PHOTOS: Packing it in
Deb Burgess with lead packer Fred, her only mule. Burgess is owner and operator of Adams’ Pack Station and General Store in Chantry Flat in the Angeles National Forest. Burgess, who has more than a dozen donkeys, provides a pack service for cabin owners and campers who need all manner of goods delivered to them.
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Moonshine peeks out a stable window at Adams’ Pack Station in Chantry Flat.
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Deb Burgess, left, advises visitors Tim Frost and Joe Slack about the hiking trails and waterfalls near Chantry Flat.
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Deb Burgess plays with one of the goats living at Adams’ Pack Station.
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Adams’ Pack Station and General Store in Chantry Flat can be a busy place. But the L.A. County Health Department has restricted it from selling any edibles or drinks unless some expensive modifications are made, threatening owner Deb Burgess’ ability to keep the business going.
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Deb Burgess leads two donkeys out of barn to prepare them for a packing trip. Customers are cabin owners and guests at Sturtevant Camp in the San Gabriel Mountains who need such things as propane tanks, food, drink, firewood, bedding, tools, roofing and even concrete delivered to them.
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Deb Burgess leads mule Fred and a staff of donkeys on a six-hour delivery trip into the canyon down from Chantry Flat.
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Hikers and campers follow Deb Burgess and her team of pack animals as they head out from Adams’ Pack Station and General Store in Chantry Flat on a delivery trek. Burgess might have to give up the business, which operates on a shoestring, unless she can raise enough funds to comply with county Health Department requirements related to the selling of food and drink at the store.
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