Wow! It has been a busy summer so far. I got a hundred miles of PA done in April and my daughter married off in our front yard this last week. It is time to get hiking again.
My next section hike is planned for the northernmost 200 miles of the trail beginning about July 3. I will have two weeks to get the hike in. If I get a little more or less in, it will be fine by me.
Here is my general plan and a couple questions...
Because of the Baxter regulations, I plan on hiking the hundred mile wilderness northbound into the park. That way, I will be a thruhiker entering the park and not need reservations at the Birches. I doubt that there will be a crush of other thru hikers finishing quite as early as the second week in July.
What I need to do is leave a vehicle someplace near the park for the week or so it will take to hike the wilderness and Katahadin. I will also need to leave a vehicle near the entrance to the wilderness. One will be an old motorcycle, the other my pick up truck.
What suggestions do y'all have for the places to keep the vehicles? My going in plan is to talk to one of the places near Monson about locking my bike up there and leave the pick-up truck at Millinocket. I will drive the truck to Millinocket, park it, and unload the bike and my pack. I will then drive the bike back to Monson, lock it up, and enter the wilderness.
After summiting Katahdin, I will need to find a ride back to Millinocket, which I am guessing might be easy to hitch with a pack.
For the rest of the available time in my two week schedule, I will do several more 1-3 day sections further south on the trail with the same two vehicle set-up.
My only big question is where to do that week long parking? I am very open to suggestion. The combined knowledge of this group is extraordinary. If this question has already been asked/answered, please just direct me to a link or search phrase.
I will monitor this thread for the next several days, or be glad to receive private messages.
Rick/Risk