Go!!!

We left the house of trail angels Scout and Frodo at 6 am and headed for the border. There were 30 of us! We had a great breakfast before we left. They had a scale so we could weigh our packs. Mine was 36 pounds. I was feeling bad until I saw some of the other weights. One was 74--yikes!

The sky was pretty dark when we left and it got worse. Then it started to rain. Than I noticed the temperature was 42 degrees. By the time we or to the border it was 47. We took a few minutes for pictures but then were anxious to leave the crowd and start hiking. We were excited, but mostly we just wanted to get warm.

We started hiking at 7:35. The terrain and scenery was not what we expected. It much was greener and with more hills than the brown desert we had anticipated.

Twenty miles was the plan for today, to get us to ADZPCTKO (Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Kick Off). The first 19 were great. The last one was about as tough as the first 19! We had seen Lake Morena (our destination) for quite awhile but the trail kept meandering around for what seemed like miles!

We finally arrived at 5:30. The events get underway tomorrow. Looking forward to a good night's sleep between now and then.