Starting location: Carrabassett River
Ending location: Cranberry Stream Campsite
State: ME
Miles today: 10.3
Miles total: 1,993.2
Today we were going into Stratton, ME for a quick resupply. Stratton was about 5 miles off the trail and we were lucky enough to get a ride from a women who just dropped off her daugher at the trail. Stratton was a small town and reminded me a lot of the towns we went through in the south. We got food for the next couple of days until Caratunk, ME and had lunch with Skippy and Wizard at the local diner. After lunch we got a ride back to the trailhead with Skippy and hiked only 2 miles to the nearest campsite. The campsite included a school orientation group from Tufts University in Boston, MA. Recently, there has been a lot of orientation groups on the trail from schools like Harvard and Bowen. It is neat that these small private schools require their students to do a backpacking trip. Can you imagine the entire freshmen class at the University of Florida hitting the AT?
A few people have been asking about trail magic. Well trail magic has slowed down quite a bit. Most the trail magic we found was in the south. Around 1,500 people started in Springer Mt., Georgia this year and at this point it is likely that there are only a few hundred of us left. People who do trail magic perfer to do it in the south because there are many more thru hikers still on the trail and we are less spread out. Doing trail magic in the south you are likely to see 10-15 people a day whereas in the north you would see much less.
Since we were only hiking 2 miles out of town, we decided to create our own trail magic. The wine didn't last long.
Conan + Backwards
2 comments:
BAHAAHAHAH Boehle, I LOVE LOVE THIS! It made my day! I hope y'all had a blast! Miss you like WHOA!
actually, i can't imagine the freshman class at the university of florida hitting the AT, as they are much less cool, fun, adventurous, etc. than the students at many other florida schools, especially florida state university. jason is a rare breed (a cool UF grad).
haha but really! you're so close!!!! the wine reminds me of the cruise kristen when you brought the bag of wine to dinner and left it in the hallway! hahaha! love you guys! SO PROUD!
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