Boiling Springs - Cove Mountain Shelter
What a total washout! Today was easily the wettest I've been on trail. When I woke up this morning I had every intention of doing the marathon into Duncannon. I left camp by 6am and was cruising along, not really excited about going 26 miles. I decided it would be better to stay at the shelter right outside of town and just hero in and out tomorrow for town chores. Once I decided to do 22 instead of 26 I felt much better.
The rain started as I was walking through Boiling Springs - again, I wish I could have enjoyed this town (victory tour?). The 15 miles to the next shelter were the flattest on trail yet! Lots of nice woods, pastures, and farmlands. I think I would have really enjoyed it if it hadn't been pouring rain.
I made it to the shelter at noon (15 miles in 6 hours - woah!) and decided to take my sweet time. I took off all my wet clothes and put on my Frog Toggs which were ironically dry. I decided to cook dinner for lunch to warm up, and ended up staying there for 2 hours talking to Skully and a SoBo.
The last 7 miles were uneventful other than random minor trail magic from a guy named Ron out of the trunk of his car. 22 miles and I was at camp by 5:30pm. I had dinner with Teach and Mac 'N Cheeze. Rady to treat myself to town breaky tomorrow!
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