107-113 days, Bigelows, he stayed at Uncle Lenny’s camp and the impassable river 

Day 107: My aunt Diane moved us generously at the height of the earth. We were lucky that the following joined us in the 13 mile section today (Ryan, Ellie, Jackson and Leo) and Kristen and Dalton walked 2 miles and then turned around. This was our fourth consecutive Nero to enjoy our time with friends and family. It has felt good to reduce speed, but we are ready to wrap this walk! We did our early walk today and went to Furbish Brew House and ate a previous dinner. I have completed my antibiotic and my dental pain has gone!

Day 108: We start today with a lovely Father’s Day breakfast at Rangelley Inn with my dad, my mother and Ryan. It worked perfectly because my mother is in the Quilt camp in the Rangelley Inn. They left us on Route 4 and we had a glorious walk to the Saddleback crest. This crest means more for us because we have trails, we ski, shook the snow, walk and move by bicycle (by bicycle to the upper knives), but today it was the first time he did back back, and it was special to have walked here from Georgia. The rest of the day was impressive, we went through the horn and then junior saddleback. We meet with Bubble Wrap, who is on the way to completing the path of the Apalaches in 90 days, which is such an impressive feat. We walk around the last 9 miles with her and land in a shelter for the night. We slept in our store in a nearby camp and she slept in a different camp. It was very nice to meet her. She is from New Zealand and after completing her walk, she is a bicycle by bicycle along the Trans America path with her sister. We end today with 18 miles and 6,500 feet ascent.

Day 109: 14 miles, 4,000 feet ascent today. It passed over the crockers. It was a difficult hiking day. Ryan and McKinley found us with 1.5 remaining miles. Ryan moved to Ryan, we went to dinner and regrouped for the rest of our trip.

Day 110: 18 miles today and more than 6000 feet. We overlook the bigels with a beautiful climate. We took a short break to lunch on Avery Peak. We met about 10 sobo today, definitely the maximum we have seen in one day. The first sobo we saw was a few days ago. We also meet with Grooster and Silly to whom we have not seen from Virginia and Big Horn that we have not seen from pa! Stilts was also with them whom we met a couple of days ago. It was nice to stop and chat with them a little. We had a good gradual descent to Flagstaff Lake. My uncle Lenny picked us up in Long Falls Dam Road with his former Jeep and his dog Oreo and took us to his camp near Spring Lake. My uncle Lenny (my father’s brother) and Aunt Sharon made us hamburgers and hot dogs (according to our application), and dine pasta salad and had cookies with chocolate sparks and ice cream for dessert. We went to the fire and spent the night in your camp. It was such a beautiful night and we had a great time with my uncle Lenny, Aunt Sharon and Oreo!

Day 111: We had a great breakfast at Uncle Lenny’s camp and Aunt Sharon this morning! It was also good to have Oreo to hang out before walking. Uncle Lenny took us to the beginning of the path. When we got there, there was a sobo sitting in the rock eating a snack. Today it was very cross and quite buggy. So many mosquitoes. Even being from Maine, I find that I can never get used to summer mosquitoes, but hey, I will take it on poisonous snakes any day. Black flies have not been bad. We walk through some beautiful ponds, including transport ponds and Pierce Pond. We crossed the Kennebec River and had a transport in Canoa at 5 pm we continued walking once we cross the river. We did more than 22 miles with only 3,000 feet of ascent. It’s hard to believe that one of our easiest days in AT was in Maine. We arrive at the camp until 8 pm. As usual, my dad installed the store while I cooked. We cooled and then we went to bed.

Day 112: 20 miles, 4,000 feet ascent today. Today it was less cruise and more climbing and there were not many views, since there was fog in the valley. The mosquitoes were horrendous today. The back of my legs ate alive and the itching factor was twisted. A lot of backpack traffic on the path that included section hikers and 8ish Sobos. We crossed the west branch of the Piscataquis river, it was a deep knee in the deepest place with some current. We wanted to convey this today, since the heavy rain is in the forecast tonight. Garmin Weather announced 3 inches of rain tonight. We found a camp along the river. My dad immersed himself in the river before establishing us. However, we install our store quickly, since the thunderstorms were about to roll. We only have 10 miles to get to Monson tomorrow and plan to stay in the Shaw’s Hiker shelter and meet Ellie and Ryan there to begin the nature of 100 miles the next day.

Day 113: We had intense electric storms until 10:30 pm we had another thunderstorm in the middle of the night and then around 6 in the morning. Many torrential downpours. Our store leaked a little, but not enough to disturb our dream. Our sleeping bags were wet, but we slept comfortably and we were dry. We woke up curiously what the East Branch of the Piscataquis river would be, but it was not a good sign that we could hear the river start from our store. When we saw the level of the west branch of the Pisqataquis, we were nervous to see how the east branch would look. The rapids looked like class 5. We had walks and even several streams of streams at the beginning of our walk today were roaring and we had to be careful. Just when we were approaching the gros of the branch this leaves the forest to inform us that the East Branch of the Piscataquis River is impassable. Grooster, silly, big horn and stilts spent the morning trying to discover how to cross it, but determined that it was not possible without risking life. Rooster asked us if we would be interested in joining a registration path that he saw on his map and immediately said yes. We look for 3 miles to reach a registration path. We were not sure how the Tala path would look, but after at least 3 hours of shrubs, we happily abandon a well traveled registration path. We were euphoric. We had no service today, but fortunately my dad was able to send text messages to Eagle Eye about the Garmin while I was at work. He gave us a little information on how to go on an accessible road to pick up Shaw’s hippie chick. We ended up doing 13 miles today. When we left the forest, it was around 3 pm, and we were very happy to see that Hippie Chick got up in his van to pick us up all. She was very kind and brought us to Shaw’s. We shower, we re -reable and meet Eagle Eye and Ellie for dinner. What a day! We were exhausted.

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