After a grocery store/REI/Walmart adventure and joking about going mini-golfing, we returned to the kick-off and went to some talks about snow, mountaineering, water sources, first aid, etc. -- good stuff to know. There was a lot of hanging out, getting to know other hikers, walking around in the sun drinking lots of water and free gatorade.
Casey basically became assistant customer service guy for ULA equipment for the weekend through sheer enthusiam for the gear, and i bought a new pack from them. Joanne volunteered at the silent auction and I gathered firewood for a campfire we had later. They fed us breakfast and dinner, and JOanne and I volunteered making the veggie burgers and smart dogs. and coleslaw. As we sat around the campfire on Saturday Joanne made "AMC grog", which is hot lemonade made with maple syrup and whiskey, which everyone seemd to like. I painted a postcard for Joanne as a birthday present and sent some stuff to people from the P.O. booth.
Casey and I and another hiker friend we'd met named Paranoia had a littel birthday party for Jo with the apple pie. Later that night there were some guys playing music who we listened to for a while (one named Gator, I think the other named Shooter) Also we watched a movie by a guy named Squatch -- a documentary about hikers on the PCT that was pretty funny. We stayed up pretty late, shared the wine with Casey, looked at the stars. Totally worth taking the time to go to the whole thing.
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