Of all the places to resupply, Edison Lake (VVR aka Vermillion Valley Resort) makes the least sense.
I have a rare but strong disagreement with Steve on this one. While the distances and costs would seem to dictate against the sense of VVR, actual experience says otherwise. First, Red's is not a substitute for VVR, whereas a stop at VVR can supplant both Red's and MTR. Red's is 2 or three days farther from the half way point, and not an alternative to MTR, which VVR is. Second, the 20 bucks ferry fee is less than the extra cost (65 vs 35) of sending a resup to MTR alone. Third, I wasted more time at MTR than I might have spent at VVR if I hadn't decided to take a zero day at VVR. I got to the Mono Creek bridge late in the day, and could have walked in to VVR by 8 or so and been back at the trailhead, having taken care of business, including laundry and shower, which you cant get at MTR, to the Bear Creek cutoff by 730 the next morning, with no down time. At MTR I got in about 430, so not time to resup then, since you have to be off the property by 5 and cant get back in till 8 the next morning. So at MTR, I directly lost a late afternoon and early morning, about half a day hiking time, and indirectly another half a day due to not being able to get far enough up Evo to cross Muir in good weather the next day.
My plan next time would be skip TM, a pit stop at Red's, but no overnight, in-n-out overnight and major resup at VVR, skip MTR unless timing is good for a mid-day in-n-out to top up on delectables from the hiker boxes. People seem to leave the tastiest stuff at MTR: jerky, summer sausage, nuts etc.
