| PCT Section I, Sunday, August 27th 2006 Day 4 Around 2 am I woke up craving food and, as quietly as I could, got a Snickers bar out to the bear locker and ate it in my tent, being careful not to get crumbs anywhere. Around 8 am I was loitering outside of the Tuolumne Meadows Cafe, waiting for it to open at 9 am for a real breakfast prior to catching the shuttle at 10 am. Instead of twiddling my thumbs I called my parents with the 800 number they still have left over from my college years, gave them the pay phone number, and had them call Emily who then called me on the pay phone. She informed me that Rayneil and Michelle were bouldering that weekend in Yosemite and I had a good chance of getting a ride home with them. To make a long story short, within minutes, Emily had reached them, given them the pay phone number, and I found myself talking to Michelle, arranging to meet at the Wilderness Permit Center, just half a mile up the road, at 10 am.
A superb breakfast consisting of coffee, eggs, potatoes, sausage and a biscuit was consumed within minutes of hanging up the phone and then I strolled along to my rendezvous. I arrived early, and so did they, along with their bouldering friends. The first climbing spot of the day was just few minutes behind the permit center and right next to a river flowing over polished granite and then falling 5 feet into a pool. I couldn't believe my luck. Not only was I getting a ride home but I got to spend the day alternating between: watching them boulder, playing in the water, and eating their great snacks! And that's exactly what I did and that's how this adventure ends.
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