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--back in Maine after 9 days of R&R in a warm climate...today's hike was the antithesis of many of my little journeys...often it's 3-5 hr drive to start, miles of dirt road, uncertain park/approach, then a relatively short, hard hike.....usually multiples on same day ..today was 2 hour drive...

blackflies pretty fierce right now--will be long gone when you arrive; i'm sure the mosquitoes and deer flies will make up for them if i can help with any info, please e-mail or PM jim

Desperate for fitting in a hike(s) this weekend, i seem to have spent endless hours looking at forecasts, 48 hr precipitation accumulation, storm radar...a long stretch of bad weather in the Western and "northern" mountains My first choice, Pt 2938 on the AT east of Sabbath Day Pond (south of...

..drive thru Farmington, Rangeley, Oquossoc--follow Rt 16 just past Aziscohos Lake Parker-2272'-Four individual moose sightings between Rangeley and Aziscohos in the early light; who knows how many i didn't see. Parked just off route 16 as the good dirt/gravel road toward Parker was chained...

Today was the first good hiking day statewide (ME) in a long time...back visiting the Aroostook County/NMWoods area for the 5th time this year (one a complete washout). Which found me at the usual crazy hour hurtling north in the pitch black through moose country and trying to keep reasonably...

... it's about getting there :) --as i move deeper on my list, figuring out how to reach the hike is often the biggest issue After days of the endless rain and gray skies that have covered much of New England, everyone is getting stir crazy. Perhaps sneak in a hike(s) in the northern part of...

i really like S Branch campground and yes it is more family centric and more laid back, fewer hard core hikers---drove 11 hours from far upstate NY with my family to spend a week there for 5-6 years in a row-swimming in lake is cold, but really nice-now zip up there when i want to do Traveler...

hey--subjective stuff and strictly my opinions... from S Branch Campground (which also has nice canoeing on 2 lakes @ $1/hr fee) Traveler Loop - one of my favorite hikes, but it's fairly strenuous--maybe 10 miles, probably 8 hours for average hiker?-superb views as much of hike is above...

wow, very nice..... and superb pics on smug j

R--that "ground cab" was different and i found it very interesting--wish i had a pic to post flamingos have since gone extinct in Maine :)--too many nesting sites disturbed by bushwhackers jim

After a long day in the woods/driving on Sunday, i watched a Celtics/Miami game 3 replay, got another night of 4 hours sleep :) and headed up to Rockwood area for unfinished business. I was there 2 weeks ago and found too much snow (at least for me) Pt 2161-2161':)-lies north of Rockwood (on...

215AM..i even missed Rondo's turning the Garden crowd into a frenzy with his Willis Reed moment . After a day of heavy rains in much of Maine, not sure what conditions i'll find for a fairly ambitious set of hikes; relatively little info about either one--3+ hrs on Rt95, off at Smyra Mills...

....more from the annals of making easy hikes harder because one just can't wait for the snow/mud to disappear to do some tromping Off at 220AM for Ashland/Fort Kent with prospect of snow/mud 86ing any/all of 3 possible hikes. I had talked to North Maine Woods contact and also ME Forest...

...emerged from hiking hibernation, probably a bit early After the relatively hard winter up here (heavy snow, no thaws, not much Spring), it was a bit soon to hike Moosehead Lake area, but i needed to get out and peck away at ME300P. Limited signs of winter 'til Dover Foxcroft, then frozen...

M--same problems over last week or two? with Time Warner/Firefox in accessing noaa site--apparently system wide not individual user issue...and VFTT has exhibited slight "hangup" issue when moving from Forums page to specific forms for th last 2? weeks jim

Hey-I'm planning a trek in Nepal for Fall 2011.... read previous threads, a few guides, and trek company literature. I'd like comments/suggestions on the rough plan (which is itself all a question:) )and numerous questions ..little of my plan is set in stone. If you'd rather e-mail than reply...

P--i climbed Mars Hill awhile back and though i knew they'd be there i was 'sorta stunned a few years ago when i saw the windmills. There are a number of neat little peaks in The County (love the way many of them just "pop" out of the flatter terrain), but it's pretty far for most people to...

R--i am guessing this is the "jeep" trail i took off the top; old/well established even if not used much anymore, little veg in trail----i was on it going up for a bit, but the woods were easy enough that i just went straight for the top--right now the jeep trail is under water/ice in a few...

" the night was clear and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down..." Headed for my last hike of the year through familiar territory..up Rt 95, over Rt 16 past Lagrange to Milo, north on Rt 11 thru Brownville and Brownville Junction. I'm enjoying the drive as a full yellow moon...

...hoping for an easy morning-both peaks are near Rockport and west of the Camden Hills, a nice little range near the ocean and only a bit over an hour from home...numbing drive in the dark down Rt 1... Pleasant-1070' was a bit tougher than i expected. I hoped to approach from the east off Mt...