"We are in. My jeep is slow on the highway. Should we leave a little early and meet you guys there or if you don't mind taking a few extra minutes to get out there I can meet up at the fort with the convoy. We don't want to hold anyone up. Let me know either way works for us. Thanks guys."
Don't worry - it can't be slower than my old jeep! You are welcome to join us at the fort... I think we are all hoping to be at the fort right at 7:30 - but Jim will have the most uncertainty with traffic come down from foco. As long as we are on the road before 8am, we should be fine getting to the trailhead in 2hrs. I will need a 5 min detour into johnson village for gas before we leave pavement at the far end.