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One Year Later…
A year ago today we hiked in to Abol Bridge Campground. Two days later we would summit Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in the state of Maine at 5,269 feet. This would mark the finish line of our Eastern Continental Trail, a hike that began in Key West, Florida and comprising more than 3700 miles. Along the way we battled stifling heat, cold and ice, stressful road walks, and attack dogs.…
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Random thoughts and gratitude
Random thoughts and gratitude
A little over three months ago we finished our hike. I say finished because we were done. Key West to Katahdin. We did not, however, complete what we set out to do, which was originally Key West to Mount Jacques-Cartier, and then changed it to Key West to Canada. We settled on Key West to Katahdin. I know that’s splitting hairs, but there it is. It shouldn’t bother me that we didn’t make it all…
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Mount Katahdin
9/6 Day 316 Appalachian Trail – Day 195, 10.77 miles, 24,610 steps The big day. We were up at 4:00 AM. It sounded like everyone else was too, except for the two guys on the tent platform. They headed out around 2:30 AM. Heavy rain had started before midnight and continued all night. It stopped shortly before we got up, but we knew the rocks and roots were going to be super slippery today. I was…
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Details and drama
9/5 Day 315 Appalachian Trail – Day 194, 10.21 miles, 23,483 steps The Dirty Bubble gang was gone at 3:00 AM. The noise of their departure was masked by the sounds of the river. I heard the slam of the privy door once and that was it. That was not the case with Rescue and her friend. They were up before 3:30 AM and being loud. She had been talking last night about summiting Katahdin today, so…
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The 100 Mile Wilderness
The 100 Mile Wilderness
8/28 Day 307 Appalachian Trail – Day 186, 10.27 miles, 23,621 steps 8/29 Day 308 Appalachian Trail – Day 187, 10.02 miles, 23,406 steps 8/30 Day 309 Appalachian Trail – Day 188, 9.52 miles, 21,896 steps 8/31 Day 310 Appalachian Trail – Day 189, 17.23 miles, 39,629 steps 9/1 Day 311 Appalachian Trail – Day 190, 16.65 miles, 38,295 steps 9/2 Day 312 Appalachian Trail – Day 191, 13.93 miles,…
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Coming Down the Homestretch
Coming Down the Homestretch
8/22 Day 301 Appalachian Trail – Day 180, 15.11 miles, 34,753 steps 8/23 Day 302 Appalachian Trail – Day 181, 5.72 Miles, 13,110 steps 8/24 Day 303 Appalachian Trail – Day 182, 11.01 miles, 25,323 steps 8/25 Day 304 Appalachian Trail – Day 183, 14.23 miles, 32,729 steps 8/26 Day 305 Appalachian Trail – Day 184, 11.36 miles, 26,128 steps The trail this morning started off pretty well although…
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Crossing the Bigelow Range
Crossing the Bigelow Range
8/20 Day 299 Appalachian Trail – Day 178, 7.99 miles, 18,377 steps 8/21 Day 300 Appalachian Trail – Day 179, 9.88 miles, 22,724 steps Our shuttle driver, Dave, drove us back to the trail at 10:30 AM. There was trail magic in the parking lot where he dropped us off, but we passed it up. There were a lot of people hanging out there, and we didn’t need any food anyway. Shortly after we started we…
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The 4,000 Footers Continue
The 4,000 Footers Continue
8/16 Day 295 Appalachian Trail – Day 174, 6.94 miles, 15,962 steps 8/17 Day 296 Appalachian Trail – Day 175, 11.45 miles, 26,335 steps 8/18 Day 297 Appalachian Trail – Day 176, 11.37 miles, 26,151 steps This morning we scoped out the pond again but no moose to be seen. There were, however, a pair of loons. I was going they’d come closer so I could get better pictures but no luck. They’re just…
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Can You Canoe?
8/14 Day 293 Appalachian Trail – Day 172, 8.29 miles, 19,067 steps 8/15 Day 294 Appalachian Trail – Day 173, 8.55 miles, 19,665 steps Today was one of those days where the trail gave us a little bit of everything. The weather did the same, starting with rain, then fog, then sun. We packed up and had a late start out of Rangeley. More rain had moved in and our shuttle driver, Bill let us wait…
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8/10 Day 289 Appalachian Trail – Day 168, 9.91 miles, 22,793 steps 8/11 Day 290 Appalachian Trail – Day 169, 6.77 miles, 15,571 steps 8/12 Day 291 Appalachian Trail – Day 170, 1.24 miles, 2,852 steps We had more rain overnight so in the morning the tent was wet. It would be so nice to have some sun for more than a few hours. The trail was not bad to start but turned into a steep down with…
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Grinding it Out
8/8 Day 287 Appalachian Trail – Day 166, 5.47 miles, 12,581 steps 8/9 Day 288 Appalachian Trail – Day 167, 11.23 miles, 25,829 steps Mac dropped us back at Grafton Notch and we headed off about 9:30 AM. It was nice trail to start but quickly became muddy and the bog boards were slanted and slippery. We started to climb fairly soon and it was steady and steep, but we summited West Peak and then…
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A perfectly relaxing day.
A perfectly relaxing day.
8/7 Day 286 Appalachian Trail – Day 165, Zero I usually don’t write about our zero days, but this one was a winner. We had a nice breakfast at our motel and took a quick walk up the road to an outfitter, trying to find a few more resupply items we needed. Mac, my former teacher, was out of town until early afternoon. He had arranged for Bonnie, my high school field hockey coach, to pick us up.…
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Maine and the Mahoosucs
Maine and the Mahoosucs
8/3 Day 282 Appalachian Trail – Day 161, 8.71 miles, 20,033 steps 8/4 Day 283 Appalachian Trail – Day 162, 6.17 miles, 14,191 steps 8/5 Day 284 Appalachian Trail – Day 163, 3.53 miles, 8,119 steps 8/6 Day 285 Appalachian Trail – Day 164, 5.42 miles, 12,466 steps We woke to temperatures hovering around 40 degrees but we finally had a sunny day! This stretch of trail basically has no trail…
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Some places have it, some just don’t.
Some places have it, some just don’t.
8/1 Day 280 Appalachian Trail – Day 159, 7.34 miles, 16,882 steps 8/2 Day 281 Appalachian Trail – Day 160, 8.37 miles, 19,251 steps We heard several hikers out early this morning. Maybe they wanted to see the sunrise from the summit, I don’t know. The wind had finally died and it was quiet. From our campsite it was a short climb up and over Mount Moriah. There were some nice views at the top.…
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Climbing out of July
Climbing out of July
7/29 Day 277 Appalachian Trail – Day 156, 5.95 miles, 13,685 steps 7/30 Day 278 Appalachian Trail – Day 157, 4.32 miles, 9,890 steps 7/31 Day 279 Appalachian Trail – Day 158, 7.91 miles, 18,193 steps The trail was a little rocky this morning but nothing compared to what it’s been lately. Our last two miles into Pinkham Notch were wide open on an old road. We stopped at the visitor center for…
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Toughing it out through the Presidentials
Toughing it out through the Presidentials
7/27 Day 275 Appalachian Trail – Day 154, 5.81 miles, 13,340 steps 7/28 Day 276 Appalachian Trail – Day 155, 5.00 miles, 10,600 steps There were strong winds all night, and we woke to dense fog. We were less than fifty yards from the hut, yet you’d never know it was there. The hut is up there somewhere. From the hut it was about a mile and a half hike up Mt. Washington. You’re above tree line…
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Back on Trail (and rocks)
Back on Trail (and rocks)
7/25 Day 273 Appalachian Trail – Day 152, 3.34 miles, 7,682 steps 7/26 Day 274 Appalachian Trail – Day 153, 8.23 miles, 18,929 steps Our time off for the family reunion was fun but not restful. I felt like we rushed to get off the trail and get our gear dry, rushed to the airport, and after two flights rushed to our rental car and drove for three hours, arriving after 11:00 PM. Then we had a…
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