A rainy day in the forest is always more interesting when there are things to see. It is not cold so that is great and we are slack packing. The drizzle is unrelenting though and so we walk on with our eyes mostly to the ground. What is so interesting is how much richer the colours of nature are when everything is wet.

After about 8 hours of walking we have missed the trail where we need to get off to meet Greg for a pick up. We walk out to a parking area but he is not there and so we decide to walk down a gravel road but are unsure of the direction we should go. First right, after about 10 minutes a gut feeling says this is wrong, turn and go the other direction for about half an hour. We are very tired and hoping for a vehicle. A pickup truck with a very nice woman stops and we jump in the back it is wonderful as we are exhausted. The road is about 5 miles and finally comes out on the paved road. We jump out and not two minutes later Greg comes by. We are saved. Going to the hot tub to recover!