On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 Swimref@cmc.net wrote: > Not only will they not allow camping, they won't even allow the day trip! > The entire valley is closed and posted no trespassing, to preserve the > watershed. Special permission to enter can be obtained from the Tacoma > Water Department. > > Kevin Fraley > Swimref@cmc.net > > >> Michele, > >> > >> Check out this web site. It has a bit about Lester, Washington and a whole > >> lot about the NP Railway! > >> http://pw2.netcom.com/~whstlpnk/np.html > >> > >> Here are some other sites of interest: > >> http://m2.aol.com/mmcgee5924/lester.html > >> > >> http://www.armadillo.com/monad/phillips/store.html > >> > >> http://www.employees.org/~davison/nprha/nagrom.html > >> > >> Enjoy! > >> > >> ^ ^ Kitty (CURTIS) Martin Kent, Washington > >> - - k9504m@aol.com > Back in '68 I was one of the last few Lester non-residents allowed to go eastbound through the Tacoma watershed from Palmer past the H. A. Hanson dam to Lester. The roadway doesn't show on today's maps. That is the winter route to Lester, unless you have a snow-cat like the crew of the Stampede pass weather station crew. In the summer time you can get there from the east off I-90 if your rig can run a rutty road. The railroad recently decided they want to run freight trains through Lester again, but they no longer need the work crew stationed there as they did before. The one remaining woman stays only in summer now. John *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* # John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> Seattle, WA # *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*