Logistics are coming along well. I made flight and hotel reservation this
week. The plan is to fly into Reno, then
take the Eastern Sierra Transit Authority bus from the Reno airport to Lee
Vining. I’ll spend the night at Lee
Vining and then catch the YARTS bus the next morning to Tuolumne Meadows. I
plan on catching the first bus of the day, which will give me a 2 hour layover
in Tuolumne Meadows before the bus leaves for Yosemite Valley. I plan to use those 2 hours to check in with the
Wilderness Rangers to see if there are any same day or next day’s permits available
out of Happy Isles to Little Yosemite Valley or beyond. If there are, I will jump back on the bus to
the valley. If no permits are available
I will probably spend the night at the backpacker’s campground in Tuolumne Meadows,
then head to the Valley the next day.
I looked at the possibility of taking the ESTA bus all the way
into Mammoth and spending my first night there.
My thought was that I would be able to hand deliver my resupply package
to Red’s Meadow, and save a little money.
But the reality is that the cost of lodging in Mammoth would be at least
double of the money that I would say.
Plus the timing would be a little tight to make all the public
transportation to and from Red’s Meadow once in Mammoth.
Trying to keep up my routine of getting to the gym 5-6 days
a week. Usually 2 of those days are
spent in a lifting class (Body Pump) and the other days are divided between
running on the treadmill, stair climber with a weighted pack and a spin class. Not sure how well these workouts will actually
transfer to the trail, but it is much better than sitting on the couch and eating
Bon Bons. I need to get outside! I am starting to get a little cabin fever
being at the gym so much.
