Day 8: 8/18/17

Rain, rain and more rain.

We woke up to wind and cold air and knew the rain was coming. We quickly, and I mean quickly, tore down camp and got packed up within seconds of the rain starting. It started about 7:30 am and never stopped all day. The trail was a river.

We had a pretty tough climb up Mount Killington. We debated stopping at the shelter 10 miles in and calling it a day, but we decided we were already wet and cold so we might as well continue and conquer Killington. We arrived at the summit muddy, wet, and shivering cold. There is a shelter (Cooper Lodge) on top of the mountain. They call it an enclosed shelter, but the windows are busted out so it really isn’t enclosed. It was run down and filthy, but it was drier than outside so we decided to stay. We changed into warm, dry clothes and cooked supper. We were eating when Sir Poops A Lot and Stacks came in. Turns out Sir Poops a Lot is a Woodard. No kin though. We hadn’t seen them in several days. They continued on down the mountain to stay at a Hostel. There were a few other people who stopped in but only one young guy stayed, Screwdriver.

We made a little over 14 miles in the downpour today. Nothing really interesting about the trail. No views today really. We were walking in rain and fog all day.

Hoping to have a little ☀️ tomorrow.