A creek crossed the trail just past where I camped. I was still waking up and almost slipped in! Luckily I caught myself and jumped forward. It was an exciting start to the day. And I was glad to have dry feet.

I got out of bed and walked out to a full breakfast spread. Biscuits and gravy and eggs. It was so tasty.

Jack rabbit huddled in his sleeping bag while we waited for the bus. Surplus was holding his tent, because he was slow to pack up. We were a rough looking crew.

Chef slept in the vestibule last night, right next to my tent. I heard him packing up at 5:30. And I rolled over then went back to sleep. It was below freezing.

My water was frozen. I left my water filter out all night so it is probably ruined. When it freezes the filter becomes less effective. But there isn’t a way to tell if it’s broken or not.

I woke up every hour in the night. Half afraid a tree branch would blow off and land on me. But the wind was mostly blocked and I was thankful to be in my tent.

I walked through the overcast morning to the hotel lobby for breakfast. 10 hikers were already there and had cleaned the place out! No waffles or bagels were left.

I woke up feeling stiff but not too sore. Much better than I expected after a 50 mile day.s Gramps made waffles for breakfast. I topped them with strawberries, butter, syrup, and whipped cream.

I didn’t have service to upload images or posts at Kennedy Meadows. I’m headed into the sierras for 6-7 days. I’ll get the daily posts back online after!

I woke up at 12:40. 5 minutes before my alarm. I didn’t dare go back to sleep in case I slept through the alarm. So I rolled over and tried to pack up my gear. We had a lot of eyes on our hike today. I wanted to get off to a good start. To…