Starting location: West Carry Pond Lean-to
Ending location: Caratunk, ME
State: ME
Miles today: 12.2
Miles total: 2,013.9
All night long we heard the loons on the pond. It's somewhat of a scary noise, but soothing all at the same time. I guess it's a little hard to describe. When we get home ask me to demostrate! Maine is so beautiful, so unspoiled and so wild. You feel like you are the only person for miles, it's a neat feeling.
For the first time in a long while, our terrain was flat. It was great to be able to hike and look around without watching your every step. We made it to the banks of the Kennebec River-14 miles from our shelter- at 2:00.
The Kennebec River doesn't look very wide or treacherous, but it is dangerous. A dam upstream releases water and the current gets very strong. The ATC provides a ferry for hikers to get to the other side. When we arrived at the river we were greeted by a man name Dave who took our packs, gave us life jackets and instructed us to sign a waiver before we stepped in his canoe. He paddled us across the river safely to the other side. Dave told us that this was the only canoe ferry left in the United States. Dave was born in the Maine Mountains, lives in the Maine Mountains and makes his living off the Maine Mountains--he was definetly country. Even though Maine is in the North, it's very country.
Some hikers on the trail complain that we have to take a ferry across because the AT is a footpath. You won't hear us complaining, we will take a boat ride any chance we can!
Me getting in the ferry
Jason helped paddle us across
Our ferry guide, Mountain Man Dave
A white blaze is painted on the floor of the canoe, its the official route of the AT!
Conan + Backwards
2 comments:
almost done!!!!
Hopefully see you next week
love, mom and dad
I just stumbled upon your blog as I was reading an article in the PV Recorder online. You probably don't remember me, but I was Principal at PVPV Elementary and Landrum back in the day.I remember you , your brothers, and your mom and dad.
In any case,my wife and I live in Maine from May through October. We have a cottage in Poland Springs( just noth of Portland). We're just wondering if you need any help with anything. We're only a few hours from Katahdin if you need transportation to airports,etc.
Email is
Telephone is 207-998-4544
Best wishes,
Bob and Susi Allten
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