June 22:Yosemite Wilderness

We had initially planned on getting up and leaving Tuolumne early like a normal day of hiking, but we decided last minute to stay until a store opened so we could buy some more DEET. We were almost out and we heard that there were mucho mosquitos north of Tuolumne. In the meantime, we found out that there was a "free coffee/tea with the rangers" at 8am in a campfire circle near our campsite. So we headed over there to wait for the store to open at 9am. We also saw a sign the night before saying that the store had free coffee at 9am, so we got more there as well! Must be a Sunday morning thing.

We finally rolled out around 10:15am after drinking a few cups of coffee and hanging out with a few hikers we'd been hiking with for awhile.

The terrain changed dramatically in this part of the Sierra. There are now very steep canyons with a creek flowing at the bottom, and we just go from one to another...straight up and straight down in thousand foot incriments. It is very challenging terrain, but also very beautiful. It is also very mosquito-y as well since we are at lower elevations now. We ended up camping in a meadow, where I donned my "mosquito armor," which consists of my rain pants, windahirt, gloves, and headnet, before setting up our tarp. In this getup I am bug-proof :). It's a beautiul thing. Luckily once we set up our tarp they weren't bright enough to find their way in so we had a peaceful nights sleep.

Total miles:963.4
Miles Today:20.7
Camp 56:Frosty Meadow

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