Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Lots of people came out for Plane Crazy Saturday this month, even though it was colder and windy. It is so nice to see a number of aircraft on the ramp, including Dave Robbins Cessna 182. Dave works at Stratolaunch and pilots the chase plane, a Cessna Citation. We had a visitor from Germany, Joerg Schieber, who had sent an email to us in September asking if it would be possible to fly in a Cessna 150 while visiting Plane Crazy. We told him that we would try to find someone. He had earned his...
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) covers 2,663 miles of rugged terrain following the ranges of California, Oregon and Washington. Most hikers start at the Mexican border and, if they finish, complete the hike at the Canadian border. They gain significant altitude as they cross the towering Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. The National Park Service designated the route as a National Scenic Trail in 1968. It was completed and dedicated in 1993. The trail goes through western Antelope Valley and over...
If you don't want to wait for the inevitable to become an angel, you can sign up right now to be one. Tehachapi has a list of Pacific Crest Trail Angels that you can join. Angels give rides, lodging, and/or information to travelers hiking the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) that starts on the Mexican border and ends on the Canadian border. The PCT is a National Scenic Trail that follows the pacific crest through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. It also passes approximately...
Our little mountain town has a lot of unique features. One of my favorites is its connection to the beautiful Pacific Crest Trail. Downtown Tehachapi is just about 9-miles from two PCT Trailheads, which brings more than a thousand hikers to our town each year between April and August. I love hiking, but have never ventured out on the PCT, which runs from Mexico to Canada. Seeing the hikers and hearing their stories from the trail is exciting and full of mystery. Tehachapi has more than 40...
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) covers 2,663 miles of rugged terrain following the ranges of California, Oregon and Washington. Most hikers start at the Mexican border and, if they finish, complete the hike at the Canadian border. They gain significant altitude as they cross the towering Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. The National Park Service designated the route as a National Scenic Trail in 1968. It was completed and dedicated in 1993. The trail goes through western Antelope Valley and over...
Pacific Crest Trail Hikers will be disappointed this year as they proceed north from Mexico! They will learn that one of their favorite and famous traditional stops has closed, the Safley’s in Aqua Dulce. (See below for Donna Saufley's recent announcement.) Hikers will miss this place! In past years previous hikers have enjoyed showers, the mail stop, delicious food and fun, and many other delights as they collapsed in Agua Dulce after walking hundreds of miles across mountain crests and desert floors from the Mexican border. Luckily there i...
Last issue I left you with time for a pause. During this pause I learned a bit about the Tehachapi Trail Angels. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 2000, commonly known as the PCT, is a pathway that leads intrepid backpackers from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada – over 2,500 miles. A few attempt to cover the long distance in one journey. Most, like myself, do what is called "section hiking." (A little bit here and a little bit there.) I have also volunteered as a local "...
"The Trail" is the Pacific Crest Scenic Trail (PCT). It begins at the Mexican border, travels north through some of the most beautiful, at times the most dreadful, most picturesque and sometimes untidy scenes of the western edge of North America. Mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, wildlife, deserts and too many small things to mention are along the trail that wanders up-and-down and left-and-right, then ends up some 2,650 miles later. I chose to be a "section hiker." Little bites here and there...
