EG-Series: ME 2025 Jul

After 3 nights and 4 days trip to Maine Northern Woods I would need to repair:  — bike from gear shift – it is too noisy and will not switch from 2nd to the 1st — There were a lot of mosquitoes due to frequent rains in May and June. […]

Summary: bike 31 mi on Golden Rd, fix the flat, avoid sudden burst of heavy rain and get safely back to the car.   04:12 wake up in a dry comfortable cocoon of a hammock. Everything is wet and absorbed a lot of moisture from the air. 05:46 all things […]

Summary: Hike 18 mi – 5 mi on AT and another 13 mi over Black Pond motorized trail back to the bike and some serious rain by the afternoon.   The night felt a bit colder because I didn’t spread the under quilt, I just used a sleeping bag. I […]

Summary: no cell signals all day, hiked on snowmobile trail to Nahmakanta Lake West Camp   The night was quiet and dark. I woke up only once at 22:38. I saw a dance of fireflies almost as active as fireworks. There were suspenseful cries of owls somewhere close. But that […]

Summary: drive 300 miles from MA to Maine Northern Woods, drop the bike at the end of the hike and drive another 35 mi to the beginning of the trail.  Hike to Ice Caves and start wild hike on snowmobile route 86 that is not used in Summer and overgrown […]

Maine is a country of unknown roads. When you hike or ride country roads or trails, you cross mysterious roads with no names in various states of pass-ability, and very often they are no longer on any maps or plans.  There is no easy way to tell how far these […]