Legs and Borders

Despite the forecast predicting rain, it was mostly sunny today which was a great surprise and it made the hike so much easier. But initially, everything other than my spare clothes and sleeping bag was wet. It wasn't raining much over night but the meadow where we camped attracted the humidity and the tent was soaking wet in the morning. I've hanged it on top of my backpack to dry. I have seen two deer, right after getting back on trail, they had big fluffy white tails pointing upwards, and greyish brown fur a bit lighter in colour from their European cousins. I didn't have a chance to take any pictures of them as the second they spotted me they ran away. Climb to the top of Cloudland Hotel Site (there was a hotel here in XIXth century) took first half of the day. I've seen forest workers removing hurricane damage on the way up, I had to make sure they saw me before I've entered their workspace as they've been using chainsaws and making lots of noise. Once on t...