The Death of my phone and the first in a new state

SO about two days ago. It decided to rain on us while we were hiking in the middle of the woods and I'm not talking about a thunderstorm where it rains hard for fifteen minutes and then stops this was hours upon hours of it. SO in the morning when it was still doing this we decided we were going to go into town, which was seven miles away. SO we left when it was raining and because of the rain, I decided to listen to some music on my iPhone because my rain jacket had a spot for it. Little did I know that with in half an hour of doing this my phone would die because it was sitting in a pool of water in the pocket that was supposed to keep it out of the water. When we got closer to town it stopped raining. So it had rained basically just long enough to turn my phone into a $400 dollar brick. The town we got to was called Unionville, which is the first town we came across that is in new york. While in town trying to find a place to stays the night we happened to find a number for a man who would let us shower and do laundry at his home. When we called this number it turn out that the offer was for a place to stay and that this aforementioned man was actually the major of Unionville. So for one night we stay at the major's house and were treated to a fine dinner and a very nice breakfast, free of charge. Any way we have gone about another thirty miles since then and today we found a cooler with water and a card with number on it. We called that number and found a nice couple on the other end who have offered us a place to stay the night free of charge as well. I started out thinking that new york was full of a bunch of; pompous, arrogant people who thought they were better then everyone else caused they lived in "the empire state." I have stay say though that new york has some of the nicest people that I have met on the trail so far.

My return to the trail.

So it been about two weeks since I got back on to the AT and what a
two weeks it has been. First off I have been reborn on the trail, I'm
sad to say that Cat hole is dead but I am quite proud to say that
Rainman is hiking strong. Rain man seems to be more in-line with where
I came from. Also I recieved this new name on account of the fact that
rain seems to follow me. Its the middle of summer and we have ben
rained on about a week out of the two that I've been on. Anyway we
have gone about 200 miles. We spent about two days in Maryland and
have spent the rest in PA the rockiest state on the trail. We spent
our 4th at Fayetteville a very small town but we did get to see
fireworks. The reason we stayed there was because it twisted my ankles
and my boots weren't working so for about five days I have hiked in
crocs and then got some keens, yeah keens! We are now in a town called
Port Clinton and will be in new jersey in about six days. I hope all
is well with my peeps back in Seattle.

How did you spend your 4th of July?

So I started this morning off with a hurt achillies tendon, that I
couldn't walk on in the middle of PA. With nothing to do in the
middle of no where and then it started to rain. So we got a room at
the scotish inn motel. Not what you would call a traditional 4th of
July celebration but we were able to see fireworks from out side our
window. So not very traditional but very memorable. Anyway I hope
yours was just as memorable.