Florida Trail Thru-Hike Day 3 and 4 “Rain”

I laid in my tent awake waiting for a hint of morning light wondering about the weather and Hurricane Ida. I was hoping I would be able to make it to the next camp before the rain came.

When I got up Greg (my neighbor) was already packing his campsite up. Greg told me the storm was coming pretty fast and it would be raining in a couple of hours. Greg offered to bring me into town to a hotel and bring me back as soon as the weather cleared up. I called my parents to let them know I made it through the night, they also were very concerned about the weather and they thought it would be a good idea to go to a hotel.

I packed up and took the ride into town with Greg. Greg’s daughter was kind enough to call around and find me a hotel in town that would take me and Diego. They brought me to Milton Florida to a small single story hotel with tile floors and a mildew smell. I took Diego out for a walk before the rain came and found a ten dollar bill woohoo.

Day 4

I awoke in my stinky little hotel room and checked the weather channel to see what the day was looking like. Looks like the worst had passed. It was a light sprinkle outside but still overcast and nasty, I think we were in what was the eye of the storm that was now diminishing and moving on.

At about 9:30 I called Greg to see what the plans were he said he was going to call Jimmy (the campsite host at Hurricane Lake) to see how the roads were. Greg called me back to let me know the roads were good and we would head back in about an hour.

When we got back to the campsite it was still raining so I set up my tent as quick as possible to get me and my stuff out of the rain. Here I laid in my tent at two in the afternoon I tried to stay awake as much as possible but a nap was inevitable. The rain stopped just after dark and my thoughts were on the trail, would they be too wet or even impassable?