Most of the day was spent dealing with our resupply logistics so that we could get to Mammoth Meadows, 205 trail miles north without including our planned ascent of Mt. Whitney, in twelve hiking days. Viking generously provided us with his extra food, and the rest of our meals were furnished from the bountiful hiker boxes. The logistics were quite difficult, as we were not able to fit all of our food into the newly-acquired bear canisters. Once in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, we would have to rely on bear lockers in addition to the canisters on our backs until we could cram everything into the 500-cubic inch Lexan containers. Somehow we managed to cram everything into our bags, and we finished up our computer chores on the slow internet connection at Tom's place. I ordered some new shoes to be delivered to Mammoth, and that was about it due to the slow connection. We slowly gathered our things as the afternoon heat waned, with Smiles and I planning on doing about 10-12 miles before dark. As we left Kennedy Meadows and arrived at the campground two and a half miles north, we decided to stick with the Wolfpack at least through Mt. Whitney and deal with the rest of the logistics thereafter. Back on trail together again, we had a mellow evening to the campsite and tucked in, happy to be with our friends.
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| Wall decorations at Kennedy Meadows |
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| Sour Cream cozies up with a friendly pooch before we hit the trail. |
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| The Wolfpack gears up for the 2.5 mile walk to the Kennedy Meadows campground. |
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| The Kennedy Meadows General Store |
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| My pack weighed in at 47 pounds after being laden with 12 days of food and a bear canister. |
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| The 'cyber cafe' in a single-wide trailer at Tom's Place. |
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| The Wolfpack hits the road. |
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| Smiles walks towards Kennedy Meadows campground. |
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| Sour Cream on trail. |
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