[pct-l] yogi's resupply strategy - VVR

[mardav@xxxxxxxxxxx (Marion Davison)]

I couldn't agree with you more, Yogi.  VVR has bent over backwards to make us
llama packers welcome.  They let us camp in their parking lot, took our llamas
on the ferry, treat us like family, gave us free llama feed, etc.  Red's Meadow
and its tourists look at us like aliens from outer space, have asked us to
remove our llamas from the parking area, and wouldn't let them set foot in the
campground so we could take a shower at the hot spring shower house.  The Red's
pack station owner cussed us out as we went by, and we were ejected from the
horse camp at Agnew Meadow because we aren't horses, even though the three horse
sites were unoccupied that night.  To their credit, the pack station operators
at Agnew let us spend the night in their overflow parking area.  We later got an
apology from Inyo for the ejection from the campground  (8 months later).  Some
folks hate llamas even more than they hate smelly  through hikers.  I guess it
has something to do with spitting......
llamalady

yogi hicker wrote:

> There is more to a resupply point than simply resupplying.  Personally, I
> would walk the approximately 190 miles (including a Whitney sidetrip) from
> KM to VVR without going out over Kearsarge Pass to resupply.  That puts me
> at VVR.
>
> Yes, VVR is expensive.  So you'll spend a lot of money there.  Cut back
> somewhere else.  After 11 days traipsing over the passes in the Sierras, you
> are ready for good food, showers, laundry, and time to tell tall tales with
> your fellow hikers.  VVR is one of those places that you'll never forget.
> Not because of the food, or the tent cabin, or the shower.  But because of
> the time you spend with your fellow hikers who just went thru the same
> frightening/fun/crazy/harrowing experiences in the Sierras with you.
>
> The people who work at VVR are wonderful.
> Spending time with your fellow hikers  at VVR is wonderful.
> Taking a zero day in the middle of the Sierras is wonderful.
> Do it at VVR.
> VVR is very hiker friendly.
> It's our world.
> Red's Meadows is not ours.  It's touristy.
>
> my opinion.
> I've been there twice.
> VVR rocks.
>
> yogi
>
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