July 30, 2016
We arrived at the Tuolumne Meadows in the wee hours of the morning. Despite having driven the last 3 hours, Sadie was in business mode and volunteered to head over to the ranger
July 30, 2016
We arrived at the Tuolumne Meadows in the wee hours of the morning. Despite having driven the last 3 hours, Sadie was in business mode and volunteered to head over to the ranger
July 29, 2016
The next day was a lazy one as well. More blogging. More Netflix. I rallied late afternoon to head over to Berkeley for some live music at my cousin Tim's co-op. Katy was
July 28, 2016
Ostin was a working man again and was up fairly early getting ready. My late night travel had not payed nicely with my trail sleep schedule and I stayed curled up in my
July 27, 2016
Kennedy Meadows was still empty when I awoke. I had been hoping that the hikers Mike had mentioned the night before would still be around but they must have found an early evening
July 26, 2016
My morning began with some great light from the sunrise. It was the perfect temperature for hiking and another cloudless day. I was in a good mood. Two hours later I passed a
July 25, 2016
Up fairly early given the late night. Breakfast alone at Alabama Hills. Food assessment then goodbyes and grocery shopping. Met nobo JMT hiker (started with an r, 2 syllables) whose gave me a
July 24, 2016
Despite the late night I was up early and quite hungry. A Texan hiker in the bunk room felt the same way and we headed over to the Alabama Hills Cafe. We got
July 23, 2016
I awoke with a start as the sun crested the horizon just enough to hit my face. It was later than I had planned on being up and much lighter out than I
July 22, 2016
As planned, my alarm went off at 2:00am. I, however, did not stick to the plan of getting up. I had not hydrated enough the evening before and woke with a headache
July 21, 2016
I was up early to try to get a walk-up permit for other trails in Yosemite. Katy and Sadie weren't starting the JMT for another 10 days so I had some time to