More homeless camps on Desert Museum/Skyline

[cynthia23]

Someone just emailed me that they ran into a big homeless encampment on the lower section of the Desert Museum--bedding, etc. There was a large amount of trash, too, enough that my buddy actually called the police and made a report. Hopefully this particular camp will be cleared out, but it's likely more will follow. Through the years, I have definitely noticed there are more homeless people on the Desert Museum during the summer months--probably because the trail is mostly deserted.

The point here is--if you are doing a 3. a.m, Skyline (a very bad idea now, anyway, IMHO), be aware that you may be running across homeless people. No doubt most are harmless enough, but many are mentally ill, stoned, or just out of jail--not people you want to trip over in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. Be aware.

[bluerail]

hopefully theyre staying on the main trail.

[lilbitmo]

hopefully theyre staying on the main trail.

Only you could make me laugh until I almost choked on the food I was eating, thanks for that Bluerail

[arocknoid]

Bluerail sez:

hopefully theyre staying on the main trail.

Yes, well, many of the homeless are lost souls.

[Carl F]

Where's the "Like" button when you need it??

[Screerider]

If we were to just make being homelessness illegal, we could solve all our problems. Perhaps they would then see the error in their ways and realize how their dire situation interrupts our recreation. They just have no compassion.
Where do you go when there's no place to go?

[bluerail]

....i got my canyon picked out.

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i just checked my pms, i got this from one of you, i aint sayin who...but i fell outta my chair laughin..


" They must be staying on the main trail...otherwise they'd be dead by now. Those shortcuts kill people! "

[cynthia23]

I posted because I'm concerned about unsuspecting hikers--females, but also males--who may head up Skyline in the middle of the night, without knowing or understanding they may stumble through the camp of a drug addict, a parolee, or a paranoid schizophrenic. Are potential attacks, robbery, or sexual assaults on hikers really so amusing? I"ll reiterate: be aware that the lower portions of Skyline are in an urban area, and take the same cautions you would walking down a deserted urban street at 3. a.m.