Heya Nei
I would be interested, trying to organize a trip and permits for sometime later this month. I have yet to do it as well but have had a bit of experience elsewhere. I am also in SoCal so it might be good to save the money to carpool (as I am planning on driving) if you had plans to drive there.
Do you have your permit reserved or are you going up looking to get one the day or so before? I have heard it is harder to get the "day-before" permits for weekends.
Alright best of luck,
Tony
