Wow, today was all about mother nature. We had some more wildlife encounters today... This time with the juncoes (cute little gray bird). Apparently the youngsters have fledged from the nest and are enrolled in beginners flight school. I watched one baby junco try to land on a branch about 6 feet from me and miss; he almost did a 360 around the limb! He then decided he needed a better place to perch and chose the back of Stephan's pack - you should have heard all the scolding chatter from Mom and Dad! They were going bonkers. I guess the baby only stayed there 5 or 10 seconds; it was pretty funny.
Our next nature encounter was with the rain. The clouds were giving us mixed signals all day long; one moment we would have sun-dappled forest, the next would be dark and ominous. We lunched at Beauty Spot for about 45 minutes and about 4 miles later took a mid-day rest at Cherry Gap shelter. That's when the skies made up their minds and it got a little ugly. We left around 4 p.m. with the goal of 8.7 miles to Clyde Smith Shelter. It started to rain about 4 miles from the shelter, around 6:15 p.m.. And this was no ordinary rain, my friends. It was so dark we almost needed our headlamps on. Suddenly the winds kicked up, gusting between 25 and 40 mph I would guess. We were a little concerned about falling limbs and at one point heard some wood crack overhead. We carried on at a very quick pace; we heard rumbles of thunder but didn't see lightning until an hour had passed. At one point the rain was bowing horizontally, pelting the sides of our heads and stinging our ears. This rain still hasn't let up after 3 hours. I think we covered 8.7 miles in 3 hrs 15 minutes - record time. Amazing what a little adrenaline can do for you.
We finally arrived at the shelter and amazingly there was enough room for us all. Yogi, Shoe, Terrapin and Goofy were there and gave us a hearty greeting. Two other folks are here but I haven't caught their names yet. Stephan and I prepared pasta-roni for first dinner and started a second pasta dinner while eating the first one. 20 miles is great for building an appetite. Then Dan surprised us with a pudding dessert which was gone in 2 seconds. I followed that with a candy bar (again, inhaled) and a cup of cocoa. The sad thing is I could still eat some more, but we don't have any more water to cook with and we can't bear the thought of going out in he rain right now to filter more water. So, we may just eat ramen noodles in addition to our oatmeal in the morning. Depends on how hungry I am during the night.
Speaking of which, its sleepy time for me. I am the last one with a headlamp on, so that means bedtime (and its not even 9:30!),
Cheers,
Steph
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