Day 52-6/5/15 Liz 702.58-716.7

The first day after a resupply my pack weighs the most due to the food. Today's was even heavier due to the added weight of the bear canister that's mandatory in Sequoia NP and Yosemite. Watching everyone stuff their food into them is highly entertaining. We had to wait for the store to open so Melinda could mail back items she and I didn't need anymore, therefore even though we were up by 6am we didn't leave until 9:15am. Now it's 1:30 and we had to put up our tents because of rain that's just starting to fall. We found an excellent meadow by a creek and we actually got the tents up quickly. Now we just wait it out. 

Last night we had a campfire with about 10 other people, all men and women in their 20's. One person had two bags of instant mashed potatoes and they decided to make latkes on the open grill. It was fun watching them figure out how to do it and then seeing everyone scatter to get the necessary oil, salt, pepper, foul. They turned out really good.

After the rain ended we hiked a few more miles and ended up camping at the South Kern River on a sand bar. Minty Fresh joined us and when I suggested a campfire he took control and did everything, evidently he really likes campfires. We had a great time just chatting and watching the stars while sipping our kahula and coffee, thank you Leanna and Ron. 

Since there weren't any trees to hang our bear bags we hung them from the bridge, how clever are we.