I am surprising my daughter with a backpacking trip to Yosemite for her birthday. We live in Kentucky and have done several multiple day hikes in the Smokies. I got our wilderness permit and trying to work through a few details. We are flying into SFO on September 10th and will be arriving in Yosemite around dusk. We are going to take advantage of the backpacker's campground Tuolumne Meadows on the first night. We are going to use Sunrise Lake trail to go to Cloud Rest. We were planning on finishing on the Mist trail back to valley on the 14th.
Here are my questions:
The Hikers bus ends it's service on September the 11th for the year. How can we get back to our car Tuolumne Meadows? Are there other options besides hitchhiking?
Will there be enough space to hang hammocks in the backpacker's campground Tuolumne Meadows since we will be arriving late?
Thanks for you help in advance.