Day 22- storms

I started the day early waking up in the rain. I packed up quick and attempted to put in as many miles as I could. I walked around places named horseshoe meadow, snow lake and my favorite goodenough peak. The trail around it was barely good enough to hike on. From there the trail disappeared and I scaled a cliff straight down to the logging roads which I would be following for nearly 40 miles. What a sad place to walk on. The walking got a lot more interesting as huge storms began brewing. The largest lightning storm I have ever witnessed was going on all around me. It was so loud my ears hurt. Then out of nowhere the sky opened up and the rain poured down. I would guess it was an inch in 20 minutes. It was a good way to test my rain gear. I would estimate I saw 60 deer while walking the roads and also many cows that I had to move out of the way on occasion. I finished the day walking around Palmer lake and hope to get into Orville in the afternoon tomorrow and get all my town choirs done before moving on. I have completed half the trail!