16 September 2017, Saturday

Today is a prep day for our Sabrina Basin backpack trip. We acquire our permit at the Forest Service office and learn there that we are not to leave any food in the car. There are bear lockers at the trailhead and we are informed we can leave our food boxes there as long as we label them with our exit date. Apparently rangers empty the lockers periodically.

Our packs are ready. We probably have too much food, but better too much than too little. In our wanderings around Bishop today we also find a laundromat to help with clean-up when we exit Sabrina Basin, and a hair salon for hair cuts before we head to the desert next week. We have an excellent dinner at the Whiskey Creek Restaurant and carbo-load for tomorrow’s hike.