I live off of exit 283 on I-70 west. So a 62 mile drive takes me about 65 minutes to reach here. I drive a VW Jetta (2WD). After the exit 221, I drive slow (8-10 mph) and reach the trailhead in about 15-20 minutes. I started at about 2AM from house and at 3:15AM from the trailhead. I was at Grays at 6:18. Just 4-5 hikers along the way. I did Torreys and while coming back, I met almost 200 hikers and 30 dogs. I was back at TH at about 10:30-10:45AM. While driving down, I was again very slow and the 4WD drivers were pissed off at me like anything. With cars parked on the road, there was no space for me to let them overtake. The very first chance they got to overtake me (I would have anyway let them go ahead), they all called me names and showed me various fingers. I assumed they were not the real *hikers* because their attitude definitely wasn't of one.
Nonetheless, the sunrise was out of this world and it was good to hike at night with almost no other hiker in sight.
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