TJ aka Teej
07-14-2006, 18:32
Recent hikers at the Birches:
Doom Fly, Hanta, Guns and Jesus, Floyd (?), Dingleberry, Flapper, Bogie and Bacall, Coconut Monkey, Robin (?), Running Bear, Bandaloop, Recon and Cher. Pooh Bear, Grizzly Dave, Goatmilk, Cava and others had summited recently.
Missed seeing Stumpknocker by a few hours at Abol Bridge.
Southbounding Mom and daughter should be right behind a fellow with a trailname that had something to do with the Budwieser brewery's mascot during prohibition. (Note to thrus - don't have a trailname that needs a novel to explain it...)
Poptart AT'02 will be the Ridgerunner at Baxter again this year, starting in a few weeks. Hope Linda has plenty of Moxie in stock!
State O' Maine is making improvements at Abol Pines, met the Ranger and a volunteer working hard cleaning the area. Good folks.
Ah, Monson... The new owners of Shaws are wicked nice people, and have repaired, cleaned, replaced, torn out, painted and polished up the old joint so it is better than ever. Yes, I said better than ever. Buddy's back doing shuttles, slack packing, and cooking four bys for breakfast - I just had a 2X, but a successful 8X was reported. There were 8-9 sobos in town, including a really nice young man heading from Gaspe to Key West and Allison who is recovering from cracking her chin open. I've never met a more beat up hiker with a better attitude - she'll do fine, I think. Tim at the General Store was his usual friendly self, and a new person has taken over the take-out food there, to rave reviews. New owners of Lake Shore House have converted a stuffy B&B into a welcoming Pub and Eatery. The Pub overlooks the back yard and the lake, with a deck and chairs out by the shore, and Rebekah was *busy* serving a bunch of folks and holding 4-5 conversations at once. It's a talent, I tell ya, talent. Monson sights to remember: A GAMEr wi****lly peeking through the window of the closed BBQ. A southbounder taking the time to say grace before wolfing down an entire loaded pizza. The hiker box at Shaws which covered a whole table, piled high with sobo discards like books, gallon baggies of gorp, most of a PUR filter, spices, oatmeal, teabags, a bottle of olive oil, the legs from a zipoff pair of pants, and a glass quart jar of spaghetti sauce.
Gulf Hagas and Chairback made for a long day, only saw one thru, a fellow named Squeaky Clean who was concerned about a quad injury, who hiked ahead so quickly I never caught up to him. Guess that quad is OK :O) At dusk watched a big National Guard helicopter below slowly wind through the valley between Chairback and White Cap. I know it was a huge aircraft, but it looked so small... And then it rained and rained and rained and rained.
Going back up in a few weeks with Teatree and Chance - can't wait!
Doom Fly, Hanta, Guns and Jesus, Floyd (?), Dingleberry, Flapper, Bogie and Bacall, Coconut Monkey, Robin (?), Running Bear, Bandaloop, Recon and Cher. Pooh Bear, Grizzly Dave, Goatmilk, Cava and others had summited recently.
Missed seeing Stumpknocker by a few hours at Abol Bridge.
Southbounding Mom and daughter should be right behind a fellow with a trailname that had something to do with the Budwieser brewery's mascot during prohibition. (Note to thrus - don't have a trailname that needs a novel to explain it...)
Poptart AT'02 will be the Ridgerunner at Baxter again this year, starting in a few weeks. Hope Linda has plenty of Moxie in stock!
State O' Maine is making improvements at Abol Pines, met the Ranger and a volunteer working hard cleaning the area. Good folks.
Ah, Monson... The new owners of Shaws are wicked nice people, and have repaired, cleaned, replaced, torn out, painted and polished up the old joint so it is better than ever. Yes, I said better than ever. Buddy's back doing shuttles, slack packing, and cooking four bys for breakfast - I just had a 2X, but a successful 8X was reported. There were 8-9 sobos in town, including a really nice young man heading from Gaspe to Key West and Allison who is recovering from cracking her chin open. I've never met a more beat up hiker with a better attitude - she'll do fine, I think. Tim at the General Store was his usual friendly self, and a new person has taken over the take-out food there, to rave reviews. New owners of Lake Shore House have converted a stuffy B&B into a welcoming Pub and Eatery. The Pub overlooks the back yard and the lake, with a deck and chairs out by the shore, and Rebekah was *busy* serving a bunch of folks and holding 4-5 conversations at once. It's a talent, I tell ya, talent. Monson sights to remember: A GAMEr wi****lly peeking through the window of the closed BBQ. A southbounder taking the time to say grace before wolfing down an entire loaded pizza. The hiker box at Shaws which covered a whole table, piled high with sobo discards like books, gallon baggies of gorp, most of a PUR filter, spices, oatmeal, teabags, a bottle of olive oil, the legs from a zipoff pair of pants, and a glass quart jar of spaghetti sauce.
Gulf Hagas and Chairback made for a long day, only saw one thru, a fellow named Squeaky Clean who was concerned about a quad injury, who hiked ahead so quickly I never caught up to him. Guess that quad is OK :O) At dusk watched a big National Guard helicopter below slowly wind through the valley between Chairback and White Cap. I know it was a huge aircraft, but it looked so small... And then it rained and rained and rained and rained.
Going back up in a few weeks with Teatree and Chance - can't wait!