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This weekend some of the family and I hiked from Rainy Pass on HW20 to Stehikin on Lake Chelan. It was a great hike, good weather most of the way. I OC'd as usual (Glock20), and I have never had a problem (even in NPs.) We passed four groups of people on the trail, they never took a second glance.
In town we stopped and ate at the Bakery, not a second glance there either. Good food btw. On our way to the lake, I passed a ranger on a motorcycle, he waived to me. Anice guy in atruckdriving by actually stopped and gave me a ride to thelake.When we got there andwere waiting for the boat to come pick us up, another ranger came up to me and got upset.
He asked why I was carrying, if I was on duty, etc.. I was short with him, I had to bite my tongue (I would have argued if I had time (and he looked like he was ready to arrest me anyway).. only one boat for the day, and we all had to work the next day..) I told him I wasn't looking for any trouble, and he told me he would give me a warning if I unloaded, took off the slide,and put it in my pack. He made me take my knife off my hip and put it there too. He was really perplexed that I wasn't scared of his authority, and that I was really frustrated with him. Afterwards he got in his car and wouldn't look at me. officer Fitzgerald.
he was the brunt of a lot of jokes afterward from my family, though . They were glad I carried after we saw a bear too
This weekend some of the family and I hiked from Rainy Pass on HW20 to Stehikin on Lake Chelan. It was a great hike, good weather most of the way. I OC'd as usual (Glock20), and I have never had a problem (even in NPs.) We passed four groups of people on the trail, they never took a second glance.
In town we stopped and ate at the Bakery, not a second glance there either. Good food btw. On our way to the lake, I passed a ranger on a motorcycle, he waived to me. Anice guy in atruckdriving by actually stopped and gave me a ride to thelake.When we got there andwere waiting for the boat to come pick us up, another ranger came up to me and got upset.
He asked why I was carrying, if I was on duty, etc.. I was short with him, I had to bite my tongue (I would have argued if I had time (and he looked like he was ready to arrest me anyway).. only one boat for the day, and we all had to work the next day..) I told him I wasn't looking for any trouble, and he told me he would give me a warning if I unloaded, took off the slide,and put it in my pack. He made me take my knife off my hip and put it there too. He was really perplexed that I wasn't scared of his authority, and that I was really frustrated with him. Afterwards he got in his car and wouldn't look at me. officer Fitzgerald.
he was the brunt of a lot of jokes afterward from my family, though . They were glad I carried after we saw a bear too