[pct-l] Resupply/parking

[Marion Davison]

I would not send a resupply to Red's Meadow.  If you walk right through 
Red's Meadow past the store, the store is pretty big and comprehensive. 
  You could easily get enough there to get you to Tuolumne Meadows.  If 
you leave the trail at Crater Meadow and hike to Horseshoe Lake, you can 
take a free shuttle bus into town and shop in a real grocery store. 
Also enjoy all the other town amenities, which are many.

Trailhead parking--something to think about.  Damage from critters, from 
bears to micro bears (mice) can be substantial if you park at a 
trailhead for a while.  We left our stock rig at Horseshoe Lake for 
several weeks, while we hiked a figure 8 loop.  We had our resupply in 
our van.  The van is bearproof, but not mouse proof.  While we hiked, 
several mice moved in and feasted on our resupply and made nests and set 
up house.  When we returned we found the mess, cleaned up as best we 
could and stored all the remaining foodstuff in a couple of coolers, 
which were mouseproof.  But it took the rest of the summer, when we were 
using the rig as an RV on a road trip and sleeping in it, to get rid of 
the now resident mice--setting traps every night.  Eventually we had to 
dismantle the RV to clean out the mouse poop, nests, and dead mice.  Ecch.
 From that time on we have stored resupplies in the vehicle inside 
coolers.  No more cardboard boxes or plastic tubs.
Marion