So maybe I romanticized the first couple of days. The sun helped me remember why I love being out here so much, but it spent most of the day shrouded in clouds. There were still plenty of puddles, and my socks are still mostly wet. As a result, my feet are pretty unhappy, forced to be wet and stomp out 20 miles a day. I can’t say I blame them, but I hope they toughen up.  
We attempted a fire, but most everything is still too wet, so we mostly got smoke and ash. I tried to dry socks out but not too successfully. 

We are a couple miles behind our ambitious schedule but plan to catch up tomorrow or the next day. I am really hoping for sun. There was a point today where the sun came out, and it felt too warm for hiking, a nice change. I may have even got slightly burned. 

We only saw a couple of families hiking for the day today. The word is there will be more traffic and more scenery the further north we get. Time will tell.