We were able to set up our tarp over our tent this morning in the rain. It gave us shelter to eat breakfast under, and a much easier way of taking down the tent - allowing it to stay pretty much dry. It started raining so hard - we just kept pushing on in the rain -"Keep on Swimming!" We would tease, hiking uphill, you feel your calves burn, and then your wet sock squishes in your shoe -- "Burn, squish, burn squish!!". All we had were windbreakers - so we were pretty much soaked through within two hours. We made it to Woodshole Shelter by 4 and decided to move on- the shelter was built in a poor position - all the wind and rain went directly into the shelter. We continued on through a brief thunderstorm and sideways rain - craziness. And then the sun comes out, and all the green rhododendrens glow in the sunshine as we trudged up Blood Mountain. That sun changes the whole day - a sense of relief is always in order. Weather Report for that night: snow flurries, 35 mile an hour winds, and COLD. Problem: Everything we owned was SOAKED, including Megan's pack!