Day off in Yosemite

Most people in our group decided to hike Half Dome, however, a 19 mile, 12 hr hike was not exactly something I was in the mood for. So, Jack, Ben, Susan, Justine and I went on a hike called Cloud's Rest which climbed up to almost 10,000 ft and overlooked Half Dome. Jack informed us it would be about a 7 mile roundtrip hike. However, once we got onto the trail we found out is was about 7.5 miles each way, or 15 miles total.

It was exhausting, but the view was beautiful. The van was acting funny on our way back and we stopped repeatedly to try to figure out what was wrong.

We got back to the host late because our hike was so long and immediately grabbed the laundry tarp to take and wash. We only got about 500 ft with it in the van before it seized and stopped completely. It wouldn't move so we called AAA and began trying to figure out how to do laundry for 27.

After lots of talking and arguing we finally got ahold of housekeeping who agreed to stay open a half hour late for us, but we still had no ride. I approached the neighbors who were outside enjoying some wine. After explaining our situation they said we could take their Rav-4. So, I ran back to tell the good news. We shoved garbage bags of our filthy, smelly clothes into the trunk and flew to housekeeping. The guy there was not the woman who had agreed to stay open late, so we DM'd an extra hour or two of laundry time and got to work. We were also able to convince him to let us shower for free after the showers closed. Meanwhile we made a mad dash to get pizza before everything in the park closed at 10. The evening was a mad dash and could not possibly have been more Bike and Build. Everything is more complicated with 27 ppl involved. But clean clothes were had for everyone!!!