No rain, no wind, and lots of sound sleep as the night passed into morning. I woke up at 6AM and needed to visit the privy. Once up and out of the tent it is no good for me to try and return for more sleep. Got the stove, food bag, water bag, and cook pot ready for breakfast. While heating my water, one of the hikers who had also risen early was listening to his small radio for a weather forecast. He said they are predicting more rain for this afternoon, not good. Most of our stuff is still damp from yesterday’s deluge. Our plan was to walk about 10 miles to a primitive camp, then do the last five plus miles tomorrow into Damascus for a ‘nearo’ (near zero) day. Then for Alabama on
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