I got your message about the weekend and wanted to answer your question about whether we can shift the plan to Saturday morning instead of Friday evening. I think that would work better for most people since a few of us have late meetings on Friday. The drive up the coast should be calm if we leave by nine or nine thirty. We can stop at the same bakery on the way, the one with the covered porch. I called them and they said they hold a table outside if we arrive before the lunch rush. For the afternoon, I was thinking we keep the route shorter and end near the inlet where the trail opens up. That way anyone who wants to walk back early can just turn around. Let me know if that timing works for you. I can update the shared note once you confirm the car arrangements. Probably we should plan to return before dinner so no one has to drive in the dark.

That should leave enough buffer at the end of the day.
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Regarding your question about the delivery window next week, yes, the time frame you mentioned would work on my end. I think deciding everything before Monday keeps it simpler for both of us. If you send over the list of items that still need to be arranged, I can confirm what fits in the back of the wagon and what might need a second trip. I spoke with our contact at the north lot and they said the side gate will be unlocked after eight. That should be enough time to get the heavy boxes shifted before the heat picks up. Bring an extra pair of work gloves because the cardboard edges are rough and the older ones split at the seams. I will pull together a rough plan for the route and send it as a note. The route we discussed last month cut through the service road, but that stretch is torn up now. Better to loop around the maintenance building and enter from the west. That adds about eight minutes but keeps everything off the uneven gravel. I already checked the gas level and both carts are fine after the last use. Nothing needs to be returned to the front office. We can leave the borrowed ramp behind the shed when we finish. Let me know if that fits what you had in mind, and I will adjust the time if your schedule shifts.

Once we start I think the whole task takes under two hours.