May 22nd

After 14 hours of sleep gravity was asking me if I was ready to start our day at 5:30-I pretended not to hear her
We packed up our soggy belongings and on the trail at 6:45.
the rain had stopped during the night and we started our day with dry feet and wet pants. After a 4 mile climb up Brush Mtn an angel had left us an ice cold tea and peanut butter crackers-the best tea I've ever had. A short distance brought us to a WWII monument honoring Audie Murphy who had earned 24 merits including 3 purple hearts-he died in a plane crash at the age of 47 close to the monument site.
From there we descended down to a river where we had lunch, laid out our tent to dry as well as our feet from yesterday's rain. We packed up to start the afternoon shift when we heard the sound of thunder. Within 10 minutes of our hike up our 2nd mountain of the day it started to rain. We knew of a hostel 9 miles away which would mean a place to dry out. We were not sure if hiking up into a thunder storm was wise but did not think standing in the rain was a good option. The rain was steady for a good hour and then slowly stopped as we made the top of the ridge. The thunder and lighting kept our minds off the rain and made things interesting. We decided to wring out our socks and dry our feet for twenty minutes.
This mountain top was called dragons teeth because of the rocks sticking out at the top of the ridge. The climb down was interesting and very steep as you can hopefully see in the photos. We made the hostel by 5:30 and had our clothes washed , a shower and a large pizza with everything along with a few other goodies.
A fine day and 16.8 miles closer to Katadin, ME. Tomorrows forecast 60% chance of rain. Looking forward to seeing Tom and Sonya next week.
Tomorrow we will pass the 700 mile mark.
EZ