EG-Series: AT 2023 September

This AT trip in September 2023 was a return to Maine trip.  May was AT ME trip from route 27 to Monson via Kennebunk River ferry. In July I did my very first AT section in Connecticut. And now in September I continued to do my ME route. The planning […]

Summary: Bike 23.4 mi from impromptu camp on Brocha Rd. back to the car parked on Troutdale Rd. near Moxie Pond.   05:46 wake up in my tent. The night was even warmer. I woke up 2 times at 23:56 and 4:00. The bright light from the moon creates a […]

Summary: Hike 4 mi on AT, then 3.6 mi on forest roads and bushwhack the last mile back to the bike.  Then 15.8 mi on the bike toward car.   06:56 woke up an hour later than previous mornings. This is one more advantage of sleeping a good distance away […]

Summary: Hike 12 miles from Doughty Ponds to route 15/6 to Leeman Brook shelter and through pond and lakes to Wilson Valley shelter   05:55 wake on the banks of Doughty Pond. I am completely alone, but the noise from the road reaches up here. Every next night is a […]

Summary: hike 15.8 miles from Moxie Bald shelter over forest road bypath to Lake Hebron and Doughty Ponds.   05:46 – wake up in the hammock.  There are already plenty of voices around me. The morning light is beginning to shine on the horizon.       Wake up by […]

Summary: Drive to Unnamed Road in Monson, ME before the Katahdin Ironworks toll booth and hide the bike in the woods.  Drive back from Greenville to Moxie Pond. Start a 6 mi hike to Moxie Bald shelter.   04:51 – +16°C – wake up without an alarm in Boston. It […]

This would be my third AT trip this year. One in May was to Maine (ME) section to cross Kennebunk River, one in July to Connecticut (CT) section between Kent and Salisbury and this one should a continuation on Maine – from Moxie Pond to Katahdin Iron Works Rd. inside […]