14.8 miles - 745.0 cumulative miles
It started raining last night and rained all day today. One guy stopped by the shelter this morning headed south. I finally left at 10:30, after 3 hours of wishing it would stop raining, but it never did. Got wet. Stopped for a while and visited with a few people who had been camped out beside the trail. I hiked on with them, but lost them somewhere when they got to their car at a road crossing.
Stopped at Devil's Racecourse Shelter. Strange guy there. Might have stayed if he hadn't been there. Had lunch and split. On my way back to the trail I came across a croup of Boy Scouts headed down to the shelter. Four other people later on along the trail were headed there, as well as 2 more I met a PenMar.
Walked through a pack of dogs on a road (a bit scary). I fell on my back on a steep descent after going through PenMar Park. Got my feet wetter than wet crossing a brook. Raced on real fast to Mackie Run Shelter. It was filled with people camped out all around. They all had come in cars. Ran on another 4.5 miles to Antietam Shelter. Only 2 guys here. So I found a dry spot finally. One guy is 63 years old, hiking from Shenandoah to Maine, or as far as he can go. The other guy is my age, going along with him. Only one pack between them. Real nice shelter. Hiking today wasn't too bad in the rain. Nothing much interesting anyway and in the rain it's easier to keep going without stopping.
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