Maine Appalachian Trail Hike Day 11: Kennebec River Crossing
We woke up this morning at East Carry Pond with about 10 miles to the Kennebec River. Because the water levels in the river can change rapidly to accommodate rafting,…
Maine Appalachian Trail Hike Days 9 & 10: The Bigelow Mountain Range
After staying with Ma and Pa (thank you to them for housing and feeding us for a night) at Cathedral Pines Campground in Eustis, we got off to a late…
Maine Appalachian Trail Hike Days 7 & 8: We Found Our Trail Names
Everything was wet. Our clothes. Boots. Sleeping bags. Sleeping pads. Towels. Everything. The tent’s rain fly had done an admirable job keeping out the waterfall we’d slept under the night…
Maine Appalachian Trail Hike Days 6 and 7: Mother Nature Strikes Back, Parts Duex and Trois
Day five started out great. It was resupply day and Ma and Pa met us at Route 17 where the trail comes over the height of the land. In addition…
Maine Appalachian Trail Day 5: Mother Nature Strikes Back
Today was a brutal day covering 12.8 miles and four mountains (Moody, Old Blue, Elephant and Bemis). There was over a thousand feet of elevation gain and loss over the…
Maine Appalachian Trail Hike Day 4: We Survived the Blair Witch Shelter
Sleep was questionable at best last night as the Frye Notch Shelter lived up to our fears that it was the Blair Witch Shelter. Playing the part of the witch…