It was cold this morning. Not quite freezing, but close. Not wanting to get out of my sleeping bag, I went back to sleep, hoping it would be warmer in an hour. It may have been warmer, but really not by much. I then tried to all the packing possible inside my sleeping bag and tent, but eventually, I had to get out to pack those up. The cold had us moving pretty slowly, and we didn't get started on today's hike until 9.
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Beast and I got up after 8 today, and went to Dairy Queen for breakfast. (I wound up having two.) After finishing packing our packs, We walked over to the Hardees, on the right side of the street for trying to get a ride out of town to the trailhead. After trying to get a ride unsuccessfully for ten minutes we gave up; no one was going in that direction.
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The morning started off with a great homemade breakfast at Woods Hole. The only thing disappointing about it was that there were help-yourself seconds available that I didn't notice until after I had put my plate in the dishwasher.
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Today's hike is dedicated to my dad, who died one year ago today.
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Rain is the worst part of tenting. I was hoping the 40% chance of "scattered thunderstorms" would pass us by, but alas, they did not. Around midnight or 1 am, a thunderstorm with long, rolling thunder passed by, and in the morning, it just rained.
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