So. The 24th we finished around mile 60.
The 25th we got to Logan Brook at about mile 72 with a privy way up the hill and all the bees.
The 26th was Chairback Gap at Mile 88.5
Long Pond was next. We stopped early to get shelter space with rain coming in at Mile 99.5.
It dropped over two inches of rain. The dried up stream next to the shelter was running in the morning.
The next day, after the rain we got to Leeman Brook at 111.5 and decided to press on to Monson. We had to ford seven crossings in 100 miles because the water was up.
I had a fall and lost a pole over a waterfall. I was able to replace it at Monson and until then John Monk, Jr. lent me a replacement. Happy had a log bridge dump her into the bog. No moose were spotted, but a lot of moose droppings.
John will be an NPC (paladin sword & board) in NTRPGCON next year.
So August 29 we had a very long day (made longer by some traverses and cross trail work) but finished in Monson which is technically Mile 114.5.
The trail used to go through Monson but they rerouted it to get away from unsafe highway traffic.
Today we are at the iconic Shaw’s Hostel taking a zero and recovering. But August 21 to August 29 we covered 119 trail miles (since you have to go up and down Katahdin but it only counts one way on the trail). Nine days. At our expected rate we would have been at the Chairback Gap Shelter instead of Monson.
Tomorrow morning we eat breakfast and head off down the trail again. Next town will be in three-four days at Caratunk at mile 151.
We have our tags.
