Oh Yosemite June 2022 The Adventure Begins- Day 1

We packed up from our “civilized” camp site and headed into the park to begin our adventure. Pack weights were reasonable. Jeff at 39.5 lbs, Craig at 33.5 and John at 29.5. Yosemite requires bear vaults, hard tough plastic canisters, in which to store your food which contributed approximately 8 pounds to each of our packs! The hard plastic prevents the bears from being able to smell your food or being able to open the container if they manage to get a hold of it. Fortunately, there was plenty of water, so we only had to carry about a liter or so and could fill and filter almost everywhere. The main and only road through this part of the park, Tioga Road, is under construction this summer. Fifteen miles of one-lane gravel with follow-me trucks and 30 minutes waits, then we left vehicles at both our entry and exit trailheads to shuttle when we got back. Needless to say, it was just short of 11:00 when we finally hit the trail. We started in at Ten Lakes. It was warm in the sun, but a nice hike.