We left Connecticut today very excited to be heading to San Diego to start our thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. There is a lot to do and plan when you’re going to be away from home for an extended time. Al has written a 3 page step by step guide for the smooth running of our house.

Joslyn is in charge of paying the bills on time and moving the money where it needs to be.

Russel and Jarrad have said they would take over the twice a day feeding and watering of our poultry flock. We debated about just giving away our birds but with the egg situation the way it is, they wanted to keep them.

I dehydrated many meals and packed hundreds of pounds of food into 14 flat rate shipping boxes. Megan is in charge of mailing them periodically to us at strategic locations along the trail. Mostly after California. Once we get to Oregon and Washington the towns become more spread out and shopping may not be as easy.

We will be gone for several months so we have tried to make time this last week to meet with all of our family that we can. They all assured us of their prayers for us and have expressed their concerns as well. We won’t attempt anything too risky.

I don’t know with certainty that we will accomplish our goals but we are going to give it a good try. Next blog post will be from California.

Until then Be Well!