"X" marks the spot

Here's the plan.....
Kelcy got home from work in Bangor at 1am this morning. Only the dog greeted him.
I woke Kelcy up at 7am today on my way out the door to work--bacon and home fries sizzling on the grill to lure him out of his cocoon.
This a.m.Judd was packing (still? or again?) for an 8:30 am departure.
Their plan was to arrive 11am for car drop near Gorham, ME for a pre-arranged shuttle trip to the trail head, having dropped the car (at the X spot on the map.) 

The goal:  to depart "Carlo Col Trail" and hike the Mahoosuc trail, 8-13 miles (I really can't tell from the font on this map) past Mt. Success ( oh THAT's fun to say) to Gentian Pond Campsite by dinner time. Then they plan to hike out to the car tomorrow and be home in China for dinner. Don't get eliminated. Don't get constipated..... that's the plan.

Last night Judd deliberated over taking his small 1 man tent vs. Malindi's (small) "two man" tent--then, whether to take sleeping bags or not (we woke up chilly at 59degrees so he opted in) then, whether to travel "light"  (i.e. no stove or fuel and only eat cold food) vs. traveling "not light" and carrying a stove and some freeze-dried repast. I saw some gorp, fake bacon, tortillas  and single serving prunes go into the packs.  Also two small flasks. I threatened to sneak some hugs, wrapped around small rocks into each pack, but decided they were traveling semi-light.  

So far, 10:15pm, no text, no FB, no instagram, no ranger reports...so they're in the Maine wilderness, probably no cell service, making memories.