| September 13, 2005 |
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Heading south from the Northern Out Doors
area. I plan on doing 14 miles today. Right now going
through white pines and redwood forest mixed. It's level and I
hear that it's pretty good terrain between here and the Bigelow
Mountains. We'll see! Time now is 9:55am. |
I'm following the Kennebec River down stream to
Steve Langley's Store and Ferry. Chainsaw was waiting
at the
Ferry as I cam across the Kennebec River. I have one soaked
pack. The back of my pack is soaking wet from the water that
was in the canoe. Pierce Pond outlet is 3.3 miles, Long
Falls Rd. is 16.7 and Avery Peak which is 4,088 feet is 26.7 miles
and Maine highway is which will be in Stratton at 35.4 miles.
From the Kennebec River I had to come straight up the
hill, up some rock steps and a whole series of wooden log steps to
get to the top of the hill where I registered to go through this
section. I think I'll be circling around the side of the hill
and be following the stream most of the day. |
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This is kind of a dumb set up. They
take you on top of the hill let you register and turn you around
right back to the stream where your hiking right next to it.
The water is very clear in this stream. There is a very
swift current and a lot of little water falls and one or two good
swimming holes. I thought pine roots were terrible, but you
should see the roots on thee cedar trees. They are awful to
try to step in, around, or over. Right in the trail their are
a lot of big rocks too. I still above the water roller coaster
style, take me up over the hill and back down to the water. At
one point I was right on the water's edge. Now I'm half way up
the hill again. |
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These are nice big cedar trees. They would make a
nice log house. A lot of metaphoric rock in this area.
Also bluish-green slate. Real pretty. I ran into Trail
Runner. I hadn't see her since Spirit and I had run into her
in the Virginia's with her chocolate lab, Coty. |
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Just passed Pierce Pond Stream Falls. They are
beautiful! There are 4 that I can see.
The roar
from these falls makes Sandy hard to hear. Kathy
I've been told that Pierce Pond Lean-to is beautiful, but I'm not
going there, I wan to make as much mileage as I can. |
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I just hiked across the dam of Pierce Pond.
There are so many trails through that it is hard to spot the white
blazes. I just met Sky Walker and 2 or 3 other people that I
didn't know. The trail from the pond comes on the east
side of the pond and kind of skirts it. It is rather level up
through here, yet at the same time it is a fooler, it has a very
slight grade to it. Some of the real muddy area have cleared
up from the previous rain. We're looking for rain on Wed
night, Thru night and Friday. |
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There is a lot of hard wood mixed in
with the cedar in this area. Cedar, when you have a bunch of
them together have a very distinctive odor too. I seem to be
weaving in and out of old logging roads. |
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Just coming by a large swamp area, it looks
like an excellent place for beaver dams. I hear some frogs.
So do I.
Kathy I'm back into the scrubby pines and cedars.
Just passed Sundance Kid whom I haven't seen since Tenn. He
was the guy that stayed with me at Will's house one night. I
just passed Hit Man going north. I'm coming up on East Carry
Pond. It sure is big! The wind had pick up, even the
water current on the pond has a lot of ripples on it. This
looks exactly like a farm pond we have at home. I going around
the north side of the pond and that wind is really pushing the waves
right in. I crossed the upper end of it on a bridge.
Still going around the edges of the water. A lot of pine so
it's fairly soft through here. A lot of low bushes and cedars
mixed in here too. |
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The trail is moving away from the pond now.
Good thing, it was getting pretty cold. I'm out on a graveled
road way right now. Just went across the bridge that might be
the head waters for Middle Carry Pond. Back into the pine
woods again. Here's the bog and it looks like it's quite
extensive going across there. Wish me luck that I don't go in
the drink. Well I didn't go in the drink, but I near did.
One of those logs just as I stepped on it started rolling with me,
but I went faster and got across. Some of them were moving on
the ends where they had them nailed down. |
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The sun is setting over Middle Carry Pond.
Getting back into the woods now. It's looks like I'm at the
West Carry Pond Lean-to. Sounds like I've got some company.
It's been Tuesday and easy day. About a 14 mile day. So
I'll talk to you tomorrow. |
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Swing'n Jane |
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