. My apologies to those folks!
The Odyssey Guestbook Entries: 2004
Name: Joan Ackerman
Email: joaneack@sbcglobal.net
Date: Mon Mar 28 22:39:52 EST 2005
Every time I read this, I sob. I love you and support you, Darrell. You'll always be my hero.
Name: Charles
Email:
Date: Fri Mar 11 08:17:14 EST 2005
I was very happy to see that you accomplished the first part of your trip. I didin't found the interview you were talking about in your mail. Is it on the site already?
I miss you both a lot and think about you.
Charles
Name: Thierry
Email: jocelyne.turpin@curie.net
Date: Wed Oct 27 07:43:06 EDT 2004
Hello from Paris (France, that is!) We are a group of teen-agers and young adults writing to you from the Curie Institute during a hospital stay for treatment. With the help of Jocelyne, our activities coordinator, and Dorothy, an American volunteer, we are following Darrell's adventure. We have a couple of questions:
Thierry: How did you organize your day? What time did you start hiking and for how long did you walk every day? What did you eat?
Christian's mother: Did you take a day off per week? Or every few days?
Dorothy: How is Sika?????
Hope to hear from you soon!
Name: Jocelyne
Email: jocelyne.turpin@curie.net
Date: Wed Oct 27 05:30:40 EDT 2004
Hello from the Curie Institute in Paris! We're just testing before leaving further messages....
Name: Howard Ruiz
Email:n.ruiz@verizon.
Date: Tue Oct 26 15:59:27 EDT 2004
Hello Darrel, this is real good news, an instructor, as you read my input on the pct-mailman, I cant express enough, how important it is ti learn about hikeing, there is a lot to learn, and one of the things I say is the WHERE,WHEN &HOW & TELL SOMEBODY, if everybody knows that,,,! in an emergency, searchers party would know just where, when and how, too, you had me a little worried to, but you came out smelling like a rose, we are all proud of you ,,,! Howard L Ruiz
Name: Thierry
Email: jocelyne.turpin@curie.net
Date: Tues Oct 26 11:53:03 EDT 2004
Hello from Paris (France, that is!) We are a group of teen-agers and young adults writing to you from the Curie Institute during a hospital stay for treatment. With the help of Jocelyne, our activities coordinator, and Dorothy, an American volunteer, we are following Darrell's adventure. We have a couple of questions:
From Thierry: How did you organize your day? What time did you start hiking and for how long did you walk every day? What did you eat?
Christian's mother wants to know: Did you take a day off per week? Or every few days?
More questions later!
Name: Howard Ruiz
Email: n.ruiz@
Date: Tue Oct 19 18:05:59 EDT 2004
We are very happy for your safe returned home Darrel as you finished your trip, this year, we cant wait for your next years trek, only we will be close by at all times just ahead at a camp in the Hallelujah trail bus, and Betsy, thanks for the complement, your a Jewel, and if 1/2 of us love our partner as you love Darrell, this world be a much better place to live in, thanks to both of you ,Howard & Norma
Name: Steve Hunt
Email: schunt159@att.net
Date: Mon Oct 11 19:54:56 EDT 2004
Way to go, Darrell!
We met at Vidette Meadows the night before you exited Kearsarge Pass on a run to the Post Office. Glad to see you're almost there. Good luck, be safe and be happy.
Steve
Name: Kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Sat Oct 09 15:50:03 EDT 2004
Well, today is Oct. 9th and you were supposed to be eating pancakes on the 2nd, right ? Are you still at it? Did you eat them all and if so are you having difficulty rising from your seat ? We are anxious to know where you are, and even more, HOW you are !!
Andy, you never sent Betsy or ME one of your "postcard pancakes" !! I love it !
Darrell, have you and Betsy crossed paths ? (Truer words were never spoken !)Wow, what a trip you have taken us all on this year !
We're thinking of you !!
Love,
Kathy and Jean
Name: Howard Ruiz
Email: n.ruiz@
Date: Mon Oct 04 19:40:58 EDT 2004
.we dont know just where your at, & would like to know, did you do the pancake thing? umm had some this mourning, Darrel got some real good news, I am Howard retired, and have this 1980 high school bus, runs like a sears washing machine, really good, and I converted into a chuck wagon camper, and when you start your trek next year, I'll be there and will be there the entire trek, where ever roads permit, on the trial,200 gallons of water, fresh hot meal, first aid, shower, etc. I will be at every crossing that the roads permit I keep checking just where you at ,but at this time I don’t know, keep up trekking, we are with you in our prayers, the "BULL"
Name: Denys
Email: denysc@cybermesa.com
Date: Fri Oct 01 10:35:24 EDT 2004
Hey Big "D". Your journey is such an inspiration and adventure for all who know and love you.
Talk about "going for it" You are the poster child!!
I know you'll be glad to see those pancakes. I hope they are made out of rice flour.
Here is to a great finish to this leg of the Odyssey, and an easy journey home.
Much Love,
Denys
Name: Andy
Email: alwalker@aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 30 18:13:18 EDT 2004
You might be interested in knowing that pancakes has multiple functions. If they're good, just eat them. However, when I was at Middlesex School (prep school in Concord, MA) The quality of pancakes the kitchen turned out left plenty to be desired.
Some of us would sneak a couple of pancakes out of the dining hall, press them between a couple of books, and a week or so later addressed them, put stamps on them and mailed to wherever we liked. Some recipients actually thought this unique style of postcard to be pretty comical.
So if you can't eat them all, there are other uses.
Good luck with the challenge. Good luck with the last 121 miles. Lisa Rae and I are rooting 110% for you!
Name: Darrell "Lord of the Ring"
Email:
Date: Wed Sep 29 17:54:54 EDT 2004
Hi Family and friends
Made it to Etna, CA. Mile 1600 from the Mexican border and 900 miles from where I started this second leg in Kennedy Meadows. Also just 121 miles and seven days to go. Etna summit to Seiad Valley 57 miles then 36.5 to the California/Oregon Border then 28 to I-5 south of Ashland, Oregon. My goal for this year complete: The length of California plus 28 miles of Oregon. Estimated arrival date at I-5 Oregon Wednesday Oct 6th, 2004. States border crossing estimated Oct. 4th or 5th. Pancake challenge in Seiad Valley Sat. Oct. 2nd. Oh the Challenge, five 12oz pancakes all at one sitting. I hear only 7 or 8 have met the challenge. We will see if I'm up for it. The weather this last week has been brilliant. Clear, sunny, cool breeze, true autumn days. Lets hope it lasts for one more week. Have been in and out of different wilderness areas: Trinity Alps, Russian, and now the Marble Mountains. Northern California's sections of the PCT, P,Q,& R are truly beautiful but they ar
Name: Sarah, Hayden and Ken
Email: southpacif@aol.com
Date: Wed Sep 29 15:34:58 EDT 2004
Hi Darrell,
Keep up the good work as you wrap up this stretch of your journey, our thoughts are with you daily. It appears that Mt. St. Helens is planning to erupt as you get closer to the Northwest.
Name: Howard Ruiz
Email: n.Ruiz
Date: Tue Sep 28 16:23:13 EDT 2004
What’s up Darrel, where are you ?are you all right ? its been quite, and no new up dates ?how is the weather up there ? As before may God be with you & watching you every step of the way Howard
Name: Kathy and Jean
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Sun Sep 26 10:25:20 EDT 2004
We think you will need some help eating all those pancakes in the pancake challenge at Seaid Valley.....no matter HOW hungry you are or how much you love them....so send us a few !! Our mouths are watering too !
Love,
Kathy and Jean
Name: Courtenay
Email: c.l.tom@clear.net.nz
Date: Thu Sep 23 16:18:06 EDT 2004
Hi Darrel,
Keep the good work coming!
Name: Howard L. Ruiz
Email:
Date: Mon Sep 20 17:08:18 EDT 2004
Darrel, Keep the good work up, and keep plugging on, but there are bears all up and down the pct, from Mexico to Manning park, just be aware, I'll bet your having the time of your life, and we are still with you ,in your web site and in our harts, Howard & Norma
Name: Howard L Ruiz
Email: n.ruiz@verizon.net
Date: Thu Sep 16 12:11:25 EDT 2004
the first is some kind of sign, the 2nd is a bear can, Darrell, we are up in Kennewick Wa, and monitor every inch of your trek, can’t wait for you to get this far north, I cant walk at this moment ,But I will, Howard & Norma,
Name: Meghan
Email: meghan@mind.net
Date: Thu Sep 16 01:04:11 EDT 2004
Hi Darrell!
You're making such great time - don't know how you do it. Happy to hear you're going to be in Dunsmuir soon, very close to the end of this leg of the trip. Everything is ready on this end for your visit. I just spent 4 days with Hayden - he's 12 lbs. already and has a great grin. See you soon.
Name: Lord of the Ring aka Darrell Gardner
Email:
Date: Mon Sep 13 19:37:17 EDT 2004
Hi Folks, well I made it to Chester, CA yesterday, 9/12/04 and am taking a zero day. I'm at a branch library as I type. Received all boxes and remailed my bounce box to Dunsmuir, CA my next full day off, 9/22/04. I want to thank all persons that have log in, or supported me in thought or deed. I want like to especially thank and give a cyber hug to my wife, Betsy. Head logistics officer, love of my life, and best friend. Without her support and love, I'm not sure whether I would have been able to pull this off to date. A day off the trail; in yesterday list making prestop hitchhike 8 miles, motel room, sort dirty clothes, shower 25 minutes, use a complete small bar of soap, dinner, Laundromat, grocery one of many. next day PO boxes, sort food, massage first of trip, mail box dinner. Well get to go. Love to all. Darrell
Name: Kathy and Jean
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Sat Sep 11 02:22:29 EDT 2004
We are sending ahead to you a huge virtual bounce box, full of cheers and and admiration and just heaps and heaps of mustard !!
Love,
K. and J.
Name: Jim Van Every
Email: timber1941@msn.com
Date: Tue Sep 07 11:30:04 EDT 2004
I’m following your journey with great interest! You are a great role model for what’s possible. I haven't been to Yoga as I had been training for the Imogene Trail Run. Unfortunately I developed a serious case of tendonitis in my left foot and will not be able to do the run. What a bummer. Now I’m learning to shift gears and develop a different exercise program.
Take Care Jim Van Every
Name: Thea
Email: tlevkovitz@twsnw.org
Date: Thu Sep 02 20:57:07 EDT 2004
Dearest Friend,
I am so happy that you are in the Sierras again. This vistas you see with your eyes are in my heart.
I have passed my tests, both inner and outer, and am now officially Ordained as Rev. Cheraga Halima Thea Levkovitz. I will look forward to performing an end of the trail Universal Worship next year and will keep you in my prayers until then. love and blessings, Thea
Name: kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Wed Sep 01 03:36:27 EDT 2004
Darrell, thanks for your call the other day !
I can'y believe we actually had that conversation, since I imagine you soooooo far away.....which I am sure you feel too at times. But thanks to you, we are able to grasp a tiny bit of the marvels that are there to behold, for those brave and savy adventurers.
Lucie and Etienne leave tomorrow for Boston for the year ahead, and will surely be in easier touch with Betsy .
Love,
Kathy and Jean
Name: Richard & Helen
Email: helenp13@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun Aug 29 18:40:26 EDT 2004
Hi, We encountered Darrel on the PCT north of Carson Pass, jest south of Echo Summit on Saturday. We chatted for about 1/2 hour. We have digital photo of Darrel standing with Helen. We are happy to share it with you if we can get an email address to send it to.
Richard
Name: Sarah, Hayden and Ken
Email: southpaci@aol.com
Date: Sat Aug 28 21:39:11 EDT 2004
Hi Darrell,
Glad all is well with your journey. Hayden is 6 weeks old today! We are going to the Oregon coast for a week - leaving tomorrow. Hayden's first trip to the beach and a much needed vacation for Ken. We are loooking forward to seeing you and Betsy in October and our love and thoughts are with you as you continue your travels.
Name: Alan Lam
Email: alam@water.ca.gov
Date: Fri Aug 27 15:02:53 EDT 2004
Keep it up Darrell. Sarah and I both envy you and your trek through CA. We both wished me had more time this go around to go beyond the JMT, but we'll get done eventually. See you on the trails!
The first mystery photo was a puzzler, but the second was easy...it's a bear canister.
Name: seataka
Email: seataka@aloha.net
Date: Mon Aug 23 00:20:04 EDT 2004
AWESOME Darrell. Keep taking those pictures. I can smell the air you are breathing,( DELICIOUS )just looking at them.
Name: kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Sat Aug 21 13:15:58 EDT 2004
Wow, I NEVER would have guessed what photo #1 is .... amazing..... As for photo #2, it looks like a jar of hard-boiled blue eggs.....but since you say it has to do with security, maybe it's a flare (flameless) or a signal ??????? Love, Kathy
Name: Jennifer Hamilton / Ashley Markley
Email: jenhamilton26@hotmail.com
Date: Tue Aug 17 23:15:31 EDT 2004
Hi Lord of the Ring! We met you just North of Forrester Pass and talked with you about ultralight backpacking and gear. We hope you're doing well and are thinking of you. We miss the beautiful mountains and clean air. Thanks for giving us tips on how to use our MIOX!!! :) Enjoy the rest of your trip, Jen and Ash
Name: Andy
Email: alrawlker@aol.com
Date: Tue Aug 17 20:37:38 EDT 2004
The second mystery photo seems to be a canister of some sort. Could the contents be a small inflatable baloon that can be GPS tracked to pinpoint his location in an emergency?
Name: Meghan
Email: meghan@mind.net
Date: Mon Aug 09 12:53:59 EDT 2004
Hi Darrell & Betsy! This is my first day back at work so I'm just getting on the site for the first time. Darrell - thank you for keeping Hayden in your mind and heart as you ascended Mt. Whitney. Much love, Meghan
Name: Ken Quigley
Email: quigleyk@tfb.com
Date: Sun Aug 08 11:06:24 EDT 2004
Darrell, I found a company that has applesauce powder. www.adventurefoods.com.
Ken
Name: Ken Quigley
Email: quigleykw
Date: Sun Aug 08 10:42:35 EDT 2004
Darrell, Good luck. It was great talking with you at Vidette Meadows. Hope you made the Post Office.
Ken, Steve, Jennifer, Lynn, John and Carolyn
Name: Jim Young & Family
Email: youngjim44@aol.com
Date: Fri Aug 06 12:33:17 EDT 2004
Good Luck on your journey. We're looking forward to the pictures of your trip. Jim, Marge, Amanda, Becca, Valerie and Matthew.
Name: Willie Watkins
Email: williekaren@aol.com
Date: Wed Aug 04 11:27:31 EDT 2004
Name: seataka
Email: seataka@aloha.net
Date: Tue Aug 03 14:19:38 EDT 2004
My guess- it is a mail bag. a place to drop your mail. Okay Darlin', I see you are on your way again. MAGNIFICENT> LOVE THE PICTURES. Keep them coming. LOVE Sea
Name: Robert Spitz
Email: RobSpitz@mac.com
Date: Tue Aug 03 13:28:05 EDT 2004
I checked your website today and felt a tremendous heart connection with you. I wish I could be there on the trail with you. My blessing.
Robert
Name: Frank Herdman
Email: frherdman@yahoo.com
Date: Mon Aug 02 15:09:19 EDT 2004
It's what's commonly known as a sign diaper in certain parts of rural California.
Darrell, sorry I'm not with you for the beginning of part 2, but I promise we'll hook up somewhere along the trail.
Best of luck.
Name:
Email:
Date: Sun Aug 01 03:16:47 EDT 2004
Darrell, I've been taking real steps of my own, at last (after 6 long weeks of leg brace and crutches) and am now down to one cane and half-days without the brace..... so I am thinking of you step by step on the PCT.....I agree with you, it's great to be walking again ! ( I am a "Walker", after all... ha ha...)
Love, Kathy
Name: Kathy and Jean
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Tue Jul 27 09:28:01 EDT 2004
We are thinking of you today !!
X O X O X O X O
K. and J.
Name: Amy Rowe
Email: Busybee2000@aol.com
Date: Sat Jul 24 19:40:11 EDT 2004
Wishing you well on your odyssey. Walk good. Amy
Name:Jean Denis
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Mon Jul 19 01:47:46 EDT 2004
C'est une mangeoire pour cheveaux.
Amiti?s,
Jean
("It's a feed sack for horses.")
says Jean
Name: Aunt Peggy Young
Email: bcollins@tir.com
Date: Sun Jul 18 18:17:40 EDT 2004
Good luck on your journey, Darrell. We'll be checking up on you.
Aunt Peggy, Barb, Rick & Suzi
Name: kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Sun Jul 18 01:34:34 EDT 2004
Or, maybe it's a place where babies can leave their PARENTS, for a break !!
Maybe it's the local "Lost and Found" device... Love, Kathy
Name:Lisa Rae
Email: alrwalker@aol.com
Date: Sat Jul 17 21:18:47 EDT 2004
It's a place where people can leave their babies while they take a break.
Actually, it is the inside of some old thing, now sagging down into disrepair.
Name: Andy Walker
Email: alrwalker@aol.com
Date: Sat Jul 17 18:50:54 EDT 2004
Hi Darrell,
Or should I say Gramps! Congratulations! Betsy just announced the birth of Hayden. We're all proud for you.
Now, my guess for the mystery photo is that the post seems to be able to hold food supplies and water such as the trail angels would use to supply hikers. Am I right? Probably not, but seems like it's a possibility.
We miss you but hope that your next venture on the trail goes as uneventfully and with as much reward to you as possible.
Love, Andy
Name: The Ballou Family
Email: mbsn@aol.com
Date: Sat Jul 17 09:31:58 EDT 2004
Great new site! We'll keep in touch! Happy hiking!
Martha, Blair, Steve & Nick
Name: kathy
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Sat Jul 17 09:17:34 EDT 2004
OK, so the pouch is hanging BEHIND a sign on a post........no doubt, it is indispensable to know what aforesaid sign says.....maybe it's a nest to gently place iddy-biddy-tweetie-pies that might have had the misfortune of falling out of their nests, along the trail ???? Or maybe it belongs to a kangaroo who lost his/her pouch (remember "Katie No-Pockets" ?). I give up... (for today...)
Love, Kathy
Name: Betsy
Email: betwalk@sisna.com
Date: Fri Jul 16 10:23:29 EDT 2004
Kathy & Linda- Good guesses! But.... NOPE not it!
Name: Chuck
Email: c.necker@earthlink.net
Date: Fri Jul 16 02:52:45 EDT 2004
Nice site.
Here's my wishes for a safe and rewarding Phase II of the journey.
Love, Chuck
Name: Kathy and Jean
Email: caroluce@noos.fr
Date: Fri Jul 16 02:36:19 EDT 2004
Wow, this is what ALL computer logs, site, reference pages, etc. should be like: S I M P L E !! Especially for the " highly computer-challenged", like us...GREAT work, Bets; GREAT aim and vision, Darrell !!! Hanging around the apartment on crutches right now, I'm elated to have your beautiful horizons to contemplate ! I say the pouch is a Suggestion Box......No, seriously, it's either for the Water-Leaver-Offer or for "trail trash"... Right ?
Name: The Youngs, Bob,Sandra,Sarah,&William
Email: bsswy@att.net
Date: Thu Jul 15 23:21:45 EDT 2004
Thanks for the E-Mail. Your adventure is a marvel. Wish we could join you (maybe a mile or two). Miss seeing all the Gardner clan. Peace, love and good health to all.
Name:Lauren
Email: geminiangel23@yahoo.com
Date: Thu Jul 15 22:46:03 EDT 2004
Hey Uncle Darrell! Good luck on your long long trek. I admire you for making your dreams a reality. And Aunt Betsy, I admire you for allowing your husband to leave you alone for so long My boyfriend left me for two weeks to visit family and friends in Oregon and I was a mess
Hoping to see you two soon, Lauren
Name: Denys
Email: denysc@cybermesa.com
Date: Thu Jul 15 22:06:11 EDT 2004
This is a great website. Boy Betsy, was Darrell ever smart in picking you!! And visa versa. As for "Big D"-I am so thrilled for you. You are going for your dream, and I support you 1000%. I am so proud of you. Love and Hugs, D
Name: Susan
Email: ArtTherapy@aol.com
Date: Thu Jul 15 16:09:33 EDT 2004
Cool website, Betsy. Darrell, you better get going so I can live vicariously! Love, Susan
Name: Linda Necker
Email: lgnecker@earthlink.net
Date: Thu Jul 15 13:01:56 EDT 2004
Betsy, I have to first say that your directions to the website are very clear and show evidence of what a great computer teacher you are. All scenarios are included for one to access the website easily. The pictures are great and help me to travel with Darrell with wonderment of his goal. I think the mystery picture is a feeding pouch for animals or people along the trail. Linda
Name: Rand Little
Email: rand.little@seattle.gov
Date: Thu Jul 15 11:50:19 EDT 2004
Best wishes for the next leg of the journey. Great website Betsy. Looking forward to updates Darrell. Rand
Name: megan clark
Email:meclmft@hotmail.com
Date: Thu Jul 15 11:40:01 EDT 2004
I wish you good weather, good boots and a no bears or mountain lions. Love, Meg
Name: Amy Rowe
Email: Busybee2000@aol.com
Date: Sun Jul 11 20:46:48 EDT 2004
Hi Betsy and Darrell
I see all is well with you guys. I have to give high praises to both of you. We in the Boogey Down Bronx are routing for you on your quest. Amy and James
Name: Denys Cope
Email: denysc@cybermesa.com
Date: Sun Jun 27 20:12:41 EDT 2004
Keep on Keeping on with your Grand Adventure of a Lifetime!!
Love and Hugs, Denys