So, from Chemult to Bend we have the following schedule:
9:40am - 11:10am or 8:10pm - 9:40pm
Whereas the Bend to Sisters/Salem bus leaves Bend at 10:55am.
So I seem to be stuck finding a place to overnight in Bend.
Sucks!
Ah, except - there is another option, a Bend to Eugene Route I had thought was the same, but not - Bend to Salem is operated by Valley Retriever, but Bend to Eugene is by Porter - Stage lines... So, we have a solution:
Bend to Sisters/Eugene leaves Bend 1pm. Perfect!
Except now I need to move my food cache. Much gas & time involved. Will probably do that tomorrow after actually talking to driver and verifying this one is also willing/able to drop me off at the trailhead - this one off of hwy 242 McKenzie Pass. Will shorten my hike by about 15 miles. (Ironically, I was considering leaving the cache there before I verified that the other bus did take the otehr pass - before I was sure I reasoned I could hike the 1st 15 miles if necessary with just one day's food & no poles. The drawback to being definitely wrong vs uncertain. (I suppose I could roundtrip 30 miles to avoid now wasting gas...)
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