Chapter 16The rain started right after lunch. Zach looked up and sighed as the big drops began to patter on the brim of his hat.
“I guess we’ve been lucky so far,” Adam said, catching up to him and falling into step. “Had to get some rain eventually.”
Zach glanced back, slackening his pace when he saw people had stopped or slowed down to take out hats and coats. “This will make things harder. The climb is already steeper, now the rain.”
“It might just be a shower,” Adam said. “Might stop any minute.”
But the clouds above looked heavy and dark gray and full of enough rain to last the rest of the day and well into the night.
“I hope you’re right.”
Because of the rain, they couldn’t have a campfire that night. People stuck with their tents and did the best they could for dinner with col
