First day: Mi. 657

It was our first day on the trail today!!! We hiked a whopping 5 miles after Mike's dad dropped us off around 4:30pm.  We soaked in the last bit of AC we'll experience in a long time on the car ride and ate a sensational last meal (subway).

We had a slight scare this morning when we checked the weather and found out there were several wildfires that popped up 40 miles west of where we were starting. The maps showed heavy smoke, but luckily we weren't really affected by it other than a little cottonmouth and shrouded views.

When we set up camp we got to play around with our pride and joy, our home made tarp tent, for the first time on an overnight outing. It only took us a half hour to set up after tripping over some guide lines and uprooting a few stakes but we were successful at last! 

Right now we are relaxing in our home away from home, basking in the glory of our first PCT experience. It's super windy and kind of chilly but the views are spectacular and we couldn't ask for a better introduction to the trail. 

It feels surreal to know that we're going to be doing nothing but hiking for the next 100 days and that today is now our normal. Neither Mike or I have ever been in the woods for such a long stretch, disconnected from our belongings, friends and families. All we have from here is what's on our backs and each other, and we couldn't ask for anything more!  Yet :)