Thursday, June 5th: after hiking 20 miles, I bedded down around at Monache Creek, N36 deg 17.808; W118 deg 07.832. This section took me from an elevation of 6,080 ft. up to 10,540 and then down to 9,030 where I pitched camp. There are about 5 switchbacks which helped make the climb gentle to moderate. I am entering into an area called the Golden Trout Wilderness. Hmm, trout sounds good to me about now.
Friday, June 6: hiked another 20 miles to Horseshoe Meadow arriving around 1:30pm. Shirley was waiting for me. She had ice cold orange juice and a large pack of sweet roles. My coordinates are: N 36deg 26.894; W 118 deg 10.243. Elevation 10,500 feet. I was glad to hear that my baby's fear of the canyon road was not as disturbing as the other day. She followed Gordon (a grand fellow who is supporting Nimblewill Nomad, Dan, and Slider, hikers I am hiking with) up the steep road to Horseshoe Meadow.
We didn't spend the night because we have a lot of climbing to do to get to Mt. Whitney. More about that later.
Keep hiking,
Greybeard
