Collect the open action items scattered across booking records into TODO.md, starting with the US$250 nonresident annual pass. Yosemite has no timed-entry reservation in 2026, and per NPS one nonresident pass admits the whole vehicle and waives the per-person surcharge at both parks, so update the parks notes accordingly.
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Open items before and during the trip. Tick and date when done.
Before departure (Sep 19/20)
- Buy the US$250 nonresident annual pass — digital, on recreation.gov, before the Sep 22 Yosemite entrance. One pass admits the whole car at Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon and waives the US$100/person nonresident surcharge. Without it: ~US$435 per park, US$870 total. Pass holder must be in the car with photo ID at every gate.
- KT: complete the LA DTLA online check-in form — Hostaway portal. Entry code is activated only after it's submitted.
- MS: assign Air Canada seats for the YVR ↔ SFO flights.
See
flights-ms.md. - LK: confirm Budget LAX pickup/return location and price —
itinerary
73544810702403. Hertz cancellation refund also TBC. - Brand Plaza Glendale room, price and payment TBC.
- Oct 3 overnight stop on the drive back to SFO — not yet chosen.
Money
- Watch Visa 3924 for the US$228.43 Gilmore Cabin refund after the
Sep 16 date change. Then update the payment row in
cabin-sequoia-miramonte.md.
During the trip
- Sep 23: screenshot the Miramonte door code while there's signal — it arrives 24 h before the Sep 24 check-in; the cabin has no service.
- Sep 22: save the Yosemite door code 0517 and wifi offline before leaving cell coverage.