The trail is challenging and there are serious climbs in southern Maine. We are struggling to walk 15 miles a day and are exhausted after 10 to 11 hours.
You can see from the photos that the trail is not just a 'walk in the woods'! The huge effort to climb to the top of a mountain is rewarded with spectacular views in all directions...except when it is raining. The upside is that it is cooler above 2500ft and there are few annoying stinging insects.
We finally ended our day on Tuesday 4 miles short of our goal, completely exhausted and camped at a parking area by a road. A lady offered me a bottle of water she had just bought after listening in utter amazement that we had walked 2000 miles from Georgia. Another gentleman from Quebec, on holiday with his family, went to get his wife and 3 teen daughters to listen to the story of walking to Maine from Georgia.
Who would think that sitting on a stone, filthy and not smelling particularly fine that you can be a tourist attraction!
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Parking Near Me (Thursday, 20 October 2016 01:00)
Finaly! Exactly what i was looking for... thank you