Blissful is ill-prepared for the constant damp, but discovering an inner fierceness to solve her problems and keep moving ahead. 

1. The summer of 2023 on the Appalachian Trail (AT) is the wettest in memory.
2. But this one day in Northern Maine is thankfully dry with big wind off Rainbow Lake where Blissful is able to dry out her gear. 
3. It's all easy trail lined with wildflowers from one shelter at Hurd Brook to the next at Rainbow Stream with a delightful site right above falls through a gorge. 
4. New friends of fellow hikers give Blissful courage and she makes it to the next site now with dried out gear – only to survive yet another night of soaking rain. 

MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala  as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano

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