The thought of Tim running away due to her crying, and then her chasing after him just to see him run caused Sophia to laugh. "That would have sucked for you," she said while giggling. "Especially since I would have chased after you just to see you run." Sophia managed to elicit a smile from Tim, making her happy. "Come on," she waved to him with a smile. "Let's keep going." They started walking the trail again in a companionable silence. Eventually Sophia felt some water drop onto her face. She looked up, worrying that the storm had somehow already crept up on them. There was no need to worry, however, as all she could see in their part of the sky was a single soft, white cloud drifting over them. A gentle rain began to pour.

"It's a sun shower," Sophia informed Tim. Pulling up the hood of her jacket she added, "Just pull your hood up for now. It'll pass quickly." Tim did as instructed and they continued on unbidden. As Sophia had predicted just a few short minutes later the rain stopped as the cloud passed over them and continued on its way, allowing them to pull their hoods back and expose their faces to the sun once more. While they walked Sophia pointed out various things that she found beautiful: the shining fish swimming in the brook; the sound the brook made as it flowed over a small dip, creating a miniature waterfall; the flowers still in bloom; an ancient oak that looked like something straight out of a fantasy story due to the fact that it looked like it had a face and the entire thing was covered in moss. Eventually they reached the mile marker and Sophia turned to ask Tim if he wanted to continue or go back.

"We can go on," he agreed, a little less reluctantly than before she thought.

So they continued on and walked for another two miles. It was a relatively easy trail with a fairly level that wandered along on top of a cliff, so it wasn't hard to traverse. After checking her watch Sophia confirmed that it was coming up on 12 o'clock, a good time to stop for lunch. Before she could say anything to Tim the storm that had been miles off was suddenly upon them. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed, giving them only a split second's warning before the heavens released a torrential downpour.

"Dammit!" Sophia declared as she quickly pulled up the hood of her jacket. "We're too far from the entrance to go back now. We have to find cover." She looked around for something that would give them some shelter, but the trees in this area were small and could provide no safety. Suddenly Sophia noticed a small service road splitting off from the main trail and noted that it appeared to wind down to the face of the cliff they now stood upon. "This way!" She cried, pointing out the service road to Tim before she started traversing it herself. Being out in the open in a thunderstorm was making her nervous. "This trail should wind down to the base of the cliff," she informed him as they made their way down the service road. "There might be a building down there used by the park rangers. If not the cliff might offer some shelter."