<?php
list($H, $W) = ints();
for($i = 0; $i < $H; $i++){
    $map[] = str_split(str());
}

$d = array_fill(0,$H,array_fill(0,$W, 300));
$d[0][0] = 0;
$queue = [[0,0]];
$queue2 = [[0,0]];
for($i = 0; $i < 300; $i++){
if($map[0][0] == "." || $i > 0)
while($queue){
    list($y,$x) = array_pop($queue);
    foreach([[1,0],[0,1]] as list($dy, $dx)){
        $X = $x+$dx;
        $Y = $y+$dy;
        if(isset($map[$Y][$X]) && $map[$Y][$X] == "." && $d[$Y][$X] == 300){
            $queue[] = [$Y,$X];
            $queue2[] = [$Y,$X];
            $d[$Y][$X] = $i;
        }
    }
}
while($queue2){
    list($y,$x) = array_pop($queue2);
    foreach([[1,0],[0,1]] as list($dy, $dx)){
        $X = $x+$dx;
        $Y = $y+$dy;
        if(isset($map[$Y][$X]) && $map[$Y][$X] == "#" && $d[$Y][$X] == 300){
            $queue[] = [$Y,$X];
            $queue2[] = [$Y,$X];
            $d[$Y][$X] = $i+1;
        }
    }
}
}
//o($d);
echo ($d[$H-1][$W-1]);

//echo $d[$H-1][$W-1];
function dfs($current, $from = -1, $d = 0){
  global $G, $distance;
  $distance[$current] = $d;
  foreach($G[$current] as $to){
    if($from != $to){
      dfs($to, $current, $d + 1);
    }
  }
}
function loadTree($N = false){
  if($N === false)$N = $GLOBALS['N'];
  return loadGraph($N, $N-1);
}
function loadGraph($N = false, $M = false, $both = true){
  if($N === false)$N = $GLOBALS['N'];
  if($M === false)$N = $GLOBALS['M'];
  $G = array_fill(1, $N, []);
  for($i = 0; $i < $M; $i++){
    $values = ints();
    if(count($values) == 2){
      list($a, $b) = $values;
      $G[$a][] = $b;
      if($both)$G[$b][] = $a;
    }else{
      list($a, $b, $d) = $values;
      $G[$a][] = [$b, $d];
      if($both)$G[$b][] = [$a, $d];
    }
  }
  return $G;
}
function str(){
  return trim(fgets(STDIN));
}
function ints(){
  return array_map("intval", explode(" ", trim(fgets(STDIN))));
}
function int(){
  return intval(trim(fgets(STDIN)));
}
function chmax(&$a,$b){if($a<$b){$a=$b;return 1;}return 0;}
function chmin(&$a,$b){if($a>$b){$a=$b;return 1;}return 0;}

function o(...$val){
    if(count($val)==1)$val = array_shift($val);
    $trace = debug_backtrace();
    echo $trace[0]['line'].")";
    if(is_array($val)){
        if(count($val) == 0){
            echo "empty array";
        }elseif(!is_array(current($val))){
            echo "array: ";
            echo implode(" ", addIndex($val))."\n";
        }else{
            echo "array:array\n";
            if(isCleanArray($val)){
                foreach($val as $row)echo implode(" ", addIndex($row))."\n";
            }else{
                foreach($val as $i => $row)echo "[".$i."] ".implode(" ", addIndex($row))."\n";
            }
        }
    }else{
        echo $val."\n";
    }
}
function addIndex($val){
    if(!isCleanArray($val)){
        $val = array_map(function($k, $v){return $k.":".$v;}, array_keys($val), $val);
    }
    return $val;
}
function isCleanArray($array){
    $clean = true;
    $i = 0;
    foreach($array as $k => $v){
        if($k != $i++)$clean = false;
    }
    return $clean;
}
/**
 * 座圧対象の配列を渡すと以下の値を返す
 * ・圧縮された配列
 * ・復元用のMap
 * ・圧縮用のMap
 **/
function atsu($array){
    $a = array_flip($array);
    $fuku = array_flip($a);
    sort($fuku);
    $atsu = array_flip($fuku);
    foreach($array as $i => $val)$array[$i] = $atsu[$val];
    return [$array, $fuku, $atsu];
}
//配列の最大公約数
function gcdAll($array){
    $gcd = $array[0];
    for($i = 1; $i < count($array); $i++){
        $gcd = gcd($gcd, $array[$i]);
    }
    return $gcd;
}

//最大公約数
function gcd($m, $n){
    if(!$n)return $m;
    return gcd($n, $m % $n);
}

//配列の最小公倍数
function lcmAll($array){
    $lcm = $array[0];
    for($i = 1; $i < count($array); $i++){
        $lcm = lcm($lcm, $array[$i]);
    }
    return $lcm;
}

//最小公倍数
function lcm($a, $b) {
    return $a / gcd($a, $b) * $b;
}
//ビットカウント-1の数を数える
function popcount($x){
    $con = 0;
    while ($x) {
        $x &= $x-1;
        ++$con;
    }
    return $con;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 10744