Monday, September 6, 2010

Northern Outdoor Center

Day: 162 (September 3)
Starting location: Caratunk, ME
Ending location: Caratunk, ME
State: ME
Miles today: 0.0
Miles total: 2,027.9

Last night we stayed at the Northern Outdoor Center in Caratunk, ME. It reminded me a lot of the Nantahahala Outdoor Center that we stayed in North Carolina. They specialize in whitewater rafting, snowmobile trips, fishing, and hunting. The lodge had a great restaurant and a great micro brewery called Kennebec River Brewery. We sampled all their beers and loved their whitewater wheat ale.

So who would have thought we would have to worry about hurricanes while on the AT. Sure enough Hurricane Earl is heading our way and will likely bring heavy rain tonight and tomorrow morning. The winds will not be a problem but at this point in our trip Kristen and I would rather not fight the rain if we don't have to. We had such a great stay last night that we decided to take a zero today. We spent most of the day lounging around in the lodge listening to music and hanging out on the computer.

Kristen got very exciting news today. The lodge would be holding kareoke tonight. Kristen takes after her dad and is a natural performer. She couldn't wait to get her request into the DJ. She even didn't mind breaking the ice with the first song of the night singing "Brandy" by Looking Glass.




Notice the deer mounts on the wall. My type of place.




Moose mount over the firplace. Too bad it wasn't cold enough for a fire.

Conan + Backwards

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