Day #18, Splish Splash and Smarts Mountain--miles hiked: 12

Today was another wet one--rain from sunrise to sunset...but the hike must go on. Before the worst of the rain started, we came across more trail magic! This man sees over 1000 thruhikers a year show up on his porch for ice cream (the sign and arrow are on the trail itself). He got quite aggravated when Shabbat signed the register incorrectly, but they worked it out.

The rest of the morning was spent climbing our most serious mountian yet (Smarts Mountain)...with lots of wet, exposed rock and whipping New Hampshire wind. It became obvious today that we are quickly approaching the White Mountains.

There aren't more pictures because the conditions were too bad to pull my phone out, but we decided to cut the mileage short to avoid staying under the tarp tonight. We holed up at a hexagonally shaped shelter right before Mt. Cube with high hopes for better weather.