RAIN! We got rained on. But it was fun and honestly, my mood was lifted after! Nothing like being cold and wet to make you appreciate not being cold and wet 😉
We decided to hit the road in the morning instead of staying another night at Chilatchee Creek in search of a free place to hide out from the rain coming later in the day (our campsite was $14 per night). We ended up taking refuge on some kind stranger’s field for a couple hours as it ran its course, how could they say no when we were soaking wet and freezing! Setting up a tent in the rain is challenging but kind of fun, there’s definitely no time for dillying or dallying.
The rest of our afternoon was spent on more beautiful rural Alabama roads and ended with hiking into a forest to pitch our tent for the night.
Route info for interested readers:
We left Chilatchee Creek Campground by turning right onto highway 29 which took us through the little town of Alberta. From there we went north on the 5 and left onto the 66 then right onto Dallas County Road 1. It was a decent place to hike into the woods for the night, although there were a lot of thorny vines in there.
There and Back Again 