Day 6 discussion - the exit

We had been discussing exit options since it was clear we didn't have enough food to stay on the trail to the end. We were at day 6 with one or two days to get to Muir Ranch where we had sent 4 days of food, thinking we'd be there on day 6.

The options we discussed were to exit at Muir Ranch down to Lake Florence, hike to Le Conte ranger station and exit over Bishop Pass, or perhaps hike to the Taboose Pass junction and exit there.

But while discussing it this night, we decided to exit on Lake Edison at the Vermillion Valley Resort. That would be in two days, and Debbie could pick us up from the west side (although it turned out to be a very long access).

We could communicate this to Debbie with Stephanie's  InReach satellite communicator which we had been using since day 1. Debbie often had a better idea where we were than we did. Oddly, having decided to exit, nothing really changed. We still had a day and some to hike and all the various activities that would go along.

The journey finally did take over the plan.

Moon over Virginia Lake.