Miles today: 16.6
Total miles: 1160.6
It was rainy out today and cold. We had planned to maybe get to Harpers Ferry today but the weather nixed that plan. The trail crosses a lot of interesting historical sites, mainly locations civil war battles, but I didn’t spend as much time as i wouldve liked reading the info guides due to the rain. It was a steady downpour at some points in the day but wouldnt have been terrible had it been warmer out. I took cover under a little pavilion with only 3.8 miles to the shelter. I got freezing cold after breaking for a while and mustered up the energy to get hiking again. It was raining so hard and the trail was one giant river. I was so fed up with the weather and just wanted to be at the shelter so I booked it as fast as I could. I power walked/jogged the 3.8 and passed both Blue Sky and Delta who had left a while before me. I made good time and got to the shelter in under an hour. We were all so glad to change into warm dry clothes and get in our sleeping bags. The shelter was really nice and we slept in a little loft. Later in the evening the rain and wind picked up even more. As the drops beat down hard on the roof I was grateful not to be out in the rain. I haven’t encountered rain that strong in a long time. Can’t wait to put on wet cold clothes tomorrow. Not.