Some days hiking a is joy, but the last few days I was forgetting if I was hiking the Appalachian Trail or the Appalachian River. We’ve had so much rain that water pours down the mountain ankle deep for miles and miles. My boots are soaked and my feet look like raisins. The other day I hiked 8 miles to a shelter to stay the night and ended up staying for another waiting for the rain to stop… and it didn’t. I had to hike out the next day in a crazy down pour over Saddleback mountain and across quite a few rivers which have swelled up from all the rain. But who am I kidding, I couldn’t tell what was the river and what was the trail. It all looked the same.

Today I am taking a Zero in town, which just means 0 miles will be hiked today. I think I got a chill yesterday on Saddleback, so I am taking a day off to rest up and hopefully I will feel better tomorrow. I looked at the weather and it seems that rain is in the forecast for the next 10 days or so. I am not thrilled. Good thing my brother lent me his Gore-Tex rain coat. So far its saved my life 3 times. 🙂