My first over night hike Jaun de Fuca trail

I had never hiked much at all expect the Grouse grind , and I only really camped with family in a camp site before and really never  with out Robin , or my mom to cook for me , so this was so new to me and for all the girls  as well .
I heard about this trail through a guy at work named Clint that had hiked many times before , so I just hammered him about gear and how and where I start finish and everything that would be involved in hiking for 3 days , so much to learn what to pack how to cook , and hang my food , but i had so much fun buying all the gear ...shopping and spending I do it well ;)

Day1 - we arrived to start at China Beach we hiked until we hit a bad storm and had to make shelter behind a log . We stayed up all night an worried about tides and how high the water would be at 12:00 pm thats when the tide would be the highest . Thankfully we were ok but at that point I dont think Penny and I have ever been so scared in our life , Tanya and Sonia seemed perfectly calm .

Day2  we hiked the hardest part bear to chin the climb seemed to never end , but we finally found what we thought was a safe spot to camp for the night  .We set up tied our food and went to bed .
In the middle of the night we had a visitor from a bear that was out side our tents for about 2 hours and even poked me with his nose ,because of a bar that penny left in her bag . Sonia sat up all night with the bear . While the rest of us some how slept .

 the girls and I hanging our food

Day 3 We woke up early and finished the trail to sombrio where we hitched a ride home . Even though we ran in to problems we learned from them and worked as a team and friends ....It was one of the best trips ever