Rain rain go away

MA

Well I have made it to MA. I am trying out a new post system, it just takes me a lot longer since I have to type it up on my phone. Missing that full iPad keyboard right about now. For the last 2 weeks the landscape has been beautiful. Open pine forests are quiet and peaceful with soft pine needle floors. Any mountain overlook that greets us has been a clear view of all the surrounding areas. My little troupe has been very lucky with weather the past month or so. Any time there has been any questionable weather, we have found space in a shelter or managed to find a local person willing to let us escape the rain on a porch. Yesterday was a downpour though and it looks as though today will be the same. I haven't had to use my rain jacket much because past rains have never been cold. A warm rain that merely stole all the salt off my body and refreshed my morale as well. Yesterday was not at all that way. 

Lightning would flash across the sky then would come a thunderclap no more than a second after. The rain was heavy and cold while the fog made for less than morale boosting conditions. It's not every day that a vicious storm hits, it's even harder to go further on a day like that when you make it to a shelter and have temporary escape from such fury of nature. Short days will happen, and yesterday was a very short day. 

Ok I am gonna lighten the end of this post with some random fun. 

Recently a hiker friend showed us a video of him crossing a state

Line and doing a little dance to music to celebrate. He has since joined my group and we are now doing fun little dances to celebrate crossing state lines. The aptly titled "crossing into MA" dance is on YouTube. But you can find it below. It's silly. But we have to find all the amusement we can out here.

http://youtu.be/_oXRQY-5Sk4 

Hopefully I can keep this new post system working a little bit quicker than previously. I am no longer distracted by my books. Still mad about that but oh well.