It rained. Rained like it hasn't since the 100 mile wilderness. I had actually had good weather the last few days. Fun part was there was a section of the trail that had been rerouted due to a bridge being destroyed by hurricane irene last year. With all the rain the little brook was definitely not fordable. Luckily someone had made a bridge by lashing some fallen logs together. They even added some hand rails for good measure. So I didn't have to take the reroute. Which was a good thing because I would have missed the 500 mile sign. I ended up staying the night at the nicest shelter I've seen yet. It was an old cabin and whoever is in charge of it still keeps it like an active house. There is a nice mown lawn, planters with flowers and some precut wood. That night a family of 5 walks into the shelter around 6 pm, still plenty of hiking time left and cook dinner before hiking on. They had done 19 miles already and were planning on doing 5 more. The remarkable thing is the kids were 8, 11, and 13. There is no way I would have or could have hiked this trail at that age. They were doing sections but had already hiked all the way from Tennessee.
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