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canyonwalker) wrote2023-04-13 09:59 am
canyonwalker) wrote2023-04-13 09:59 am
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WTF, a Food Truck? On a Hiking Trail?!
Our second hike of the day last Sunday was Carson Falls. It's fairly close to Cataract Falls, which we hiked earlier in the day. (See my blogs from Cataract Falls - part 1 and part 2.) In fact we drove right past the trailhead a few miles out en route to Cataract. As we drove past the trailhead we noticed something unusual about 100 meters up the trail over a slight rise— the unmistakable shape and bright colors of a food truck!
"WTF, how did a food truck get up there?" Hawk and I said to each other, noting the locked gate across the fire road that allows only hikers and bicyclists to pass. We figured it was a special permit or something, but sheesh! Commercialization of our public conservation lands. 👎😡
As I repacked my hiking pack at the Carson Falls trailhead— removing my tripod as I figured the cost/benefit ratio of carrying it on a much longer hike wouldn't be worthwhile— Hawk stalked up the trail to see what was going on with that food truck.
Well, good news/bad news. It turns out it's not a food truck. It's the "Tam Van" with information about protecting an endangered species of frogs in the Mt. Tam watershed. Good news: no commercialization of public conservation lands. Bad news: no hot dogs or ice cream available. 🤣
"WTF, how did a food truck get up there?" Hawk and I said to each other, noting the locked gate across the fire road that allows only hikers and bicyclists to pass. We figured it was a special permit or something, but sheesh! Commercialization of our public conservation lands. 👎😡
As I repacked my hiking pack at the Carson Falls trailhead— removing my tripod as I figured the cost/benefit ratio of carrying it on a much longer hike wouldn't be worthwhile— Hawk stalked up the trail to see what was going on with that food truck.
Well, good news/bad news. It turns out it's not a food truck. It's the "Tam Van" with information about protecting an endangered species of frogs in the Mt. Tam watershed. Good news: no commercialization of public conservation lands. Bad news: no hot dogs or ice cream available. 🤣