We were up and out about 8:00am in the morning. We continued south on 49, passing through Sonora and other gold rush towns. We filled up the propane tank on the van, expecting it to be empty after over a week of continual refrigeration use. It only took 1.2 gallon, yet holds 2.2, so a week only took 1 gallon of propane. Now we know we can go two weeks without a propane fill-up.
We stopped in Mariposa for lunch at the city park. Fresh salad from our spiffy refrigerator. We got to Oakhurst about 2:00pm and headed to Lois’ house to visit unannounced. Sally worked with Lois at Yosemite the year she volunteered. We had a wonderful visit with Lois and Gary, catching up on news and park happenings. Lois read the PCT blog I wrote last year, so she had some questions about the trip. Gary gave us a bike multitool for our trip to Europe, a much needed addition to our gear for our upcoming trip.
We left the Orr’s, got gas in Oakhurst, and headed to Bass Lake for the night. We toured the Pines resort, then drove to the other side of the lake to a campsite for the night. The lake is way down due to the drought. All the docks along the lake shore were laying on the dry beach, the lake down about 15 vertical feet.
We called trail saint Dave to make plans for hiking this coming weekend.
We took a nice walk along the shoreline road just before dark, then snuggled into the van for the night.
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