7/3/14 --- Start to mile 1736

We arrive at the Hwy 99/ I-5 junction at about noon after a last meal at  subway. We promptly dump out everything in our backpacks and start making piles of what makes the cut and gets carried with us and what is being sent back with our trusty support team (Jeff, Una, Malcolm).  Then we pull out our bathroom scale and weigh our packs to make sure we can carry them.! Connor got rid of 17 lbs worth of supplies! We say our final goodbyes and start off!! Well... After a half hour photoshoot with the PCT sign of course =]  Our guidebook says that this is one of the ugliest parts of  the trail, but we think everything is just soo beautiful and stop about every 30min to take pictures- of butterflies, trees, the first people we meet walking, and especially the dandelions that are almost as big as your head!  The trail itself varies so much from mile to mile- in some places the trail is only six inches wide cutting through bushes up to your chest, then shady pine forests, to rocky slopes of mountains, to prairies frosted with white and yellow blooms. We're spending the  night at what the guidebook calls a spring, but it's actually a pipe sticking out of the ground. Trail lingo #1: the guidebook will now be refered to as  "The Book of Lies" since is has only been compleatly wrong this whole time. We're tempted to turn it into a fire and cook dinner.... But we're soo tired that sounds like way too much work! It's crazy we spent half a day walking in what can be driven in 15 minutes! Official PCT tip #1: dehydrate your own marshmallows- it's time consuming but so worth it! Can't wait to see how we feel tomorrow! Xoxo K+C+J sisters with blisters