Starting location: Bemis Mountain Lean-to
Ending location: Little Swift River Pond Campsite
State: ME
Miles today: 12.9
Miles total: 1,954.3
So our tent is pretty much bulletproof and we have actually come to think that it may be bombproof. It rained for just about the entire night and not a drop of water made it's way into our tent. The REI Quarter Dome tent is around 4 pounds, which is pretty good for a two person tent. We would recommend it to anyone.
It stopped raining in the early morning and it turned out to be a nice day. Temperatures in Maine have really cooled off with daytime temperatures in the upper 60s and nights in the 40s. Truly perfect hiking weather. During the afternoon, Kristen and I began to put the finishing touches on a rap that we have been working on about the trail. It isn't quite ready for release but stayed turned we will post it in the days to come.
We reached Little Swift River Pond Campsite around 5:30pm and setup camp. We noticed a canoe down by the pond so Skippy, Kristen and I decided to take it out for a spin. We were hoping to see a moose but there were none to be seen. The water was nice and not too cold but none of us decided to go for a swim. After heading back to shore and cooking dinner, we heard what seem like trees breaking. Skippy and I went out into the darkness to investigate. An animal seemed to be walking towards the pond and breaking everything in it's path. Then we heard large splashing in the pond. That was when we knew it was a moose. We were able to shine our headlamps and catch a glimpse of him before he ran away. Count it, we bagged our 2nd moose.
After settling in for the night in our tent, we had a mouse visit us on top of our tent again. After making sure we had no food in our packs, we just went right to sleep. The trail may have very well harden us a bit. Kristen can not only look at snakes now but she can now sleep with mice crawling over our tent. I am so proud. The mice could have held a circus on top of our tent and it wouldn't have bother us.
On a side note, on the radio we have been hearing advertisments for lobsters at Walgreens. Only in Maine would you find a tank of lobsters at a Walgreens. So next time you are in Maine, make sure to you pick yourself up a snuggie and a lobster at the local Walgreens.
Our good friend Skippy. The sad thing is, he started growing his beard the same time I did. I am pretty fortunate that I got my trail name early on in our trip because I may have been in danger of getting a trail name like Spencer Pratt because of my flesch color beard. Hey, it you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at.
Kristen in the canoe on Little Swift River Pond
Long Pond. There was almost a small craft advisory.
Conan + Backwards
1 comment:
OMG i can't wait to hear the rap. do you think you guys could put it on youtube? SO PROUD of you!!!! keep truckin! you're almost there!
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