Day 56-new gear

Thanks to some of the nicest people I know and also the post office for getting most of it here in time, I got some lighter, better, and cooler gear to use for the rest of the trail. Escalator and hot cheese were so nice as to mail out some of their old (but still very good) gear to me while they are off trail. It was like Christmas when I opened those boxes! No more having to use a pack that needs sewing up every evening just to make it for another day. The one downfall was that I had to wait until 130 for the post office to get it all in. Then I had to go through all my old stuff and mail 3 boxes home. Finally around 4 it was off to the mammoth bus. I rode one trolley to the village, another to the main adventure lodge and then a third to reds meadow to get back on the trail. On the last bus I was a celebrity. One family wanted to get pictures with me and the man bought me lunch. People are so great! I was happy to answer any and all questions the back of the bus could throw at me. It was fun to be able to share my experiences and hopefully inspire others to do something they have always wanted to do. When I finally got to reds meadow I talked with some fellow hikers for a while the moved on to the trail. Almost immediately I noticed that there was going to be snow almost this whole section to tuolomie meadows. Its going to be interesting. Due to getting on the trail at 6 and wanting to sort out my gear, I only got in 5 miles today. Conditions holding up, I still hope to make tuolomie tomorrow. By the way I have no idea how to spell tuolomie meadows. Its by yosemite.