July 15. It was a hot night…and something kept running around my tent all night. I think it may have been a frog or a mouse, either way it kept me up too long. Finally after midnight I could feel a cool breeze drafting through my tent. Yesterday had been […]
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July 14. I went to bed stuffed with a stomach ache from the fish fry and drinks. At 3 AM I got up to use the restroom and realized I was starving again. I think the mountains of Southern Maine are finally giving me the hiker hunger. We slept in […]
Read MoreStratton, Maine
July 13. Happy Trail Friday! We were going to town! It is a lot easier waking up and going to town rather than leaving town. We started moving around 5:30 and hit the trail. First though I visited the privy and stopped by the spring for more great water. Our […]
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July 12. Another lazy morning…which seems to happen in towns and hotels. We finally decided to get up and start moving around 8:30. It is harder and harder to get motivated to get back on the trail, but we figured breakfast at the local diner would help. Waking up on […]
Read MoreRangeley, Maine
July 11. Woke up in our stealth camp around 7…I woke up earlier but I really didn’t want to move. I had slept for 10 hours but I felt like I needed to sleep more. Sometimes in the middle of the night I wake up with a sharp pain in […]
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July 10. The plan was to wake up early and get into Andover by 8:30 when the post office opened…but after the 26 mile, 15 hour hike yesterday it was much easier to sleep in! Last night when I crawled in my tent I heard something moving around outside, but […]
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July 9. Woke up early in my tent…not because I wanted to, but because someone’s phone alarm clock was going off. Another hiker rolled in late, after dark, not a problem. He also had a dog with him and as the hiker headed down to get water he left his […]
Read MoreWelcome To Maine
July 8. Four months ago today I started hiking the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Georgia. Today I woke up in New Hampshire, 15 miles from Maine, and 298 miles from the end. I woke up for the second morning in a row in the same hotel bed…I was getting […]
Read MoreZero Day In Gorham
July 7. I could finally sleep in a bit in a nice hotel bed! We did not have time to resupply yesterday so we had some town work to do today and we didn’t plan to hit the trail too early. It was nice to have clean clothes…I hadn’t washed […]
Read MoreOut Of The Whites
July 6. We had stealth camped near a visitors center and lodge so I wanted to be up early and on the move. Besides, today was a Trail Friday and Rafiki and I planned to get into Gorham in the afternoon! I woke up around 5 AM and started packing […]
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