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North America » United States » Maine » The Forks August 22nd 2012

Everyone needs to add the Maine Bigelows to their "must see" list. Very impressive! We might even say that we enjoyed them more then the Whites, which is a popular mountain range that we crossed in NH. We had a great week out and guess what....we stayed dry! We hiked along the historical Arnold Trail, which is the route that Benedict Arnold and an army of 1150 Revoluntionaries used en route to Quebec...in hopes of a surprise attack on the Brits. After hiking through all the bogs and muddy mess its no wonder the attack was unsuccessful. We ferried across the Kennebec River. The ferry consisted of one man rowing us across in a canoe, but I loved it...I got to sit down for a few minutes. We are now at the Northern Outdoors Resort where ... read more

North America » United States » Maine » The Forks August 17th 2012

Rain, Rain go away and DO NOT come back another day. This last week out was a wet one...it rained alot. We were walking in shin-high water on our way into Stratton. Maine is filled with bogs and beautiful lakes. The lakes are so natural and untouched...unlike the lakes that I am used to, filled with motorized boats and jet skis. we hiked over sugerloaf and saddleback mtns which are both ski resorts in maine. this year marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of the AT. the last section that was completed was over sugarloaf mtn. at the top they had AT celebration pins and a special register for hikers to leave reflection thoughts regarding their hike. it was pouring rain so we had to keep our entry short and sweet. tomorrow we take off ... read more




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