(this daily journal was kept and rewritten by my sister Laurie and presented to me as a gift - I now rewrite it here for you)
Woke up from crash point with rain drops on the tent and no fly. We decided to get up fast before it started pouring. Made a quick getaway at 6:45 - didn't even eat breakfast. Instead of walking up the mountain and the 19 m. to Brien Memorial lean-to, we decided to hitch up to 17A and catch the trail there. It started pouring and no ride. Finally a guy in a VW picked us up and gave us a ride all the way to the AT. He was going the other way to work and felt bad cause it was raining so hard so he turned around. Some people are so nice. Wish there were a few more like him around. It finally stopped raining so we ate breakfast on an open rock faced mountain peak - incredible views. This was another tiring day on our feet. Still have big blisters and NY is all up and down. We found out 15 minutes before reaching the lean-to that it was torn down. Set up the tent under an enormous hemlock in case it rains. We don't know if Dan & John are ahead or behind. Rested!
(trying to fit the two of us, 2 backpacks and a guitar into a VW bug is not as easy as you might think!)
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