Today there was some climbing. The Bigelos were fairly challenging mtns as the trail was pretty much straight up. It was a fairly rocky trail with some boulder climbing but not to the extent of Katahdin. Views were great as they day was fairly clear … [Read more...]
Jul 5 – Ferry To a Beautiful Day
More pics have been uploaded to some previous days posts. We are only allowed one photo when we email in the journal entry, so additional photos come in later when there is a good data connection. On leaving Caratunk, one needs to take a ferry … [Read more...]
Jul 4 – Big Rain
The 4th was a day filled with great variety for weather. The morning started out calm and beautiful with some light fog setting over the lake where we were camped. We climbed up Moxie Bald Mtn and sat for a while soaking up the sunshine. As we … [Read more...]
Jul 3 – Bald Mountain Pond
Took a zero day (no hiking miles) in Monson yesterday. It was rejuvinating. Had some BBQ, left over pizza and sorted out some supplies for the next section. Today we started out reasonably early and got a solid 18 mile in. The trail was mellow and … [Read more...]
Jul 1 – To Monson
Short day today as we were heading into Monson. Beautiful sunny day with a breeze. Very much enjoyed the walk today and stopped at a couple ponds to enjoy the scenes. Because of a fairly late start, got into town at 3pm with a lift from some gals … [Read more...]
Jun 30 – Chairback Mountain and More
Tough day climbing chairback mtn and a few other mtns. Lots of ups and down and fairly muddy. Clear in the afternoon so we had some good views. Met Coolbreeze and Tortoise Shell in the morning and chatted. Got in to our camp around 7. Camped near … [Read more...]
Jun 29 – Whitecap Mountain and Beyond
Started day with a climb up Whitecap Mtn. We were on the trail at 7:15am and were climbing pretty much immediately. Whitecap Mtn reportedly has views of Katahdin, but not for us today. We peaked 3 other mtns after Whitecap but in the same small … [Read more...]
