From Pea Hicks, aka ‘Girlscout’, on Facebook “PCT Class of 2014” yesterday evening:
Hey folks, the Dinsmores - trail angels at Stevens Pass, WA - need to replace the washing machine that has been used exclusively to wash filthy hiker laundry for the past 10 years or so. It only makes sense to crowd-source this expense to the hiking community. If you can afford to paypal $3 or $5 or whatever you expect it would normally cost you to do a load of laundry, you’d be helping yourself and future hikers hike that final stretch of WA looking like a million bucks. Donations to the cause can be paypalled directly to Andrea Dinsmore at “andrea at dinsmoreshikerhaven dot com”. Thanks!!
(and he later added:) … it’s not an official donation page or anything, this was very spur-of-the-moment. just login to your paypal account and “send money” (to family and friends) to the email address above.
thanks!
Please help those (in this case, the Dinsmores, Andrea & Jerry, PCTMom & PCTDad) that have so unselfishly helped so many PCT hikers over the years. They are indeed “family”!
Thank you!
Happy trails!!!
Jim (PITA)