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...off to The County at 245 this morning; put 400+ miles on the car today-"easy day" + a small adventure.... An almost full moon was setting as i drove north on RT 95 to Exit 286, thru Smyrna Mills, up Rt 212 and north on Rt 11 toward Fort Kent-the Rt 11 corridor between Knowles Corner and Fort...

M--wow, very nice; almost makes me want to go----love the turquoise eyed elk ;) jim

...in my crazed rush to get in as many hikes as possible before the snow flies, many of the peaks themselves and my trip reports are beginning seem almost indistinguishable... Another nice, cold, sunny day--north on RT95 to Medway, west on Rt 11 past East Millinocket and swing north on the...

perfect day to hike-cloudless, no wind, cold morning, near record warmth by late afternoon-real bonus day to try for a few more..except it IS a Saturday in November, deer season :eek: West on the Rt 2 corridor, north on Rt 5 , east over the nice covered bridge toward E Andover, take the Farmers...

Hi P--- if you want to go with a "car", consider the Subaru Forester (though i find the newer ones are a shade large)--let me know if you want any specifics re driving the type of roads you're talking about jim

--always read/enjoy your stuff; vicarious pleasure "From there it was a heinous thrash through the scrub to Lincoln's summit" is the only thing i'd be any good at :) thanks jim

....perhaps because i don't have Mass plates on my car ;) j

I headed back up to Kingfield early this morning-cloudy, 30ish, windy- the promised sun never shown a beam all day. Chatted with my friend from "Trauten's" again. He owns the nice supermarket, the gas station/convenience store and rents the building to Maine Huts and Trails Vose 2021'- turned...

My plan was for a relaxed Saturday drive to the North New Portland/Kingfield area to check out approaches for Gilman Pond Mt, Vose Mt and Black Hill. You may be familiar with Kingfield as it's "on the way" to Sugarloaf/Stratton region. I had little planned in the woods--it's Saturday during...

R--the older topos show a trail? off the Grover Hill Rd from the NE--that was my "alternate" route if the west side approach was a no go. The development i drove through is fairly large with houses in the (pure guess here) 300K+ range-they presently go about 2/3 of the way up the hill from Flat...

Rolled over about 345 this morning and decided 13-15 degrees at 7AM near Bethel would be too cold for a fair weather guy like me- back to sleep-hike another day--about 545 i decide maybe 22 degrees by 9 would be just fine, so drive west over the Rt 2 "corridor" toward Gorham. Just west of Bethel...

we all have different interests-survey markers and triangulation points, even "historic triangulation points for NH" aren't one of mine :)--i love seeing "JP" jars on ME peaks over 2400', but USGS markers??-i don't research where they might "occur" and don't actively look for them jim

One of those crazy, race around days to grab a number of low elevation ME300 "P" peaks in a civilized area. It's amazing how different it feels hiking in "southern" ME near the NH border compared to Baxter, The Country or the Beaudry-like separate worlds. Summed up ...they would find my bones on...

thanks--always happy to see pics of the magic mountain from any approach, especially the Knife Edge--interesting route taking the Dudley up :) -good series of pics for people to get a "feel" for Knife Edge, though i think the pics make it look a shade scarier than it really is -don't think i...

revisit to Sabao-see Sabao/Spring Brook thread 10/29/10 all good jim

The peaks are off the Stud Mill Rd east of Old Town, ME. If interested, please check my TR of Sabao from10/24/10 After visiting Sabao on Monday and the discussion that ensued on Views, I thought maybe a revisit was in order to sort things out-even if it meant an "extra" 60 miles on the dirt...

jt--i have no idea what the phone company plan might be and sill haven't talked to anyone who knows---the tower is on a big hill east of Rt 201 near the lake--because of the topography you don't get signal until you are 6-7 miles? south of Jackman and about more than that north of the Forks-no...

Still hoping to get in a few more peaks before the snow, i took off for Lake Parlin area (between the Forks and Jackman) about 4 in heavy fog after a rainy Wed. This probably wasn't the smartest thing to do as i knew the woods would be soaked and the dirt roads?? However it was supposed to be...

:p...well.....surprise--i was on the SW summit (same as Bill and the former tower i think)--and i hope to be on the NE one shortly-yes a glutton for punishment--can't be sure it's correct, but my "list" gave the SW summit i was on as the higher one, but shortly that'll be a moot point--i can see...

Today was a "more than half the battle is figuring out how to get there" day. I drove up to Old Town and headed a bit downeast into an area totally unknown to me. Both of today's peaks were off the Stud Mill Rd which runs between the outskirts of Old Town and Princeton near Calais. I left home...