[pct-l] JMT: getting from Lone Pine back to SFO after the trail

[m_factor at hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Can't help with the public transportation questions, but as for hitching, I 
managed to hitch from Lone Pine to SF last year when I got off the PCT.  It 
took about 3 hitches to go from Lone Pine, to the road into Yosemite, to the 
hamburger stand at Tuolomne Meadows.  From there, I managed to talk to 
someone who ended up offering me a ride all the way to Santa Clara.

For the most part, I advocate approaching people leaving stores and such 
while hitching but it didn't seem appropriate for most of the day.  Stand at 
the north end of town for the hitch out of Lone Pine.  I found most people 
at the rest area by the road into Yosemite were leaving the park so I stuck 
out my thumb on the road opposite the rest area.  There was one place where 
there was enough room for a car to pull most of the way off the road.  I 
stood just before that.

At Tuolomne, I was really looking for a ride to the valley but I got lucky 
when I found my ride was going all the way to Santa Clara.  I didn't hitch 
that one, I just talked to someone in the parking lot and they were heading 
my way.

I doubt hitching is prohibited in California but it probably is on the 
interstates.  It may also be prohibited in the National Parks but I'm not 
sure about that.  As it turns out, I didn't need to hitch in the park.  With 
any luck, you can probably do the same.

Best of luck,
Mara

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>From: "Antoine Blanvillain" <antoine.blanvillain@wanadoo.fr>
>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:43:55 +0200
>
...
>Still going over some of the remaining important details of my JMT 
>planning,
>I am trying to figure out how I can get back to San Francisco from Lone 
>Pine
>using public transportation.
>
...
>Or is hitch-hiking an option in California or is it officially prohibited?

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