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Aug 18- up and out by 7. Lady from yesterday said she wanted to hike a bit with me but she never caught up to me all day. I managed the mornings water crossing semi-gracefully and then came to a rock climb I couldn't manage. I had to take off my pack and heft it up over my head onto the ledge then haul myself up and put the pack back on without falling over the edge. Once that little bit of excitement was over I basically just trudged through the day. It was partly cloudy with a nice breeze. Great ...

August 13- sabbath morning I checked the weather and it looked like it would clear around noon. I packed up, checked out and moved my stuff the the porch in preparation for getting across the Kennebec. By 1:00 it was still raining and Paul checked his computer weather which showed a big front coming that would last until Monday. Well, poop and touch it (as Aunt Chele would say). One of the drinkers came into the living room and said he was going to stay another day. We all looked at each other and ...