Deluge - April 7

Wednesday, April 5 was a fine day for hiking. We covered 13.4 miles slackpacking 9 of them. Slackpacking is when a kind sole hauls our backpacks to the place where we end our hike for the day. What a fun day it is to hike with only lunch and water on our backs.

Mackenzie slacked us on Wednesday and then took us to dinner and a motel. The next morning (Thursday) as we went to a grocery store for a few things we saw how hard it was raining and decided to bag hiking for the day. Good decision. The wind and rain that day were monsoon style.

The trail was under water a good part of the day today. Hiked 15 miles to Port Clinton, PA. Snow and sleet off and on all day but didn't amount to anything.

A couple days ago one of my Croc camp shoes came loose from my pack and was lost. Today (two days and 25 or 30 miles later) I found it laying very conspicuously on a bridge. No doubt some hiker found it and put where I would see it. Very cool.