A zero or zero day is when a hiker does not do any trail miles for that day. Sometimes it is due to injury. Other times it’s for relaxation or medical or dental reasons. Tomorrow is my second zero. I need to do two major things. The first is to resupply my food from Tehachapi to Kennedy Meadows. So off to the local supermarket I’ll go tomorrow. I’ve not been very good so far planning my food because I’ve bought too many dinner items which are too heavy. The other thing is to plan out my schedule so I can meet my son at Tuolumne Meadows so we can hike from there to Echo Lake together. He’s been tracking me and told me I’m going too fast and I need to slow down. How do you do that? You take a zero day!
Update:
I have taken the following zeros
- Agua Dulce, CA (resupply)
- Tehachapi, CA (resupply)
- Independence, CA (resupply by bus to Bishop)
- South Lake Tahoe, CA (resupply and meet up with Kathy)
- Ashland. OR (visit Christy and Marcus)
- Cascade Locks, OR (wait for PO to open on Monday)
- Stehekin, WA (wait for PO to open after Labor Day)
