California Post Offices

ADDRESS: 1085 Voyager Dr., Tehachapi, California 93561

The town of Tehachapi is really spread out. The post office is on the other side of town over the expressway. Since it is a newer building there really isn’t anything exciting about it. Except that it is one of the stops a potential Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker will visit.

There is really no easy way to walk to the post office from town. I don’t remember there being any sidewalks or pedestrian friendly walkways. I ended up chatting to a random lady at the coffee shop. I mentioned I needed to get over to the post office and she offered to drive me. What luck! I accepted her offer. So this is what hiking and taking pictures of post offices is all about. Random acts of kindness and mingling with the locals. Not much more I could have asked for. As a matter of fact, when I finished at the post office there were a couple other hikers along with myself that ended up getting a ride back into town. Sweet!!!

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 6/2/2010 by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service

ADDRESS: 18758 Carter St., Tuolumne, California 95379

This is the post office located in the visitors center of Yosemite National Park. During my 2010 Pacific Crest Trail hike I stopped here to resupply. There is nice concession stand right next door to the post office. It’s funny to be a hiker watching the nicely dressed tourist. I guess this is one of the first things you notice when you haven’t taken a shower in a while.

Thanks for reading

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 7/3/2010 by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service

ADDRESS: 12529 State Highway 44/89, Old Station, California 96071

Now that I’m home from my failed attempt at hiking the Continental Divide Trail, I’ll need to edit some of my older articles. Old Station was a great little post office. I visited this one while I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2010. I love the small building, it really has a “homey” feel to it. The signage is old and adds character. For those fellow hikers, you know what an important part the post office plays in your re-supply strategy.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 7/29/2010 by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service