What a wet night and morning - rained most of night - our tents are wet - lucky our tents stayed dry on inside. Black Bird, Bark and Beary's tents got wet inside - sleeping bags wet - my sleeping bag is dry. The sun came out later today - not bad day at all - I am ready to get warm again (ha,ha). Saw a few day hikers today and saw a ranger - met an older man that climbed Katahdin 2 yrs ago on his 70th birthday - in ME that is what you do. Patches is craving (believe it or note) oats - the real kind - and romaine (oriental kind) with peanut butter. I am craving a nice roasted leg of lamb or a nice lamb chop or steak over the fire....we will see. If all go wells I can be back at work in 1 week - our bodies are holding up much better than our gear. Both our pants is tearing loose after I have fixed them a few times - boots lock horrible and back packs needs lots of love and tender care - our bodies feels good.

The fall is so pretty - after last nights rain the trail is very wet and slippery. Patches and Black bird slipped and fell. I have slipped a few times but did not hit the ground - 28.1 miles to finish - I hope nothing happens. Tomorrow night we might even get a shower - I sure hope so.

Have fun - we still have fun but know real life with reality is close.........