Destination: Tuolumne Meadows Campground
Miles: 0
Adrian:
Thanks to everyone who signed our guestbook!! That includes Linda, Adrienne, Billy, Brian, and Christopher. It's good to see people are following our progress. Sometimes we need a bit of positive reinforcement when the trail is hard or we miss home. Thanks.
After a wonderful dinner at the Ahwahnee, Kirsten had sea scallops and I pork, we slept very well in the comfortable bed. I think this room may be the nicest we'll ever have on the trail.
We slept in, had breakfast and made the noon valley floor tour. We were driven from valley site to site in a jitney type truck. The tour was two hours and moderately informative. The sights were simply breathtaking.
Post tour, we hopped the shuttle to the grocery store and resupplied for the next 155 miles, which translates to 7 days food. Some of what I bought was granola, aged cheddar cheese, string cheese, dry salami, energy bars, stove top stuffing, veggie chili, pasta roni garlic and herb angel hair pasta, Mac 'n cheese, potato chips, saltines, dried mango, bagels, dried milk, animal crackers, tasty bite indian dinner, and a freeze dried dinner.
Last but not least, we found two bears that needed a home and sent them on their way to Delafield, Wisconsin to Sierra and Karina, who I know will take good care of them. Maybe the bears will arrive before Germany. Good luck bears!
Now we are on a bus to Tuolumne Meadows with a driver who likens himself to a drill sergeant in the Marine Corp. One thing is for sure; we'll arrive on time. We'll camp at the backpackers’ site tonight and set off in the morning (after breakfast sandwiches at the grill!).
Kirsten:
Remember Adrian's nerd factor? Good, then there should be no snickering about our two-hour open-air bus tour with a ranger. It also should not surprise you that after setting up our tent in the backpackers’ campground Adrian ran off to the fireside ranger talk. This time it was called "Mountain Time" and was all about thru-hiking the PCT.
These last two days have energized me for the trail ahead. Next stop, South Lake Tahoe and a rendezvous with the Keyser brothers, who promise to bring the funk back to the trail.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
2 comments:
You sound like you are having a great time...You are missed! I think of you two often. Guess who emailed me through classmates the other day? Chad Good? Do you remember him? Keep on trucking....
Keep up the good work! We're having fun reading about your travels. It sounds amazing! Gresh wishes he was there.
Post a Comment