[pct-l] Memorial Day: Horseshoe Meadow or Bird Spring Pass

[David Hough on pct-l]

Looking at options for Memorial Day weekend, one would be to repeat 2002:
 
http://pcnst.oakapple.net/photo/cc-pct/g/2002-05-29-g09/

and backpack between Kennedy Meadows to Horseshoe Meadow, and another would be to repeat 2004:

http://pcnst.oakapple.net/photo/sc-pct/f/2004-05-28-f11/

between Jawbone Canyon Road and Walker Pass, except day hiking between two cars since the water caches
aren't there any more.


Which leads to the relevant dayhiker/section hiker questions:

Is the road to Horseshoe Meadow open/likely to be open for Memorial Day this year?

Is the road to Bird Spring Pass repaired yet?   The PCTA shows it badly washed out a year ago.
Otherwise it looks like Yellow Jacket spring is it as far as water until Kelso Valley Road, a long
hot haul.     Are any of the other roads between Bird Spring and Kelso Valley plausible for normal cars?