Our last few weeks within the state of Maine were spent winding around huge ponds and over rolling, tree-filled hills to reach the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail…Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park. Luck was with us and very little rain fell during this period, making the sometimes mud-filled trail not so difficult. Mount Katahdin itself was spectacular…
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Crossing the Kennebec River to Caratunk…the only distance on the AT where you don’t need to use your feet…
Will this be enough food to get us through the 100 Mile Wilderness? No problem!
Into the Wilderness…
Someone lost their drawers…
13 miles in to the “wilderness” we encountered a “trail magic” sign pointing 1/4 mile down a seemingly empty forest service road to a hunting cabin, where this gentleman and his buddy have periodically been treating hikers to food & drinks. BBQ Chicken and pie are not things normally encountered so far from civilization…
Our first view of Katahdin from Whitetop (distant left – 73 trail miles away)…
One of two Bard Owl siblings spying on us near a pond…
Almost there! Only about 20 miles to the top…
Deer within Baxter State Park…
Cooling off at Little Niagara falls…
Half-way up Katahdin…
Nobo Throughhikers celebrating their completion in the distance…
We made it to our psychological half-way! Only 900 miles more from Central Virginia to Springer Mountain in Georgia…
Milander Adventures 2015 AT 
So lucky you had a dry year; Mike and i have seen video of a wet year, and it is completely different, with walks on logs to ford shoulder-high streams. The greatest Kiss photo on the Greatest mountain. We’re packing now.
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Aha! On your way again! 🙂
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Congratulations on a big milestone! You guys look real fit and the second leg should be a piece of cake.
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