On the morning of May 24th Betsy and I headed out again for Bridgeport on our way back to Tucson. Rest assured that I'm not returning to Tucson for the summer - I'm planning on being back on the trail as soon as June 15th. By that time the snow will have melted and the high passes, Forrester and Kearsarge, should be passable.
We stopped over night at the cabin to pick up some things we left behind, like crampons and snow pants! When we arrived late in the day we took a little walk around the area and discovered neighbors Holly and Doug were at home. Plans were quickly made for a post dinner happy hour. Later on we met their friends and swapped stories.
In the morning we were back on the road, headed for Tucson by way of the northern reaches of Death Valley. Betsy had a few caches she needed in some remote areas of California and Nevada, so we took the less traveled road to get them. That road included the Bristle Cone Pines National Forest where we met a ranger who proudly told us of the role the University of Arizona played in dating the trees. Who knew? Actually, we told him that a friend was one of the UA Tree Ring lab researchers and he had helped us to core and date a tree in front of the cabin. Its such a small world!
Later that day we pulled into Beatty Nevada for a stay at the Motel 6. They left the lights on for us.
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