Today was going to be a 10 mile hike to the next shelter but it was 2:00 when I got there so it turned into a 15.1 mile hike into a campsite on Flagstaff lake. A personal best so far this outing but the trail is really like a walk in the park. Only a couple ups and downs.
This morning started with the all you can eat breakfast at Harrison's. Nothing special but I couldn't pass up the chance to explore these old lodge. Tim lives there year round with his dog and this time a year he has hikers no fisher people. He makes coffe with a coue antique vacuum pots. The one where there's two pot one on top of the other. Water in the bottom one coffee in the top one as the water heats up it expands into the top one where the coffee it then as it cools it drips back down thru tiny holes into the bottom one. A miracle of science! I hit the trail about 0830 and by 1030 it was pouring rain the one thing I hate more than hiking in soggy boots is putting soggy boots on in the morning. So as long as I'm already wet and feeling good I am going to make it a 15 mile day instead of a 10 mile day.
Today really proved the point that if you take the time to stop for lunch take your boots off eat good food and lots of it you can make much better time. The picture is the hiker box that the folks on west carry pond keep up. Except it was empty when I got here. This part of the AT follows part if the Arnold trail as in Benedict Arnold as In his assault on Quebec. I saw a book at the maritime museum in bath called Benedict Arnold's Navy and the ferry man in Caratunk was reading it. I'm seeing lots of NOBOs finishing up. Many have this dazed and confused look in their eyes. All they want to do is lay down the miles. At Harrison's I saw lots of group pictures. Apparantly after you have been on the trail for a few weeks you fall into a crowd as everyone has figures out how fast they hike and found others at that pace too. They even name themselves: tinsel town, roustabouts, trouble etc.
Had a nice swim first thing into camp on Flagstaff. I doubt it will be dry by morning…
73° Mostly Sunny
West Central Somerset Co, ME, United States
This morning started with the all you can eat breakfast at Harrison's. Nothing special but I couldn't pass up the chance to explore these old lodge. Tim lives there year round with his dog and this time a year he has hikers no fisher people. He makes coffe with a coue antique vacuum pots. The one where there's two pot one on top of the other. Water in the bottom one coffee in the top one as the water heats up it expands into the top one where the coffee it then as it cools it drips back down thru tiny holes into the bottom one. A miracle of science! I hit the trail about 0830 and by 1030 it was pouring rain the one thing I hate more than hiking in soggy boots is putting soggy boots on in the morning. So as long as I'm already wet and feeling good I am going to make it a 15 mile day instead of a 10 mile day.
Today really proved the point that if you take the time to stop for lunch take your boots off eat good food and lots of it you can make much better time. The picture is the hiker box that the folks on west carry pond keep up. Except it was empty when I got here. This part of the AT follows part if the Arnold trail as in Benedict Arnold as In his assault on Quebec. I saw a book at the maritime museum in bath called Benedict Arnold's Navy and the ferry man in Caratunk was reading it. I'm seeing lots of NOBOs finishing up. Many have this dazed and confused look in their eyes. All they want to do is lay down the miles. At Harrison's I saw lots of group pictures. Apparantly after you have been on the trail for a few weeks you fall into a crowd as everyone has figures out how fast they hike and found others at that pace too. They even name themselves: tinsel town, roustabouts, trouble etc.
Had a nice swim first thing into camp on Flagstaff. I doubt it will be dry by morning…
73° Mostly Sunny
West Central Somerset Co, ME, United States
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