Where would you like to be on your Birthday?

Where would you like to be on your Birthday?
Happy Birthday Annette! Today Annette is high in the Sierras. Surrounded by beautiful vistas of high mountain peaks, glacier fed lakes and the ever present absence of bear, reminding her to keep her food locked up in her bear can. She is with friends, Jack, Lisa, Sierra, Denali, and Peter who have been trekking with her for a week. Soon the next section will begin, and as the current crew hikes out, new friends hike in. Sounds like the ideal birthday to me.

News flash: just received the best birthday present ever from the birthday girl. (For those who do not know, Annette and I share the same birthday.) My phone rings and Annette says hello from the high Sierra. So I can give you all the update from our short conversation. The segment 5 trekkers have met with Annette and the segment four crew of Jack, Lisa, Sierra, Denali and Peter, who trekked in fine form and are preparing to hike out and head home tomorrow. I expect to get an extensive description of their experience by phone once they are within range of a cell phone. May take some time as it appears that AT&T has little interest in highway 395. Still Annette said they all did very well and that they rendezvoused successfully with Nancy, Diane and Ginger. Who hiked in Annette’s next food drop over Bishop pass. Thanks to Ginger for hiking in the satellite phone that made the birthday call possible. Also joining the trekkers are Lori and her friend Debbie, (I think that was the name.) This was a bit of a surprise visit and I do not know if Lori and Debbie will join Annette and Ginger for Segment 5.
Well it is late and my Birthday ends in 10 minutes so I will finish this entry and just give you some pics to look at from Evan and my last rendezvous with the Trekkers at Vermillion Valley Resort. What is it that Annette says? Keep it green and muddy!
Gambaro and Goodnight
Marc