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07-05-2006, 06:48 PM
Cabins
The deal is that PATC has two categories of cabins, those rentable by the general public and those rentable by members only. PATC membership is $35. PATC offers Leave No Trace Trainers Courses. $35 for PATC members, $50 for non-members.
Cabins are available to rent (reserve) a month in advance. Some cabins go extremely fast. Any person who has participated on an official PATC work outing can reserve a cabin a month and X days in advance (think it is a week). Work Crews have first priority for rentals.
Volunteering
It is work at your own pace labor so bring the kids and pets if you wish. For someone just getting involved there are already established work crews that are very welcoming to new faces. Some of the crews do a day outings of 9 to 4 Saturday and 9 to 12-1 Sunday. They'll rent a cabin close by for the overnight and there is usually a potluck or a planned dinner and breakfast with some lively conversation, drinking and card playing in the evening. There is a listing of all planned events (hikes, meetings, work outings) on the PATC Forecast page (http://www.patc.net/activities/forecast.html). During the summer months most of the crews only do one outing a month, other seasons two a month.
Ones of interest if you want something local are:
Rock Creek Park work trip July 8th
Potomac Heritage Trail (McLean Va.) July 22
Not so local (down near 33 and Skyline Drive):
Argow Cabin work trip, South District, Shenandoah National Park, VA July 21 -23
Stonewall Brigade is a great crew, North District Hoodlums look like a fun group, I have heard interesting stories about Shenandoah Bartenders and I have personally done work on the Cadillac Crew (laid back but hard working group).
The deal is that PATC has two categories of cabins, those rentable by the general public and those rentable by members only. PATC membership is $35. PATC offers Leave No Trace Trainers Courses. $35 for PATC members, $50 for non-members.
Cabins are available to rent (reserve) a month in advance. Some cabins go extremely fast. Any person who has participated on an official PATC work outing can reserve a cabin a month and X days in advance (think it is a week). Work Crews have first priority for rentals.
Volunteering
It is work at your own pace labor so bring the kids and pets if you wish. For someone just getting involved there are already established work crews that are very welcoming to new faces. Some of the crews do a day outings of 9 to 4 Saturday and 9 to 12-1 Sunday. They'll rent a cabin close by for the overnight and there is usually a potluck or a planned dinner and breakfast with some lively conversation, drinking and card playing in the evening. There is a listing of all planned events (hikes, meetings, work outings) on the PATC Forecast page (http://www.patc.net/activities/forecast.html). During the summer months most of the crews only do one outing a month, other seasons two a month.
Ones of interest if you want something local are:
Rock Creek Park work trip July 8th
Potomac Heritage Trail (McLean Va.) July 22
Not so local (down near 33 and Skyline Drive):
Argow Cabin work trip, South District, Shenandoah National Park, VA July 21 -23
Stonewall Brigade is a great crew, North District Hoodlums look like a fun group, I have heard interesting stories about Shenandoah Bartenders and I have personally done work on the Cadillac Crew (laid back but hard working group).