4/21
12 PCT miles plus 1.5 miles to get to the border ( mile 0 -12)
Woo we started the pct! We started our day with two trains and a bus and a 1.5 mile hike to reach the border, started hiking around noon.

Today was harder than I thought it would be. Good start! Packs are heavy with 7 days of food and I carried 5 liters of water, clay carried 8, to make it to the next water source 20 miles away and the next food drop at mile 109. It's been probably 7 months since I've had a backpack on and it hurt! We weren't alone, it seemed everyone's breaks were decided by the condition of their shoulders rather than legs.
It was awesome though. Super excited To be out here. The scenery is much more beautiful than I expected and we were blessed with overcast skies and very comfortable temperatures.

4/22
16 miles (mile 12-28)
The miles came fairly easy today still powered by the excitement of it all and the new cooking creations that I'm sure we will someday grow very sick of. We passed through lake morena where there is a pct kickoff party but opted to continue on and enjoy a bit more solitude.

4/23
14 miles to just outside of mount Laguna at burnt rancheria campground (mile 28-42)
We met a couple today on their 60s hiking the trail who have each run over 100 ultra marathons. Amazing! They passed us early on as we were still breaking down our campsite overlooking hwy 8 and we never caught up to them. It seems we are late starters. We've been getting passed still laying in our tent as early as 6 am. We've been waking up early but not really moving until after 7 and actually hiking at 8 or 8:30. We decided tomorrow we'd start early but it's drizzling out and tomorrow's high is in the 40s so we will see how motivated we are in the cold wet morning.