Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Day 109: 7/18/12

Miles today: 8.3
Total miles: 1,468.2

Short day today. Just after lunch I passed a shelter and had gone maybe 1/3 of a mile when a massive thunderstorm hit. I thought of pressing on but decided to go back to the shelter, a decision I would not regret. The thunder and lightning were as intense as I've seen out here on the trail, something I didn't care to walk in. Rain is one thing but lightning = nope.
So I stayed in the shelter all afternoon. Hopefully all that rain will fill a spring or two; I met a southbound thru-hiker today who said Massachusetts is as dry as Connecticut has been. We'll see. I should be there by this weekend sometime.

Staying at Stewart Hollow Brook shelter.

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