Cold start

Day 1, April 1st.  Wind is howling, it’s raining and later hail ugh lol.  Made for a very interesting first day of hiking. We were about 1 mile from the terminus when myself and Trish had to pee! LOL that’s quite the adventure in itself in the rain. My “freshette” worked perfectly however Trish wasn’t having much success with her little system and resorted to the old fashion way of squating behind a bush.  Only problem was she left her pack on and when she squatted all I heard was a yelp and looked over and up in time to see her bum and pack hit the ground, lmao hence her trail name “tumbleweed”.  We laughed so hard over this all day!!!  It was epic.  After about 8 hours of hiking and several hilarious mishaps we made 8 miles and decided to camp. Was a beautiful spot!!  It rained and hailed off and on all night …Crazy cold!! This is when I realized my sleep system sucked! !! I was freezing! !  Overall in spite of crap weather, I had a great hike and tons of laughs.  Scenery is amazing.
Day 2 April 2nd.  It’s still raining, wind blowing etc argh lol  packed up and hiked 12 miles into lake marina I was soaked to the bone and so cold!  And more hail, was freezing that night also.  At  this point I knew I needed to hustle to Mt laguna and get some new warmer gear.  Fabulous hike overall even tho at this point I’m starting to wine about how cold I am lol. I swear I was pre hypothermic.
Day 3 April 3rd was a zero day and rather enjoyed lake marina and drying myself out.
Day 4 April 4th.  Hiked 12.6 to cibbetts camp ground, beautiful hike but I’m still bloody cold! Lol
Day 5 April 5th hiked 10 miles into Mt laguna, yes!! Finally here and first stop was Dave Super.  Got a new warmer sleep bag, down booties, rain/wind jacket and pants!! Omg I’m so happy at this point lol, warm at last!!
Day 6 April 6th  was a zero day in Mt laguna enjoying the rest and washing out my clothing