It's probably the wild sarsaparilla. I live in a cabin in the woods not far from the AT. Somewhere I got poison ivy. I've been looking for the poison ivy so I can avoid it in the future but I can't...
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It's probably the wild sarsaparilla. I live in a cabin in the woods not far from the AT. Somewhere I got poison ivy. I've been looking for the poison ivy so I can avoid it in the future but I can't...
I'm in Maine.
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It grows straight up and then breaks into three branches and then it usually has 5 leaves: three at the end and two opposite each other. I look at pictures on the internet but I'm...
Here's a link to a low resolution map. Maybe there is a better one.
http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NECEC_OverviewMap_8-2-17.png
I guess it only costs money in May and October.
https://sectionhiker.com/the-kennebec-river-ferry-on-the-appalachian-trail/
http://www.centralmaine.com/2018/01/04/somerset-county-commissioners-endorse-cmp-transmission-line/
Central Maine Power wants to build a new power line corridor from Quebec to Massachusetts. It...
Lesson: That cellphone ain't gonna save you.
Somebody should write an obit to put on the Whiteblaze home page. I carried Baltimore Jack's resupply advice on my hike in 2007 and I wasn't the only one using it.
FYI : Now that a body as been found on Navy property the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has become involved. Something that didn't happen when it was just a missing person report.
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My guess is she did something I've done and that is hike down the feeder trail and doesn't realize this until she hits the road. This prevented her from making the shelter so she camps in...
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The map of her final location doesn't match the AT routed in Google maps. Did they reroute that part of the trail?
The house next door to the Caratunk post office burned down and the post office sustained damage. I don't know if they closed the post office.
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Baxter State Park is rerouting Abol Trail because of a rock slide.
http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/12/12/baxter-state-park-to-move-abol-trail-because-of-2013-rock-slide/
Crossword puzzles
The bear in my story was in Sequoia National Park, California and it was a black bear with a white crescent on its chest. I don't think they have grizzlies in California anymore either.
saltysack, that picture reminds me of my first bear encounter.
I was day hiking in Sequoia National Park. It was the end of the day and I was really beat and heading back to the car. I walked by...
Cougar sighting in Alexandria VA.
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No. I didn't mean that. My experience is sort of the opposite. I can't phone my job in, because of technology. If somebody had a question, I have to have my work computer to find the information or...
It's the 21st Century. Unless you have someone at home managing your affairs, you have to go online to check your banking, credit cards, etc. In 2007, I used public computers at libraries and hotels,...
Yes. North of Skowhegan and about 15 miles south of where the AT crosses the Kennebec River. I lived in Manchester NH for a while and walked a mile to work everyday, so I know something about the...
30 or 40 FEET???
Cheap sounds good. I was looking at TUBBS FLEX TRK or EASTON MOUNTAIN ARTICA.
Moscow Maine, so the east coast. The previous owner said he got about two or three feet of...
I'm moving to Moscow Maine. So I guess I'll be trying get around the yard mostly but I might do some day hiking on the AT or some ATV trails.
I've used the Heet bottles directly. I've also used small 8 oz water bottles. I'm now using an old Southern Comfort 375 ml plastic flask that I fill from a big container of denatured ethanol. They...
I'm thinking at getting some snowshoes. There seems to be a wide range of prices. Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Here's a map. The orange squiggly line is the AT.