August 16 - Extremely windy all night and I slept very poorly. We woke to heavy rain so we stayed in the tent until it stopped around 10. Hiking from 10:30 to noon was fine but then the rain returned for about 3 hours making the day slower and dreary.

We stopped at our first mountain hut to warm up a bit. Pretty nice places, but quite expensive. I'll tell you about the helicopter 'rescue' later.

We saw many of the same people hiking that we met yesterday on trail. We also saw quite a few ptarmigan along the trail across the tundra. They seem about as smart as grouse. We also spied a few reindeer and hope to see more tomorrow.

Around 4:30, drizzling rain resumed and the sky looked ominous ahead, so we found a spot and stopped for the night. It is again chilly and very windy, but the sky has cleared and will hopefully usher in a sunny day tomorrow. Our camp spot is great and there is no one else across the open tundra.

The trail had many more boardwalks today. The rest is often rocky from so much use, but easy to follow. There are also many cells with raised wooden bridges and an occasional metal suspension bridge over rivers. We only covered about 10 miles today.