Got up around 6:30 and picked up a few things to take down to where Trey and the Power were. Got down there and he wasn't there but the coffee maker had coffee in it like he said it would. I proceeded to do up the last of my computer tasks (backup laptop, empty off 2,122 photos/videos from my iPhone (it was empty at Kennedy Meadows). Trey's photo was playing the Grateful Dead music I gave him last night.

Trey showed up a bit later and we talked a bit. He was making pancakes and he made me a couple. He worked as an electrician in North Dakota and got laid off, so he ended up riding a bike to Washington and then down to Yosemite, where he had landed a volunteer job as a campground host.

I walked back up to my camp to pack everything up and most everyone was awake then. A guy walked by and started talking to Texas Poo and I. He said he'd buy us breakfast at the cafe if we wanted. TP was down for it but I knew there was no way I would be ready to go in a few minutes.

I finally made it out of there around 10:00am. There were a few hikers up at the store. It was the same scene as yesterday. 12:30 came and went but the PO wasn't open yet. The guy had to scan every single box but he told me he would keep an eye out for mine. Eventually I got them and started to pack things.

Cora had mailed me an entire box of Krave cereal along with some milk. The whole Krave cereal came about because one time we were in the grocery store and at the end of an aisle they had a whole display of this fortified sugar product called cereal.

"Stoner Endcap", she said.

Someone asked where the showers were and I said that "you wouldn't like the answer....60 miles to the east". The guy was surprised that the campground had none, nor any around the store.

I debated about mailing off my ice axe but it was going to bit of a pain so I figured I'd just carry it to Truckee. So yet again I would have to endure another week of questions about why I had an ice axe.

Eventually I got my pack sorted and purged of excess weight, then got the bounce box mailed off. I decided to keep my old shoes and walk another 60 miles in them so I could have exactly 1000 miles on a pair of shoes.

I had a bunch of excess food items since I was going to be stepping up the daily mileage a bit. I made an announcement that I was going to be dumping stuff in the hiker box, but wanted to see if anyone wanted anything before I did. My dehydrated vegetables went really fast.

Finally at around 3:30pm I headed out of town with U-turn and his friend Trout. The cell service wasn't good and annoying in that I could get the first parts of emails but couldn't read anything more, nor send anything out.

There was one email from my friend's Dad who is going to meet me at Sonora Pass this coming Sunday, along with a few from Cora. It was a bit annoying knowing that people had questions for me, yet I didn't know what they were, nor could I have responded. I put the phone into airplane mode and continued on.

The scenery was really nice, a lot of water and rocks that had been scraped up by glaciers. I asked U-turn and Trout how their hike through the Sierras was.

U-turn asked if I had met the ESPN girls. I told him I had not. He laughed and said "well....ok". He said they were at the top of Mather Pass having a snack when two girls showed up. After a bit of small talk the girls said they had an odd request to ask. "ESPN" they said. U-turn and Trout thought it was something to do with the ESPN cable TV sports network. "No....Every Sierra Pass Naked". They were taking naked photos of themselves at the top of every pass and needed someone to take their photo.

"Well....that is a trail story I've never heard before", I replied.

We got to Glen Aulin camp which was an established campsite around six miles in. There were several cabins there too. A bunch of the guys were going to camp there, but I felt like it was a bit too early to be stopping since I was on a schedule. I said my goodbyes and went back to the PCT.

It was a pretty nice hike through the late evening. The mosquitoes were so so, but then it started getting quite cold. My hands were numb as I hiked through the meadows. Eventually I found a camp spot next to a little creek and called it a night.