The day started off a bit earlier than usual, at 4:15, when the skies opened up on us and dumped some rain on us. Our tents held for the most part, but the rain was powerful enough to wake us all up to get the no-longer drying towels spread across the picnic tables and lawn. When we actually got up at the usual time, we were a bit slower in downing some cereal. As we started, everything was going well. We didn't even get lost. However, at mile 14, we came across some train tracks. For some reason, the lovely tracks were built as parallel to the road as possible while still crossing the road. Being mostly asleep, we did not think quite enough about crossing them perpendicularly, so we had a bit of a tumble. Lia, Luke and Brit all fell, and Lia ended up with 5 stitches in her elbow. She told me specifically to talk about how she was bleeding profusely, which, I admit, she was.
Nothing else really happened, but it rained for the last ten or so miles. So we finished up at St. Mark’s Episcopal church in Marine City, Michigan, where we generously given showers, a delicious meal, and a roof over our head shelter us from the night’s coming showers.
Tucker Burleigh
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