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Avoiding rain is important – plan your hiking trip around dry days. Memorial Day weekend in Maine and NH is when the snow is just gone from all the major trails, bugs are just beginning to emerge, and leaves are just showed up this very week. I was able to […]

May 30, MON – Early start after a cold starry night.  The stars are huge and hot, but it was cold at night. 06:08 – first entry – I am still in the hammock, but day promises to be a gorgeous one.  I feel an interesting sense of empty tiredness […]

Summary: drive from Boston to Golden Rd. in ME and drop the bike on an unnamed side road visible only from the satellite map. Drive back to Kokadjo on Frenchtown Rd. and park the car 11 miles into the road.  Start the hike toward AT and East Branch shelter.   […]

8 miles from Brassie Brook shelter to The Hemlocks shelter. 05:31 wake up at and start gathering things. I am in a hammock hanging across the shelter. It is not raining for the moment. It is nice and warm inside the cocoon, and there is no desire to get up […]

Summary: hike the second half of the section in 6H from 6 to 12:30PM. First climb up to invisible Mount Wolf and then sharply down to route 112 and back to the car. 05:13 – I woke up in Eliza Brook shelter.  Birds are already talking. River is still there […]

May 29, SUN – wake up after 7:30AM. The night sleep was good, and I did not feel cold at all.  So far, Nemo Disco 30 shows itself well. I quietly gather my things so not to disturb another sleeping hiker. He arrived yesterday after 9PM in the dark.  He […]

5 mi hike from Salisbury CT to Brassie Brook shelter 06:29 – I woke up in Boston and looked outside. The rain is just about to start its extended session for the whole long weekend, at least for the next 3 days. Endless stream of work emails already rolling, but […]

Summary: hike on AT southbound from route 93 to Lonesome Lake hut over 4000′ Kinsman Peaks and to camp at a free Eliza Brook Shelter.   07:20 – I woke up in a hammock. It is very late start for the hiker. Route 93 is very audible. 08:29 – start […]

Summary: start driving to the NH hills at 1PM. Bike from car to the beginning of the hike from 4 to 6PM. Camp near Flume and route 93.   13:08 ODO 00.0 – depart the house 13:28 stop by at the club to pick up my Nikon camera for 30x […]

May 28, SAT 05:07 First attempt to wake up.  Although I went outside, but warmth of the sleeping bag called me back. It seems there is no rain. At 06:29 we both wake up.  Yes! There is no rain! 07:55 start hiking towards Mount Success. 09:11 after two climbs and […]