Did you google the phone number? Maybe it’s connected to a legit health clinic or academic center.

Just want to say that I work for a public university and understand the pain of booking travel and getting stuff reimbursed with federal grant money. It’s a massive PITA, and those who work private sector just don’t understand that you can’t always just “expense it”!

Yeah so hwy 41 is your most direct entrance, and Oakhurst will have several good options. There are a few popular lodges along 140, but it’s a bit out of your way. 120 would be way out of the way unless you had a good reason to go that way.

Where are you coming from? The entrance you pick will be influenced by this info.

Adding: reserve at travelyosemite dot com

Housekeeping Camp currently has availability for those dates. Grab it quickly! HC is fun and in an excellent location. It’s camping in a 3-walled shelter with a roof. Take bikes if you have them, for getting around the valley without having to park.

Mist Trail to Vernal and Nevada Falls. Yosemite Fall trail (lower/upper, varying distances depending on how much you’re up for). Bridalveil Fall walk. Mirror Lake. Cathedral Beach. Watching climbers on El Cap. Pizza Deck at Curry Village. Have fun!

Thanks for this! Are the interior lights better? Been meaning to replace the dim yellow bulbs in my ‘21 for a while. And is the glove compartment lockable?

Can you set it to unlock when it’s done charging?

No lifeguards, but Crown Beach in Alameda (inside the SF Bay) is more family-friendly and has warmer water than the beaches facing the ocean. https://www.ebparks.org/parks/crown-beach

If you want to become a WEMT, get your state EMT cert first and then do a NOLS WFR or WUMP course (a week in a classroom, plus some online prep for WFR). NOLS will certify you as a WEMT this way. It’s cheaper than doing an entire standalone WEMT course.

Not sure you’ll find a job working in the woods though, or if having the WEMT will help you. Pure wilderness EMS jobs are hard to come by, and I don’t know of any EMS employers that care about the W in WEMT since it’s not a standardized cert. Do you have leads on the kind of job you want?

FWIW, to anyone reading this who, like me, landed here while googling the problem: I solved it by calling the Verizon Port Center, they reactivated my eSIM pretty quickly and it finally started working.

Last year (record-breaking snow year) the Merced River flow peaked around Memorial Day weekend, that’s end of May if you’re not in the US. 😁

u/EvaFMA, did you ever get this sorted out? I'm in my own porting hell right now, and without any phone service at all until my number starts working again.

I'm on my last box of iced Passion pitcher bags and the internet brought me here in my search for them. Angst! The pitcher of ruby liquid lives in my fridge and I hope I don't have to resort to buying concentrate or using half a box of little bags to make a pitcher. (thanks for doing the tea math) Fingers crossed this is just another temporary Supply Chain Issue.

You could try to sell the OEM tires on Craigslist, fb marketplace or the like.

I swapped my OEMs for CrossClimate2s around 20k miles and LOVE them. Their performance on snow is dramatically better.

I know EMTs in CA who aren't actively working, who deliberately allow their certification to lapse 6 months to extend the amount of time they get between cert cycles!

Every state is different. Look up the rules for your state(s). How long ago did you expire? In CA, we can let our EMT-B cert lapse up to 6 months with no penalty; 6 months to a year we have to do extra CEs; after a year I don't remember, it maybe be a new application.

EMS/fire in many places with trails are prepared to get patients out to an extent. But when reaching the patient is beyond their capabilities, that’s where search and rescue comes in. SAR teams are generally a group of highly trained volunteers who can work together with EMS/fire to extricate a patient whether they’re five minutes from a trailhead or dangling from a climbing rope hundreds of feet off the ground deep in the wilderness.

This can involve helping a patient to walk out, strapping a patient into a litter and carrying them out, getting them onto a horse/UTV/snowmobile, or assisting with an air evacuation, depending on the terrain, weather, time of day, and patient condition.

SAR is generally powered by volunteers, but response can be quick and many volunteers are trained as EMTs (or higher), often with extra training in wilderness medicine in addition to expertise in climbing, swift water, and winter rescue techniques. Getting injured or sick patients out of the wilderness is often a joint effort among SAR volunteers, EMS/fire, law enforcement and even military, who can provide aircraft for urgent evacuation when it’s appropriate. Try googling “[your county] SAR” to learn about your local volunteers.

If you’re ever stuck without cell reception and in need of help, try texting 911, as sometimes texts can get through when calls won’t.

Hope your head feels better soon!

Not sure if it matters in CA. Registration is handled by county EMS agencies here, but your certification card comes from the state and is good anywhere within the state. My SF EMT class was visited by recruiters from AMR and Royal, both based outside of SF County, and nobody ever mentioned that we should get our cert from any specific county. If you have any recruiting contacts you could ask them. Or ask your instructor!

OP, while stoves/open flames of any kind are not allowed (for good reason - a small fire could get huge fast at CV), if you have a small electric kettle you can plug it in in the bathroom. The store also has hot water and a microwave, although that won’t help you when you’re hiking at 5am. Lots of people bring camp chairs and eat outside their tents.

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/avalanche-in-yosemite-19400393.php

Any difference in gearing between the bikes?

You can cook your own food at Camp 4; there is no cooking allowed at Curry Village. (Although I might have heated water for oatmeal/tea with an electric kettle in the bathroom…) That said, it’s fun to get pizza and beers and hang out in the community room at Curry Village. If you don’t want to cook at Camp 4, you’re very close to the Yosemite Lodge food court.

Just fyi, it is likely to rain/snow all weekend. Might put a damper on driving around to see sunset.

Love the cafe and fireplace at the Bug! Wonderful place to hang out with dinner, drinks, dessert, a good book. Have a great weekend!