Day 5 - White's Ferry and beyond

After packing up a bunch of wet gear, we head out on the trail towards White's Ferry. Of course, the steady rain all night makes the towpath somewhat muddy, and we spend the morning dodging puddles and each others rooster tails. With an early start, we reach the great little restaurant at White's Ferry for our second round of killer breakfast sandwiches and burritos. After much discussion, we come to a consensus to stay on the trail, due to the narrow shoulder-less road up to Leesburg and the potential for some dicey road crossings as we get closer to Washington. Sufficiently fueled up, we head another 20 miles or so to Swain's Lock campground, where we had stayed the 1st night out. Since we are now practically locals, we set out stuff to dry and Kevin, Jerry and I head up the 2 miles to Potomac for provisions and cold beers. At this point, there is much desension in the ranks, with everybody wanting to do something different. Cooler heads (and colder beer) prevails and we decide to head to a motel in Georgetown the next morning for hot showers, a laundermat and the FSU game on ESPN. But, another nice day on the Potomac River and everything dries out for a peaceful nights sleep with only the sounds of Canada Geese instead of the trains.