Day One

I was unaware of it at the time, but on the bus to San Diego was another traveler on his way to Campo to hike the PCT. We met while trying to figure out the local tram system. Once we managed that, we got on the bus with three additional hikers and we shared notes during the bus ride, I had to go get cash to get on the bus. Arriving finally at the southern terminus at 11am, we walked the first several miles together before I decided to wait out the mid-day sun under a tree until it cooled down a bit. I awoke around 3 pm and resumed my hike and By dark, I was about halfway to Lake Morena.

There was a lot of sand and sage and not much else...